Originally delivered in the USA in Nov 1973. Must have been a left hooker. Is it still a left hooker??
Are those the plates that are currently on the car? This car (06422) was originally yellow; it was painted red in the early '80s.
I am sure other Fchatters have stumbled upon this thread today or yesterday for the same reason I have. Will make for an amusing update in due course.
To hopefully save some other Fchatters some time I would like to share my experience concerning this serial number. As I'm sure others have, I saw this car advertised for sale in Florida at an unbelievable price. There was no phone number so I emailed the seller on Nov 8. I received a reply back on Monday of this week from a Mark Fontino saying the car was still available. After some research and another email the seller was identified as "Smokey Auto Sales" in Sanford, FL, smokeyautosales.net. There is no Smokey Auto Sales listed as registered Florida dealer. I finally got a phone number so I called Mark Fontino this morning and surprisingly someone actually answered the phone and said he was Mark from Smokey Auto Sales. After discussing the car very briefly I asked him for the VIN. He said he was not at his office, but would have his assistant send me a photo of the title. I ran a title search based on the information on the title he provided which came back to a 2004 Ford. Throughout the process I was well sure this was a scam, but a few minutes of Google searches was worth the effort. I called Mark Fontino back after running the title search to ask him about the discrepancy and why every one of the photos he sent me came from this ad: 1973 Ferrari Dino GTS Built in June 1973 | eBay . When I asked about the title he said that he would have to check with his manager and asked me to wait on hold. The call was immediately ended from his end and when I have tried to call back it rings once then goes to a busy signal. Not a surprising outcome, but if others are looking into this car I thought I should put this out there. The old adage is true, if it seems to good to be true is probably is. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Likewise. I knew it was a scam from the off, but thought I'd see how far I could take the guy on an email chain before he actually sent me a counterfeit document or at least something that could be 100% proven as fake. He sent over photos and told me the car was available to view immediately. He was moderately intelligent in picking an address of a different car lot in Florida (so Street View would at least provide an image of a low-rent car trader), but a quick search would be enough to show it belonging to a completely different company. Of course, he could always claim to be operating two businesses from the address, but the hugely obvious fraud is shown in the scan of the title above. The title is dated 11/06/2014, and shows 'Electra Theodorides-Bustle' as Executive Director of the FLHSMV. Electra quit that post in September 2009: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/electra-theodorides-bustle/10/9a3/629 Unsurprisingly, I've had no response to my email asking him whether he'd care to explain his deceit...
This S bag is still working on ripping someone off. I was contacted recently to go look at this car. The would be buyer/victim spoke with Mark, he said the car runs and drives better than new and was ready to go. I did some digging here and a couple other places and saved the buyer a big headache. As soon as Mark new he would not be receiving any money before showing the car he stopped answering any calls.
I know nothing about US law, but given that people have actually got phone numbers for this guy, and I've been provided with a falsified title document, can this info be passed to the FBI?
Copy that. Same experience, my phone # and guys name was (407) 545-6244. Regards , Richard Moseley Sales Manager Smokey auto sales. Sent pics, copy of title etc. Hope he gets hit by something Italian
I'm in the middle of a similar deal for a '64 Jag XKE listed as 29K. I've been dealing with Richard Moseley by email,as well. Same address and phone number as above in Steve's post. He sent >60 pictures of a very clean read roadster with extensive info, however the car is also listed for sale in Nevada as well on another site. Very elaborate website with personal photos and bios of employees and multiple cars, however the Jag is not there. His explanation for this was thata they have no partition on their website for classic autos, just current cars. To put this in a little perspective this $150K car was listed at $29,950.00. Too good to be true.
I think it was these guys who just separated someone on Pelican from $28k for a 911 that wasn't really for sale. Extensive thread on the PP 911 forum. John.
Smokey Trucks & Auto Sales 701 South French Avenue Sanford, FL 32771 Phone: (407) 392-4692 Smokey Trucks & Auto Sales 701 South French Avenue, Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 392-4692 Jeff Sanders is listed on Manta as the contact point. Property as of 1/15/15 is for sale and appears vacant. Google image from 2013 shows a used car lot. MLS listing says "currently a used car lot." Sounds like someone using the name as a smokescreen for the scam. Oops. Smokescreen, Ha that's some funny stuff I came up with there. Scammer for sure, but not at all sure the "smokey" company has anything to do with it. I could not find a registered FL company under any of the Smokey names that seem to fit. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
