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  1. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
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    #26 Aircon, Aug 7, 2021
    Nice


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  2. Birel

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    #27 Birel, Aug 7, 2021
    Agreed, but from what I last heard the Irishman who bought it in 1990 still owns it, so obviously a man with a passion
     
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  3. Arvin Grajau

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    #28 Arvin Grajau, Aug 7, 2021
    I always thought they were the dealer for S.A in the early days . You do know there was a second owner to the car before the Smokers bought it back?
     
  4. Arvin Grajau

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    #29 Arvin Grajau, Aug 7, 2021
    Was it not for sale a few years by the UK dealer Paul Baber ? Perhaps it did not sell?
     
  5. moretti

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    #30 moretti, Aug 7, 2021
  6. carl888

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    #31 carl888, Aug 7, 2021
    Maybe, but remember W.H. Lowe were not just a Victorian dealer, they were the sole Australian importer, so it would have come through them regardless. W.H. Lowe were the first Ferrari agent outside Europe BTW, quite a coup for our little backwater.
     
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  7. Arvin Grajau

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    #32 Arvin Grajau, Aug 7, 2021
    Do we know that they engineered at the factory behind the showroom?
     
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  8. carl888

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    #33 carl888, Aug 7, 2021
    Well, yes. The Ferrari/Lancia/MV Agusta gig was a hobby. The main business was electrical engineering.

    Bill Lowe was a car fanatic and in fact entered the 1928, 1929 and 1931 Australian Grand Prix. Amongst other things.
     
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  9. Arvin Grajau

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    #34 Arvin Grajau, Aug 7, 2021
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  10. carl888

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    #35 carl888, Aug 7, 2021
  11. knocker

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    #36 knocker, Aug 7, 2021
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  12. Arvin Grajau

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    #37 Arvin Grajau, Aug 7, 2021
  13. knocker

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    #38 knocker, Aug 7, 2021
    Yes
     
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  14. carl888

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    #39 carl888, Aug 8, 2021
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  15. IanB

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    #40 IanB, Aug 8, 2021
    Yes, definitely 12397
     
  16. carl888

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    #41 carl888, Aug 8, 2021
    Thanks Ian, was originally white. One of the cars cars caught up in Sandrogate some years back. Still in Melbourne.
     
  17. IanB

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    #42 IanB, Aug 8, 2021
    I'm 80% sure that car was in Sydney for a while. If so it had an engine fire which seriously damaged the (fiberglass) firewall and was not well repaired. Also cracked the block at a gearbox bell housing stud - a common problem because the gearbox was heavier than the engine but had no mounts of it's own.
     
  18. IanB

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    #43 IanB, Aug 8, 2021
    Is it metallic blue now?
     
  19. carl888

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    #44 carl888, Aug 8, 2021
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  20. carl888

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    #45 carl888, Aug 8, 2021
    Is this question directed at me?
     
  21. carl888

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    #46 carl888, Aug 8, 2021
    No. Black
     
  22. IanB

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    #47 IanB, Aug 8, 2021
    Was the other black 365 mentioned in that article 12089 that ended up with the Gosford "museum" ?
     
  23. IanB

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    #48 IanB, Aug 8, 2021
    I can answer my own question, would have been 12207.
     
  24. carl888

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    #49 carl888, Aug 8, 2021
    The car was in pieces for many years after the fire. I believe the owner died with the car in bits at the workshop of Joseph Viola. It was subsequently "acquired" by Viola where it remained in pieces until he died, then to Sandro. Its history from there is very murky........
     
  25. IanB

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    #50 IanB, Aug 8, 2021
    The red carpets are distinctive. The Black interior 365BB's we had in Sydney all had black carpet.
     
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