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It' only 16 years later--what was the decision on the fake Ferrari race car?

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  1. bitzman

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    #1 bitzman, Aug 3, 2022
    Sometimes it takes eons for the word to lesk out. I was reading about an Austrian racer and happened upon an article on a Ferrari race car he owned where Ferrari said, golly Lolly, "We own same car same SN?? I found this article, want to know what the upshot was?
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    As far as Ferrari is concerned, there were three 330 P models produced as factory race cars in the 60's. Each was identically built with a 12-valve, 4-litre, 360bhp engine. The fate of two is known. Chassis No 0820 is in the US and chassis number 0822 in France, both with collectors. The fate of the third car, chassis number 0818, is still a question mark to everyone but Ferrari and Mr. Egon Hofer.
    It seems that back in 1967, Mr. Hofer purchased what he thought to be chassis number 0818, for which he states he has "all of the documentation". This car is well known in the racing community as being driven by Graham Hill and Joachim Bonnier to a second place finish in the 1964 24-hour Le Mans race. The following year the same car was driven to victory by Ludovico Scarfiotti and John Surtees at the Nürburgring.

    The problem is that both Mr. Hofer and Ferrari have identical 330 P's with the same chassis number (0818). Ferrari has issued a "certificate of authenticity" for the car it owns. Industry experts state that alone should be the final word. But for Mr. Hofer, who thought he owned a $1.4 million dollar Ferrari, the fight isn't over.

    After a five-year battle in the court system, Ferrari has agreed to look at Mr. Hofer's car in Maranello, but Mr. Hofer feels like they will deem it a fake as soon as he drives it in and his battle will only get more difficult. The courts are getting very close to issuing a decision, based on extensive testimony from many experts and witnesses in the racing community.

    One thing is for sure; two cars can't possibly have the same chassis number, so one of them is a fake. Will we ever know the truth?



    [Source: World Times Online]
     
  2. miurasv

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    #2 miurasv, Aug 3, 2022
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    @bitzman The picture above is of 330 P2 #0828.

    12 cylinders and 24 valves...
     
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  3. Timmmmmmmmmmy

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    #3 Timmmmmmmmmmy, Aug 4, 2022
    Bitzman - #0818 was sold by Dick Potheroes widow to Egon Hofer and remained as a project car until quite recently. The other #0818 was a car built up in the UK on an ex David Piper chassis and sold to the famous US drug smuggler Chris Murray. Murray later "sold" the car to Fabrizio Violatti via a DEA enforced sale after he was caught and it rested in the laters museum for almost two decades. Ferrari Classiche established and this car was an early test of their capability and it passed their test that every component was to original form, which of course it was. Violattis collection was sold to Evert Louwman and most cars offered by Louwmans Bonhams auctions where the GTO and various road cars fetched great sums. Two that weren't offered for auction were Violattis 330P2 #0828 which had been restored as a 330P4 and #0818. Ferrari Classiche were a party to a Talacrest offer of a package deal of both #0818s complete with a Classiche restoration where the original parts are to be built into the original chassis, which the Hofer car contains. AFAIK it is still in the UK and still for sale for around 15 million quid (US$18 mm) and will remain there until someone has the wealth and time to make the package whole once more. #0828 has already been through the process with Talacrest selling it to an unknown British buyer and Joe Macari and Ferrari Classiche restoring it so its only a matter of time and money and #0818 will live once more!
     
  4. Marcel Massini

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    #4 Marcel Massini, Aug 4, 2022
    0828 belongs to C. H. in the UK, is yellow and has been fully restored a couple years ago.

    Marcel Massini
     
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    #5 Deemeyere Wim, Aug 7, 2022
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    #6 Motob, Aug 10, 2022
    I like the normally foot operated windshield washer pump mounted on the dash. Not quite as elegant as the smaller finger operated rubber washer pumps as used on 250SWB.
     
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