I know it's a thread about UK Ferrari's but does somebody know which vin are from the blue BB in post 225 picture 2 and 3 and the white BB and blue Dino in post 201 all with belgian licence plates? best regards
Daytona Spider #15841 and Berlinetta #15981 at an FOC Concours in about 1978, when both were owned by Dudley Mason-Styrron. Scans from my transparencies and I retain copyright, John Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A few cars from the 2007 FOC Concours. The Rosso Rubino 275 GTB 4 is registered VVT 4 The Argento 275 GTB is registered KYY 405C No information on 365 GTC The 512 BBLM (#26685) belonged to Nigel Chiltern-Hunt at the time. My copyright. John Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The blue Daytona Spider (CD1000) is a conversion, fitted by the long term owner with auto tranmission and cruise control as he is apparently partially disabled. Jonathan Tremlett can possibly add more as he knows this car. Unfortunately I don't have access to my notes from this event so cannot provide any Telaio. All photos my copyright. John Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The first shot of VTN 268G (now 6 JHG) wa taken in 1984, the next in 1988 and the last at Siverstone on a very wet day in the early 90s. The colour was unchanged over this period but the photos were processed in different places! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I can tell you the then owner has died since your picture was taken, the car sold and his alterations removed. Jonathan
Re CD 1000. Allegedly the conversion was done buy the owner at the time as he was a top class engineer, and a perfectionist. This was told to be by the executor of the estate who was trying to sell me an original Spyder hard top that was with the car, even though Ferrari never made a production hard top for a Daytona Spyder! Pic of hard top. [ Which he may have made himself ]. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Re CD 1000 This is a photo of the interior when it was not very old before it was converted. The photo comes from Autocar when they tested the car in 1971. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Correct. #14293 was born as a Berlinetta in Rosso Chiaro and was a Maranello Concessionaires' demonstrator in 1971 (reg GPK83K). It first appeared in Autocar's 30 September 1971 issue with a full AutoTest - only the second Ferrari to be featured in this way by Autocar (the first being the 365 GTC, #12107, in the 29 May 1969 issue). However, the Daytona test marked the first time the magazine had managed to achieve 150mph within MIRA's mile straight. Interestingly, while all the photos inside the magazine are of the car in question, the one pictured on the cover is not actually #14293, but #13335 (a Plexiglas-nose model, which was actually tested by CAR and appears on the magazine's February 1971 cover). Daytona #14293 did eventually appear on an Autocar cover, but not until 30 December 1971, which was the year-in-review edition that showcased the 'Pick of the Tests'. Writing in that issue, Geoff Howard said, "I shall long remember that day at MIRA when we scorched off the line to reach 150 mph in a distance of one mile and the epic drive back south afterwards, the music of those four cams and 12 intakes swamping out all thought of listening to the radio." #14293 was colour changed in May 1982, and re-registered as CD1000 in October 1983. It is now back on its original registration, but doesn't appear to have been on the road since 2012. My understanding of this car is that Charles Daniel (a previous owner of 330 GTO #4561) specifically wanted an automatic Daytona. To achieve this, I was told he purchased a crashed Berlinetta where the transaxle casing had cracked. The automatic transmission in the car (as pictured here) is a GM Turbo-Hydramatic unit. I'd be interested to know what's become of the car now... -Ed
I believe Mr Daniels bought the car from a David Piper after the car had been crashed hard in to a tree on the side in the early 70's. Mr Daniels sold the car shortly before his death, and the next time I saw the car for sale was in 2011 at the Ferrari Centre. As JT has said, I was also told the transmission was being returned to original, which would be no easy task, having to source a transaxle, plus suspension parts, gear shift box etc etc, sort out the interior of the car, centre console, move the hand brake, new speedo cable and lots more. I was also told it had cruse control fitted! Image Unavailable, Please Login
I believe the entire original transaxle is still together and available for purchase (with the exception of the casing itself). The casing was cracked in the crash, hence it being thought of as an appropriate donor car for the auto conversion. -Ed
Same car at BHL in 2010, the shortly thereafter repainted blue after a change of owner and final incarnation in silver with a total restoration. Now living in Hong Kong. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Dear Ed The unidentified car in these photos is #07234, which I believe was actually registered WEN738M. I found the car for Bernard back in 1986, and it came from the West Midlands. From then on we referred to it as 'The Birmingham Car.' Hope this helps. Any other pictures of it ? Mark
Thanks Mark! I'll take a look - I'll be amazed if there is not another photo of it; just trying to digitise the whole archive in my spare time at the moment! -Ed
This thread is turning up quite a few pictures of cars that my late Father owned. He had this one for a short period probably just before or after the top picture was taken. I believe the owner after him changed it to blue before selling it on again? This was not one of his favourites as he did not like the driving position much and driving it didn't really compare to his previous SWB (see pics earlier in the thread).
Who was your father and what Ferraris did he own? Do you have photos of them - if you can describe them, I'm sure we all do!
