Caveat Emptor
We start with insane import duties and onerous regulations. Ferrari never made a RHD 288 GTO, F40, F50 or Enzo, (excluding a few dozen built by Pininfarina for the Brunei…
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The Billion Dollar Week
As always the Monterey car week is the focus of the collector car universe and the various auctions are the collector car market-makers, defining values and price directions. Looking through…
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Importing an F50: A Tragi-Comedy in Two Acts, Act Two, the Department of NO at the EPA
Earlier this week we reviewed the byzantine process, way back in 2000 and 2001, of getting the DOT approval to import Ferrari F50 s/n 103496, an F50 which had been…
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Importing an F50: A Tragi-Comedy in Two Acts, Act one, the DOT
Act one, the not-so-friendly folks at the DOT: After fifty plus years selling thousands of Ferraris, many of the Ferraris we’ve sold find their way back to us, with F50…
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The West Coast Trans Am Series
My Daughter Colleen and I were at Thunderhill raceway on 8-9-10 April with our 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 car s/n 09-7-1066 for the first race in the West Coast Trans…
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Cavallino: Thanks for Your Years of Dedication, Now Piss Off
Early on the morning of 12 Jan., Chris Current, the Chief judge at the Cavallino Classic sent a mass e-mail to the 50-odd Ferrari IAC/PFA certified judges, most due to…
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Ferrari F1, #10, 2011-2012, The Hybrid Era
Where We Left Off In the ninth installment of this series we reviewed how Fernando Alonso and Renault had the right combination to win both the 2005 and 2006 titles….
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Ferrari F1, #9, 2005-2010, a Changing of the Guard
Where we left off In the eighth installment of this series we reviewed how Michael Schumacher, Scuderia Ferrari and the dream team of Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne had absolutely…
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Ferrari F1, #8, 2000-2004: The Michael Schumacher Championship Years
Where We Left Off In the seventh installment of this series we reviewed the early years of Ferrari’s Schumacher-era, from 1996 to 1999. Ferrari’s dream team included team manager Jean…
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Ferrari F1, #7, 1996-1999: The Early Schumacher Years
Where We Left Off In the sixth installment of this series we reviewed the John Barnard designed 639 and 640, the Steve Nichols and Jean-Claude Migeot designed 641 and 642,…
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