0202 A – Bought on Ebay - Long Lost Even-Numbered Comp Ferrari Found

Put it this way; IMO there are still a lot of questions about 01C/010I. Classiche certified the car. I have contacted them, asking on what basis they certified it. No response.

 

Was I that obvious?

 

No disrespect, but asking them to clarify as to the certification of that particular chassis, with the doubts surrounding it may come accross more like an interrogation than a question. Proving them wrong would certainly put a royal amount of egg on their faces.

Surely getting the history of 0202 A together is on an alltogether different plane. Besides, I bet that this list is also closely followed by them, as there is an immense amount of information available with relatively little effort for the reader (not to detract from the efforts of those who gather and make that info available)

 

If Tom had gotten to Classiche first with a pile of Euros he could have had 0202A certified as the first car. 2:02am was the time of day the car was finished. I'm sure a "1" can be found under a lead plug somewhere on the car....

 

As Sir Ian McKellen said in "The Da Vinci Code"

Don't trust the French

 

Yes and I liked it. We need things on a lighter note sometimes. just one man's opinion tongascrew

 

Did Roland just disappear or was this a hit and run?

 

Mr Prunet thru the alias, Tom Roland chose to discontinue the dialog, best I can tell.

 

Wow great find! A needle in a haystack!

 

Please.

 

Well done sir!
Maybe the engine's owner would consider a swap (one engine for another)it seems to be an eloborate paperweight atm.

Guirbhe mille maith aguit!

 

does anybody know how this car ended up in frankfort il.,could this car have been raced at a place called ''medowdale raceway'' just north oh elgin il.,one of the early ''gran sport'' corvettes was bought by a chevy new car dealer in elgin and raced at this track back in 63-64',, i remember reading about teams came from euorpe and all over to race there,,

 

No idea if there is a connection to that track but there is a website for it

http://meadowdaleraceway.homestead.com/

I went for a hike out there a couple years ago and it was interesting to see how much parts of it had returned to nature.

 

Great story, unbelievable find and my money is on Tom and Marcel that the car will be perfect and perfectly documented upon completion.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

Woke up, checked what my DVR had recorded, and on Carini's show was a visit to Mr. Shaughnessy's place with a viewing of 0202A and the man himself retelling the discovery via Ebay. Neat to see.

Speaking of which, any updates- parts acquisition, restoration, etc.?

Thanks.

 

Not to be a wet blanket on an incredible find,......but how can the car ever be anything but a modern REBODY on an original old chassis, which is the same kind of thing that Marcel reminds everybody of,....like in the current Drogo thread:

Won't a rebuild of 0202A just be a modern rebody with "NO relation whatsoever to genuine old FERRARI bodies" with the exception of physical appearance???

 

Hi Horsefly,

There is a big difference between rebodying a car with no relation at all with an original body, and rebodying a car to look like it once was.

I would like to know to whom am I replying.
Your name is?

Kind regards.
Cris Bertschi.-

 

Its one thing to scrap a restorable body another to replace a lost one. IMO in this case a rebody is far better than losing the car forever.

 

Obviously better than "losing the car forever",...but in the world of valuable original Ferraris, won't this version of 0202A have an asterix forever by it's serial number because of the modern rebody?

Consider this car: http://www.tinmantech.com/html/ferrari.php

A modern rebody of 0202A won't be any better or worse than the "ice racer",....will it?

 

Arlie,

Simple answer; use the body which the car had for most of its racing history

Regards,

Art S.

 

Marcel, any updates regarding this chassis? Is the engine in the process of being built yet? Has the bodywork begun? Is this supposed to be a well-kept secret until it nears completion? I am sure the community would love to know what is able to be released to the public regarding this treasure.

thanks!

 

A bit more patience, please!
Marcel Massini

 

Patience

 

Just finished watching this episode as well. I am hoping to see the future of this car emerge in this thread as time goes on.

 

hahah i have made my wife sit thru that like 3 times already. i love how it just popped into the middle of the show and the trek up the drive with ferrari bodies and misc parts strewn around is simply mouth watering.