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PRODUCTION NUMBERS 1985 1986 SINGLE MIRROR TESTAROSSA

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  1. 500tr

    500tr Formula 3

    Feb 28, 2004
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    Volkmar Spielmann
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  2. URAS

    URAS Formula Junior

    Oct 17, 2014
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    vince
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  3. ridege55

    ridege55 Formula 3
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    May 9, 2017
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    I just purchased #66467 1986 Red/Tan. Being shipped to Los Angeles.
     
  4. versamil

    versamil Formula 3
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    Apr 28, 2013
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    Gaston, Oregon
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    Brian Healy
    I bought 63805 a yellow euro car with black interior a year ago, and imported it into the USA from Canada .
    Sold as a 1988 model, with two mirrors, it has slight cracking right where the high mirror SHOULD be. Prior owner started doing a service and got totally carried away. Engines out, bumpers off, suspension completely dismantled.
    Almost a basket case. I'm going to get it done this winter.
     
  5. turbo-joe

    turbo-joe F1 Veteran

    Apr 6, 2008
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    southwest germany and thailand
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    romano schwabel
    then you got the car very cheap I think?
     
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  6. Melvok

    Melvok F1 World Champ
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    Jul 25, 2008
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    Whaaauw ! What a nice project.

    Any chance on a photoserie ?
     
  7. barrt

    barrt Rookie

    Aug 20, 2015
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    Hi, please add, 65901: 1986 UK RHD
    Red/tan single mirror. Now in Australia. Thanks n Cheers
     
  8. Pavel Pankovsky

    Aug 11, 2019
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  9. richanton

    richanton Karting

    Nov 3, 2003
    55
    Love this car!
     
  10. HKD

    HKD Rookie

    Sep 19, 2019
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    Krischan
    You can add my car to your list, too - it's a pre production unit. Nr. 53 855. Engine Nr. 14. Red / black. 56 Kilometers on the Clock. Used to be the Show car at the Geneva Auto Salon when the Testarossa was introduced. Great car - fun to drive!
     
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  11. jcorallo

    jcorallo Karting

    Feb 25, 2008
    84
    Here is mine. 1986 Ferrari Testarossa red with tan interior. 63663 Owned for 10 years. Located in Virginia.
     
  12. Hubs348

    Hubs348 Karting

    May 9, 2013
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    Thousand Oaks, CA
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    Brian
    I thought I had added mine but no show in a search...

    1986: 61655 Red / Tan, approx 9,800 miles, all original, car is located in Southern CA. I purchased in 2016 from Farland Classic Car restoration after recommissioning. I am the 2nd owner. Original owner in MA. I believe original owner passed away and Farland obtained car from his estate.
     
  13. tmccc

    tmccc Rookie

    Dec 28, 2020
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    Hi there. I came across this page after reading the story of Valerio Viccei. He was an Italian armed robber who commited the UK's biggest robbery in 1987 when he held up the Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Centre.

    He lived a playboy lifestyle and was arrested in his Black 1986 Flying Mirror Testarossa reg no C432XRF.

    There are various pictures of this car on the web. It was sold at Blackbushe car auctions after his arrest but no sign of it since 1990. I did a basic HPI check on it and it showed the following

    Last V5: Unavailable
    Last keeper chg: 19/09/90
    Former Keepers: 3
    VIN ends: 64255
    Scrapped: NO
    Imported: NO
    Exported: NO
    Plate chg: NO
    Mileage: No records

    So it matches up with 64255 on this list which is a Black 1986 UK car.

    I wonder if it still exists anywhere? It's not showing as being stolen, scrapped or exported. Viccei himself was killed in Italy in the early 2000's by the Police in a shoot out.
     
  14. Robert W

    Robert W Formula 3

    Mar 13, 2005
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    Robert Westall
    Hi

    OMG - I knew the story of VV and that he had a black Testarossa, but have been trying to find out which one for nearly 30 years. In the reconstruction of his robbery they used a D reg black Testarossa, not the actual one.

    Thank you so much for telling this story.

    Let me tell you the other half... I have tracked down a photo of pretty much every UK RHD Testarossa...you are right that C432XRF is a mono RHD Testarossa in black with black, and yes it is 64255.

    I took the photos below on 11th July 1990 at a dealer in London, who had the car for sale.

    There are two former UK mono black Testarossas in Thailand. I have identified one - I believe this is the other one. That would explain why it disappeared.


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  15. tmccc

    tmccc Rookie

    Dec 28, 2020
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    Wow! Well here are the other 2 photos of it!. That's amazing that it still exists! I thought it would have met an unpleasant end some years ago. The 2 photos I've attached show it with a smashed windscreen while it was being examined by Scenes of Crime Officers, then at ADT Auctions, which I later verified as BCA Blackbushe.
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  16. tmccc

    tmccc Rookie

    Dec 28, 2020
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    What a cool story, and a mystery solved hopefully!
     
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  17. evandaalen

    evandaalen Formula 3
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    Feb 7, 2004
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    Deventer, NL
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    Edvar van Daalen
    Can you tell which site you used for this HPI check? Did you have to pay for it, or was it a free check? Would be great to find "unknown" cars ...
     
  18. jtremlett

    jtremlett F1 Rookie

    Feb 18, 2004
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    There are lots of them and you have to pay.
     
  19. tmccc

    tmccc Rookie

    Dec 28, 2020
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    I sent a text message with the reg to 78300. It cost a few pounds
     
  20. Robert W

    Robert W Formula 3

    Mar 13, 2005
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    Robert Westall
    Send me your unknowns and I can send you the VINs. I have photos and previous regs of most of the UK RHD Testarossas, and some LHD for elimination purposes.
     
  21. evandaalen

    evandaalen Formula 3
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    Feb 7, 2004
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    Thanks for the reply, Robert. In this case, I was mainly looking for a site with free lookups. Also to check some other Ferraris, like "B4HAR" (the Brunei 550 Spider). Oh well, maybe another time ;-)
     
  22. Manuel.G

    Manuel.G Karting

    Mar 21, 2013
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    España - Madrid
    # 63319 - 1986 (converted to 2 mirrors)
     

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  23. 66MK

    66MK Karting

    Nov 1, 2020
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    Mark
    Hi Robert,

    I now own 60395, first registered in the UK 01/12/1985. No record of it being black? Wondered where you got your info from.

    Mark


     
  24. Robert W

    Robert W Formula 3

    Mar 13, 2005
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    Robert Westall
    Hi Mark

    It was definitely black, though frustratingly I don’t have a photo of it in black. Original Maranello Concessionaires records confirm it and I have been contacted by a relative of the original owner who bought it from HROwen in black is trying to get me a photo of it. It was actually grey with mag, changed before manufacture to black with black and came with fitted luggage. I’m guessing you don’t have any original paperwork or servicebook etc showing the original colour isn’t black? PM me and can send you my email address. Robert
     

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