he was from Melbourne Australia. I think his wife still has the tool roll! Maybe the s/n you have reflects the 1st car. He was a relative of Dame Melba.
Hi Marcel - 7413. From Coys 2005: 3rd March 2005 Coys Fine Motor Cars An Important Auction of British and Continental Sports & Touring Cars Lot 289 This fabulous car was originally ordered by renowned distributors, Maranello Concessionaires Ltd in Silver (code 106.E.1) with Black trim (code VM 8500) for a Mr. Peter Mitchell Esq of 30 Cornwall Gardens, London, SW7 who was in fact an Australian Gentleman, this is all shown on the copies of the original order sheets, build sheets and correspondence with Maranello which are supplied with the car. Mr. Mitchell covered very little mileage in the car before he returned to Maranello and bought another Ferrari for which he put 7413 in part exchange. Maranellos then sold the car to I. Page Ratcliff Esq. of R.S Mead Ltd, Meadway, Market Street, Maidenhead, Berks for which there is correspondence and invoice/payment details for in the file also. The car later passed on to C. Armstrong of Gwynedd and to a Mr. RJ Bostock before being sent to well known and respected marque specialists, Moto Tecnique who carried a considerable amount of restoration on the car at a cost of £63,000. The car then received a comprehensive engine rebuild by Terry Hoyle, after which it won its class at the Ferrari Owners Club Concours at Cottesbrook Hall. In 2000 the car was purchased by a Hong Kong based collector, until now 7413 has resided with the rest of his extremely significant and important collection in the USA. Being a right hand drive car this rare 6-carburettor short-nose has been shipped from America for today's sale. Worthy of note is that this car is importantly pre-65 and therefore is eligible for the most exclusive and important events currently staged in historic racing to include Le Mans Classic, Targa Florio, Tour Espana and Goodwood to name but a few. Resplendent in its original colour scheme and presented in the finest condition, and supplied with some very interesting literature, this is an opportunity not to be missed.
so reading the above he traded the car in? Yet the story down here is that it was crashed. Funny how the broker forgets that in his tale!
The car is was bought post auction from Coys by Bangkok based businessman Bill Heinecke who traded # 6527 for it. Terry Healy brought 6527 to Australia and it now lives with a new owner in VIC. Both 6527 and 7413 were used by Heinecke for Tour Auto events. I enclse a picture of 7413 I took at the 2006 event Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes they are, but now based in Richmond. I went along to their last auction for the year a couple of weeks ago. Moved out of the Kensington premises a few years ago when they went into receivership (from memory). Another company in their old premises I think, but I got a bit lost in the maze of mews when I went there a few months back!
