Jim knows his Ferrari history Man it must have been fun working for Enzo in those days ... getting all wrapped up in the future BS stories . He was a hard man, but oh the romance of it all. Just imagine the BS going down in the pubs after work ... and then the race win or car sold celebrations, etc. I've worked for a small engineering company and it was a blast ... all working for the same very obvious goals, to keep the place alive, etc. Pete
yes I saw that great show " behind the headlights" it reminded me of Carbon when some guy of Ferrari Market Letter appeared is that your boss NNO? (in fact I was expecting you to show up too) I'm proud to tell S/N # 0048 is owned by a mexican guy (Zambrano)
LOL, yes, that was my boss, Gerald Roush... Maybe in twenty or thirty years i'll be able to talk about the car like some of those guys did, but i won't be asked to speak on any cars in the near future...
I'm still waiting for a pic of a 166 Brachetta next to ANY other car just to realize how accurate the 1:18 scalemodel is (Mattel made it look really tiny)
i have a 1:18 of the Barchetta and Gerald is looking at it RIGHT NOW... He's noticed a lot of differences between the model and 0008, however Hot Wheels never said that the 166 they put out was a model of that specific car... Greg, LMAO...! Very nice "uncovering" work...
Here's a quick batch for size reference. They are tiny cars, dwarfed by Miatae. One pic has a Taurus hulking in background. 250LM's are small as well, as are SWB's and they dwarf this little beauty. Enjoy. And Carbie, a bit too obvious, but 0008 was flattered I'm sure. I have pic of her and Lou S.' old 312T2...very similar in size, very sexy pair. Not digitized, but so many of mine need to be. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The 365 in background of other post is closer, and is huge. Here is a rear view, people hang out of them, like a kiddy car almost. Still stunning. Image Unavailable, Please Login
The have an Auto Avio 815 sales brochure for sale! http://www.maranellomerchandise.com/index.html?target=p_280.html&lang=en-us Only 2 cars were built, and one exists, in a collection in Italy. The cars were NOT identical; one had a longer atil and slightly different body shape. I believe the S/Ns were 021 and 022, although I have no idea why these numbers were used, unless they have something to do with Nardi.
I have actually looked at one in Chuck Jordan's amazing collection. A gracious host, and a literature collection which is awesome. Nice designer too. Not completely out of line price either. Hmmmm. Nice find, I missed it.
Yes, Chuck is a great guy. I wouldn't mind a color xerox of the 815 (and some other early) brochures, as I can't afford the real ones...
