How Much Do You Know about the 1st Known Owner of your BB/TR?

1982 Ferrari BBI S/N 40565
Listed in FOC News May 1982 as owned by Dennis L. Brooks M.D. Philadelphia, Pa. (Ferrari Owners Club)
Imported by: Europe ala Carte Beverly Hills, Ca.

A document passed on to me by the previous owner indicates the first published owner of S/N 40565 was Dennis L. Brooks M.D. Philadelphia, Pa.according to FOC News May 1982.
Thinking Dr Brooks was a "Marcus Welby MD" type, I didnt pay much attention until an internet hit yesterday on his name pulled this 23 page report on the Doctor who was not your average MD.
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1985/jul/25/cover-right-between-the-eyes/
The article, written by Steven Meyer and published by the San Diego Reader July 1985.

Quoting the article: "In March of 1981, Dr. Dennis L. Brooks, chairman of the department of ophthalmology at Germantown Hospital near Philadelphia, formally applied for staff privileges at College Park Hospital on Montezuma Road near San Diego State University. Brooks, who claimed to have performed more than 10,000 cataract surgeries by 1981, was, among the general public, probably the most famous cataract surgeon in the nation.
Brooks, who claimed to have performed more than 10,000 cataract surgeries by 1981, was, among the general public, probably the most famous cataract surgeon in the nation. He’d written a book called D o n't B e A f r a i d o f C a t a r a c t s . He’d appeared on The Merv Griffin show and some twenty-five other television shows. Art Linkletter appeared in television commercials for him, one of which is still aired several times each week in San Diego. Brooks had been a guest on radio shows nationwide, including several with syndicated commentator Paul Harvey. And dozens of newspaper articles had been written about him. To College Park, a small, ninety-nine-bed hospitali that went out of business last year. Brooks represented much-needed revenue".

Dr Brooks Southern California connection may explain the Europe ala Carte purchase and not an east coast importer.

Im looking for anyone that may have a copy of FOC News May 1982 to see what was published about Dr Brooks. In the mean time. I have written the FOC to see if they can assist.

This is interesting stuff for my scrapbook.

 

Hi Rich,
I'm assuming your door jamb placard question is in regards to FCA judging? Correct? If so, I'm not the person to answer that question. I havent found a really good current source online how or what the current FCA judging rules are for BB's since all BB's imported and titled in the USA were grey market cars and were all laid out a bit differently by those importers. If you have a "Tween Car" as I have heard someone on F-Chat call it, you are disadvantaged Vs someone having either a full Euro or full US spec car. I believe the judging for BB's or any grey market car has changed being much more stringent than years prior to FCA2013 at RA.

I'm not attending FCA 2024 at RA. My BBi secured one Gold, and five Platinos with a number of major awards in previous FCA International meets as judged by Dick Fritz's Team. In my opinion Dick Fritz was very fair and straight forward with judging BB's and I'm happy with that.

 

Hi Michael,
Curious...
Which car on this thread are you refering to?

 

Hi Rich,
Theres no FCA pictorial on-line guide for BB/BBI grey market cars similar to what is available on-line for Preservation Class cars. As you know, Grey market cars differ from pre DOT/EPA cars being imported prior to federal regulation. From what I can see much seems to be "judge opinion" for points deduction. You will need to sort through what was posted on https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/u-s-federalized-or-euro-original.691275/
The post below posted from the above link is a yellow flag to me as even fractional point loss can cost you a Platino in a contest that requires 97 out of 100 points for Platino.
You are advantaged having either a full federalized BB/BBI or a full Euro Spec car.
As I stated previosly in my opinion Dick Fritz was very fair and straight forward with judging BB's and I'm happy with that.
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"Also, the last couple of times I have had my BB judged the judges asked whether I wanted the car judged as federalized or original. In 30 years of doing concours I never had this question posed directly until lately. There was always discussion on particulars but never the direct question. The powers that be must have made this decision.
Thats true and I was one of them. As you know we allow the grey market cars to be shown as original configuration or federalized. Thats still kind of problematic because there were so many different paths taken for federalization. In practice if its shown in federalized form which is a small minority of the time very little emphasis is placed on the modifications. If its shown in original configuration and proper deduction methodology is followed The door beams and labeling that may still be present in the door jams should not amount to over 1/2 a point unless it was a particularly poor/sloppy job of modification. We have a term called "Tween cars". Its in between being federalized and original. The smog is all gone but the bumpers and lights are still modified is a good and common example. Those get hit pretty hard with deductions. Generally a gray market car stripped of 90% of its modifications is not going to suffer badly for the remaining minor details."

 

Sorry I wont see you Rich. Good luck. I do get a bit serious about this stuff and have joined our local Fuelfed chapter which is gaining popularity. It's much more laid back as a Euro classic car club, and I'm having fun with it.