Damn, that's a terrible rendition (and a later, modern, street car version plate)... If I could not hit a hammer any better than that I would give it up! Let me see if I can find a racing style ID plate, I have one off of a 250LM. (Which is still almost ten years newer than the car in our dsicussion...) The other thing to note is the Philips head attachement srcews!! That's a great detail!! ROTFLMAO! Even my lowly '70s Ferraris are firmly attached, via pop rivets......they were never "screwed on" as this one.... That looks like ass......
They might as well make it magnet, to take on and off... mbzgurl could keep her shopping list on the refrigerator....
Thanks BigTex I've checked, and there is no picture of a board in the article by Keith Bluemel which lists the car as 0394 (1992) It may be my faulty memory but I was sure I'd seen a pic of a board with 0394, and I thought it was at the Galeria, but having not managed to find it I may well have faulty memory. Whatever - I don't think it is of the importance that Joe makes out. It was during a period of confusion over the history of the car (going right back to its first year of racing in Europe). It's all very easy to look back nearly 25 years later and promote conspiracy theories.
I would agree, it was honest confusion over the actual cars vs. the 'engine only' use of the VINs by Ferrari..
It's not THAT bad..... Here is the plate from 0396 in 1954.... courtesy of ©Mailander Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
That is the highest resolution I can realistically get. There are several photos and in none of them can you see the slots of a Phillips screw head.
If one makes the assumption that the physical chassis plates were all the same on the 375s at the time (who knows) then the 2 photos suggest the one on 0384 cannot be a period plate. In the photo from 1954 the 'E' on 'TYPE' is right justified to the aluminum strip underneath wheres on the 0384 plate it is not. Of course there could have been different batches of plates in a bin and a different one randomly chosen up by Luigi. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes, agreed. But it's interesting to revisit the poster's words before he went rogue and switched sides.
Just so we're clear- this number plate is affixed to the 90's body recreated in Italy that sits on 0384's chassis. No affiliation with the original panels whatsoever.
Indeed - there was no vin plate on the hulk. It is well documented it had ripped off earlier before the theft. The only relevance is whether an 0394 vin plate had subsequently been attached and so far there is no evidence to support that.
Went rogue! That's an interesting description which shows a certain amount of partisanship on your side ;-)
Of course. My posts were to convey that, regardless of where the plate is/came from, it: 1. Does resemble the original 375 plates. 2. Does not appear to be a physical period plate. Nothing more or less intended.
One day you and Kim and I will share a pint, Francis. And perhaps on that day I'll get you to see the light and the truth.
Check the pictures, especially the frontal of the engine bay and the oblique of the engine bay, on Swaters website of the hulk as it sat on a dolly behind the Italian restoration shop, circa 1990. Tell me what VIN number you think is stamped on those plates. Joe *
Sold at $28.05 Million . . . Well, I was off by $1M. Fangio's Ferrari race car a top seller at RM Sotheby's auction Juan Manuel Fangio's Ferrari 290 MM sold for big money at RM Sotheby's auction. Joe * Image Unavailable, Please Login
The pics on the Swaters website are far too small to see anything and I'm really not going to wade through the whole thread to try and find bigger ones (although I remember seeing them) especially when I thought that one of the whole points was that the vin plates had been ripped off the car before it was stolen, or am I wrong on that? I'm sure I remember reference to that. PM me if you are worried about falling foul of the court.
