Here's another teaser. Only six days left till "Cavallino" magazine #154 will become available. COPYRIGHT MARCEL MASSINI Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
WOw, what wonderful patina. Give it a bit of buffing and wax, it will be good to go for another 50 years or so. Terry
thats an amazing pic. i must be a wierdo to be sitting here staring at ancient paint, but its so darn cool looking.
So Marcel, you actually found this car? I dont visit the vintage section often, just once in a blue moon but these barn finds amaze me and I'm sure everyone else. Have you found many other cars in the same way? Regards, Matthew
OK, guys. Cavallino magazine is out. The car is 0052 M. Here are a few photos. No more teasing! COPYRIGHT MARCEL MASSINI Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes, absolutely. Original old tires! No joke. See photo below. COPYRIGHT MARCEL MASSINI Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Thank you and bravo, Marcel. In your first post, you said "nobody has seen since 1959". So, before reading Cavallino, can you say to me if information of Barchetta on 0052M is exact (04/nov : Todd Morrici, USA) ?
That information is completely wrong. Todd Morici has nothing to do with this car. I got the car directly from the daughter of the deceased owner. That was in October 2004. I sold 0052 M on 15 August 2005 to the current owner, who will show it for the first time in January 2007 at the Cavallino meeting in Palm Beach/FL. 0052 M has not been in public since 1959. It was owned by the same person from 23 October 1959 until October 2004. Marcel Massini
Cockpit photo, as found. Even old helmet on passenger seat. COPYRIGHT MARCEL MASSINI Image Unavailable, Please Login
Marcel, I want to congratulate you on your find. It really is in fantastic condition for a vintage find. Can you elaborate on the engine/mechanical condition? Also you mentioned that you will not restore it, what preservation do you plan on implementing?
What an absolutely stunning artifact. Well done Marcel for going to all the effort of sharing it and in such a great way. I'm sure I speak for hundreds of other petrol heads who have been following this thread as it evolved / evolves? without pitching in our two pennies worth. Personally, if it were me, I would just keep the thing exactly as it is because it is that provenance and patina that makes it so unique and interesting and ultimately valuable. At the end of the day it can always be restored at some stage in the future, but when it is, it will loose forever the story it has to tell as it is, now. Tim
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for those of us who are certainly intrigued but ignorant about most of this stuff........what is something like this worth.....I'm not asking what Marcel paid for it, I'm just wondering how much could this be sold for to a collector..........i have no idea? hundreds of thousands....million?
To give you an idea: Sister car, identical 166 MM Barchetta Touring, S/N 0006 M, is currently for sale at an asking price of US$ 2.5 M. Fully restored and perfectly documented by Paul Russell and Company in Essex/MA (see their website please). Marcel Massini
I've just go to ask but how do you actually feel when those doors open for the first time and you see something like that sitting there