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  1. maserich

    maserich Karting

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    Anybody know where 0627 is now?
    Started life as a Boano, given California bodywork by Scaglietti 1959. Then registered as 1960 Ferrari.
    Rich
     
  2. Marcel Massini

    Marcel Massini Two Time F1 World Champ
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    It's in the UK.

    Marcel Massini
     
  3. djaffrey

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    And very often seen in East Molesely in Surrey to be specific. That's where it gets looked after. Nice looking car even with all the stories. I used to admire it regularly when my car was next to it in Kevin's shop.

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  4. kare

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    Does anyone know if James Cagney as an owner of this car it true or false?

    Best wishes, Kare
     
  5. maserich

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    I was told James Cagney was the first owner when I bought it from Flint British Motors in 1971 or 1972. Maybe that legend was started by that slick salesman who sold it to me. It did have a cramped cockpit.
    If you Google Ferrari 0627, Sheehan has a vague history which states Cagney was first owner when it had its Boano body.
    I don't know where his information came from, but that legend was still with it at Kruse and Barrett Jackson in '98? and '99?
    When I had it it was titled as a 1960.

    Rich
     
  6. Marcel Massini

    Marcel Massini Two Time F1 World Champ
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    I can only repeat it again and again:
    The first owner of Boano 0627 GT was an Italian resident in Varese, who bought it February 1957. I have the paperwork to prove this. It remained a regular Boano for more than 2 years. Following its conversion into a Spider it was first registered in Arizona/USA in 1960. 26 February 1965 title was issued for Greg Lambert of Hornell, NY. And on and on............!

    Marcel Massini
     
  7. thepinkumbrella

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  8. david grace

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  9. amenasce

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    So is it known as a Boano or a California when shown at concourses? Is it valued as a Boano? A California?
     
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  10. Marcel Massini

    Marcel Massini Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Again: it is a rebodied Boano. Certainly NOT a California.
    The car was born in February 1957, the rebody took place three years later.

    Marcel Massini
     
  11. miurasv

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    That Scaglietti rebodied 0627 in period certainly makes it interesting. May I ask your opinion on the fact that Scaglietti did the work, whether 0627 will be structurally and mechanically very similar and up to the same standard as a real LWB California?
     
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  12. TTR

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    Any chance/hope this will someday be returned to its original configuration ?
     
  13. miurasv

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    Is there any proof that Scaglietti actually rebodied 0627?
     
  14. kare

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    Sergio said he did a rebody on a crashed car very early on. "Three years later" would be way too late.
     
  15. TTR

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    Was the “rebody” Factory approved/sanctioned or independent commission and would the current configuration and alleged date of its creation (3 years later ?) qualify the car as a period rebodied or fake/recreation/replica/etc. Cal. Spdr. ?
    Just curious.
     
  16. 375+

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    Perhaps he meant "very early on" after the introduction of the California Spyder?
     
  17. kare

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    Exactly, Sergio said the rebody was maybe the 2nd or 3rd Cal Spider built, but I think that would be a little too early. It seems however, that the car was converted in period from late 1958 to early 1959, so I don't see a serious conflict here. Cal Spider production cars started coming out in summer of 1958.
     
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  18. Aardy

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    In definitive, 0627 was the first ever California spyder's replica if you think carefully...:D
     
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  19. TTR

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    :rolleyes::D
     
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  20. John Vardanian

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    The lowest form of garbage... get the replica gestapo to move it immediately!

     
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  21. 375+

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    The car has been in this state for 60 years of its 63 year existence--why touch it? It was rebodied(by Scaglietti) while the California Spyder was still in production, I say call it a period rebody and leave it at that.
     
  22. Aardy

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    I was joking of course. :D Nobody wants to touch this car fortunately ! ;)
     
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  23. 375+

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    I'm not sure about Timo.;) He must have a Boano body stashed away somewhereo_O
     
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  24. TTR

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    I wish :rolleyes:...

    ..., but if I did and...
     
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  25. david grace

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    I would not see it as a replica, but as a unique speciale, like many of the speciale that were made with the base and the engine of average ferraris, but updated in a unique and superior work that are now worth much more than their " ordinary brothers "
    the car was practically rebodied by sergio scaglietti at the same time of the original california spyder`s and using the chassis and engine of an authentic ferrari, and it was only 2 or 3 years after the car was born so for me it is not sanction car nor replica, but a unique and authentic speciale
    in my opinion it should be much more expensive than an average boano but much cheaper than an original california spyder, a much cheaper alternative and quite similar to the california spyder

    I would like to know what value could this car currently have, Mr. Marcel Massini
    thanks
     

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