Ricardo Vega is the Mexico City Ferrari concessionaire and his GTO is the 245th one built bearing chassis number 57699. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
"MO.650650" is Italian registered. Chassis number anyone? Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
But it seems to be LHD, while I thought 55671 was converted to RHD. Maybe the plates are just coincidence?
Of seperate interest, both 54225 (87th) and 56335 (185th) supplied to Sam Bardor and painted silver have now been returned to red. 54225 resides inthe USA with a southern gentleman of impeccable taste (+ F40, F50, Enzo). Joe www.joesackey.com
I think its possible this one wasnt converted to RHD, and has been returned back to its former glory... at any rate this was likely done back in England methinks, hence the re-claimed registration, before it set sail for NZ. Im aware of other Brunei cars that have been 'restored'... Regarding this particular car, I cant confirm any of this. Yet Joe www.joesackey.com
That is possible... A shame to bring such an original car back to stock though. If you've got the owners contacts maybe you can ask confirmation and pictures from the car when it was Brunei spec? Is it easy to get the original registration back? Wich other Brunei cars do you know of? Please pm me if you don't want to mention it out here in the open.
The Brunei cars were NOT original. They were production GTOs 'converted' at the whim & fancy of the Brunei Royal clan, post-production. If you have seen some of the cars they have 'created', I would suggest that returning the cars back to original production specification would be "doing god's work" in some cases - especially with the GTOs As I noted in my post above, the 2 silver GTOs have also been returned to red... However, I would agree that if the cars were originally manufactured in different colors, they should be preserved as such. Joe www.joesackey.com
With original I meant special/unique (by Pininfarina even!!). I've never had a good look at one (never even seen one good pic), so I can't base my opinion on that. But if they are like that grigio F40 that Talacrest converted to stock (accept for letting it stay RHD), then I'd definately be against any converting. Those two you mentioned (54225 and 56335) were two Brunei cars? Or only the first one you mentioned? And they were both silver?
btw, here is a picture of the red GTO in Brunei: http://www.*************/Pics?viewPic=y&source=gal&uID=129612&gID=976&pgID=6&pID=667124 I know, terrible quality, but that's the way it is with secret collections. I may be getting a better quality one soon, since I've got the original where that scan is taken from now.
Trust me, at any opportunity the Brunei GTOs sould go back to original spec (a simple procedure involving interior trim & paint only if the car remains RHD). Just because Pininfarina performed a conversion doesnt mean the end result is impeccable taste... after all, they carry out the wishes of the customer and whatever taste the customer has is the end result, for better or worse. The 2 silver cars were delivered to the USA. My reason for bringing them up was to illustrate that in this day and age, many enthusiasts are becoming thoughtful about returning modified cars (like the Brunei F40 you mention) back to their very original disposition. There is something purposeful about that... Joe www.joesackey.com
I know and I would agree with this almost every time, but just not when it comes to these Brunei specials
haha, yeah, you could say that How do you feel about different colours? All the (normal) GTO's were supposed to be red. But blue, yellow and even grey can look just as good (or even better) on them.
I liked Sam Bardor's silver cars (54225 & 56335). Im not a fan of the 2 yellow cars I know of (47649 & 54215) and I dont care for most things that are created for the House of Brunei. The French-registered black GTO doesnt quite grab me either. How many 288s are there in the Netherlands at prtesent that you know of? Joe www.joesackey.com
One that I know of. I've seen that one myself at Frits Kroymans' dealership. There might be more. Another Dutch member, like Bert308, can probably provide a better answer. Oh and there is a 328 based GTO EVO replica here too.
I can't help I'm afraid. I just know of 1 Dutch registered GTO NF/13/RF but don't know who it belongs to. John Bosch is dutch but I see he has his on french registration. There is a yearly compiled list of brands and types of car in the Netherlands but for Ferrari they only list the total amount. BTW some goldhunting car trader on this forum sent me a pm because he wanted to buy MY GTO. I had to disappoint him. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
1307 Ferraris in the Netherlands and just 3 of them are 288 GTOs... Here is the ex-Eddie Irvine 288 GTO chassis number 53307, the 49th car built. Image supplied by Piloti. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
