Book on coachbuilt Ferraris, one annoyance--they leave out Tjaarda's name

I am 3/4 of the way through the book which has excellent color pictures and black and white reproduction
But when I got to the California Spyder designed by Tom Tjaarda, an American (whose father was a famous Detroit engineer)they didn't bother to mention he designed it. Only 14 were built. I want to give credit where credit is due and I think it was an accomplishment for a American to go over to Italy and design cars. All his design life in Italy he had to live under the shadow of Giugiaro (who gets credit in the same book for his one off split grille 250GT) so I want to see his name mentioned where it should be so he isn't forgotten. I
l will put that in my review as well.

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Auction Sales History

During their sale of exceptional motorcars at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center, Christie’s auctioned chassis number #9889, the light metallic blue car seen above with black leather interior. Being a very original car with 20,350 miles on the odometer, the cat fetched $634 500 USD.

1967 Ferrari 365 California Spider 10327 – sold for $2,970,000 The Last of the Great Coachbuilt Ferraris. One of Only 14 Examples Built. Spectacular Pininfarina Design. Outstanding Uninterrupted Provenance. Matching-Numbers Example with Less than 40,000 Original Miles. Featured in Cavallino No. 6 and The Ferrari Legend: The Road Cars. Eligible for the Finest Tours, Rallies, and Concours. Offered with Extensive Documentation. Documented by Ferrari Historian Marcel Massini. Auction Source: Gooding & Company’s 10th Anniversary 2013 Pebble Beach Auction

1966 Ferrari 365 California Spyder 08347 – sold for €844,979. The prototype of only 14 examples built. Completely original and in superb condition. A matching-numbers car with known history from new, it has been Ferrari Certified and is unquestionably one of the finest examples of the limited few 365 California Spyders built. Still in pristine condition, this is one of Ferrari’s rarest coachbuilt road cars. With its competition derived 320 horsepower 4.4-litre engine and gorgeous Pininfarina body, it would be welcome to all the great Ferrari events around the world and, given its rarity and prototype status, is certainly worthy of close consideration. Auction Source: 2010 Automobiles of London by RM Auctions

1966 Ferrari 365 California Spider 9631 – sold for $880,000. This elegant 1966 Ferrari 365 California Spider, chassis 9631, was selected for display on Pininfarina’s stand at the Geneva Motor Show on March 9-19, 1967. Immediately following its Geneva debut, 9631 was flown to the US where the well-known Ferrari importer, Luigi Chinetti Motors, proudly took the delivery in late March the same year. For its second show appearance, it was displayed on Chinetti’s stand at the 1967 New York Auto Show, held in early April at the Coliseum. In May that same year, this sensational show car was leased through the Transamerica Car Leasing Company to its first caretaker, a doctor believed to be from the New York area. It remained registered to Transamerica until April 1971 when a Mr. Fred Sweet purchased the car. Shortly after, William Nicholson of Seattle, Washington, acquired this Ferrari. In 1976, this California Spider became a part of another Seattle-based collection when it was acquired by Sam Allotta. Not long after Mr. Allotta had purchased 9631, it was involved an unfortunate accident when it was hit in the rear while parked on the side of the road, damaging both the rear and front of the car. Understandably, the discouraged Mr. Alotta offered it for sale immediately thereafter.

Renowned Ferrari collector Greg Garrison most likely read about this car when it was advertised for sale in the Los Angeles Times and realized that it was just what he was missing from his collection. Mr. Garrison, a great client of Ferrari and personal friend of Enzo himself, thought the best professionals to restore and rebuild this damaged Ferrari would be Ferrari and Pininfarina themselves. He shipped the car back to Italy and the original craftsmen at Ferrari and Pininfarina set to work. To repair the bodywork properly, Pininfarina used the last NOS front and rear body pieces they had, most likely pieces intended for use on one of the 365 California prototypes, as they had a distinctive three-lamp set-up on the rear and no pop-up headlights at the front. All mechanical aspects of the car were redone by Ferrari. For color, Mr. Garrison chose the stunning Oro Chiaro (light metallic gold) – the same color as the 1973 Daytona Spider he owned. The restoration took more than two years to complete.

When finished, the now one-off 365 California Spider returned to America and Mr. Garrison’s great collections of Ferraris in Southern California. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, 9631 was featured in the magazines Prancing Horse and Ferrari Klassik, in articles written by distinguished Ferrari historian Marcel Massini. This beautiful California remained a cherished part of Greg Garrison’s outstanding Ferrari collection for many years, and even when Mr. Garrison began to thin out his collection several years ago, he kept this particular car. In 2004, 9631 was invited to Pebble Beach where Mr. Garrison proudly displayed it in the M-1 class. After Mr. Garrison passed away in 2005, 9631 was sold at the 2007 Pebble Beach Auction among the remaining Ferraris from his famed collection. Since then, it has resided in a Bay Area collection, being exercised regularly on sunny days. A recent service performed by renowned Ferrari specialists at the Patrick Ottis Company ensures this car is in outstanding mechanical order. The preservation of this fine and important 365 California Spider with its special long-term position in the Garrison collection, its extreme rarity and strong ties to Pininfarina and Ferrari, surely make it one of the most desirable Ferraris of the era. Auction Source: 2010 Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction

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