The Last Factory Hot-Rod
Just as the F40 represents the ultimate Ferrari street car of the 80’s and early 90’s with 470 horsepower in a 2,800 lb. package, the F40 LM, built by Michelotto…
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Digital Buying
Just as the fax machine helped fuel an explosion in the collector car market in the ’80s by making information available instantly and inexpensively, databases and the Internet are fueling…
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Pay to Play or Walk Away
In the 1950s, Greg Garrison was the producer of the Dean Martin show, and just as Martin was well-known for his love of wine, women and the good life, Garrison…
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Move over Daytona
The F40 was introduced to the press on July 21, 1987 to celebrate Ferrari’s 40th anniversary as an auto manufacturer. Original production plans were to build 400–450 cars for worldwide…
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Going Topless
I knew it was going to be a long day when our esteemed Editor called to request that I write a short, witty and insightful article reviewing front-engined V12 Ferrari…
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Chasing the Market
Ferrari 250 S/N 0627 GT began life as a Boano, leaving the factory in February of 1957. The car was supplied to Luigi Chinetti Motors, the Ferrari importer for the…
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A Rising Tide
In 1996 Jean Sage and Jacques Swaters started the Shell Historic Ferrari Challenge in Europe, creating an event where one could see and be seen with an eligible historic Ferrari….
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Save on Restored Cars
I am considering purchase of a 365 GTC/4. I am looking at a local car in strong #2 shape cosmetically but with no substantial service records. It has had very…
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A 288 with a Salvage Title
In my many years in the Ferrari business, I have often been called by wannabe Ferrari owners eager to buy crashed, late-model Ferraris to restore. In almost every case, the…
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Rebuild or Just Buy More Oil?
Keith Martin, our esteemed editor, recently called regarding his newly acquired 1964 Ferrari 330 America. When he purchased the car, it wasn’t smoking. Some 300 miles later, it was killing…
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