{"id":491022,"date":"2009-11-01T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T04:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=44612"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:15","slug":"shooting-star-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shooting-star-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1970 De Tomaso 505-Cosworth &#8211; Shooting Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1>1970 De Tomaso 505-Cosworth<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_681645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-681645\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PRO200911-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-681645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PRO200911-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PRO200911-p2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PRO200911-p2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PRO200911-p2-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PRO200911-p2-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PRO200911-p2-770x613.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PRO200911-p2-293x233.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-681645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The De Tomaso drew much admiration from the crowds at this year\u2019s Goodwood Festival of Speed.\u00a0Photo: Peter Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Where do you start?<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Society weddings, the jet set racing crowd, brewery heirs, Mangustas, Grand Prix disaster. The De Tomaso story has it all, and the car you see here embodies much of that tale. We can\u2019t tell it all, but the Formula One 505 was both a high and low point in the growth of the De Tomaso empire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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