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  1. vince308

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    #1 vince308, Oct 28, 2006
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    hi, this weekend is open days event at the Ecurie Francorchamps over here in Brussels.
    Had the chance to be asked to be a guide for the visitors, what was a honour for me to work for Mr. Jacques Swaters himself.

    I'll post some of my pictures, others missed, my camera is f***d broken.

    If you come over to Belgium, you can always ask to visit this museum, we'll see what we can do.....

    The cars : Pinin - 375plus - 166MM - 246 dino - F50

    pictures - scale models 1/43

    and memorablia (a lot) hat of the count Baracca - helmet of Gilles Villeneuve + Pironi - helmet of Mairesse - trophys from Ascari - driver license from Enzo Ferrari himself - lettres from the factory - cameras from Dino - F1 spoiler from Villeneuve ............................ really a must visit place when you are in Belgium in future .....

    so, hope you enjoy this pictures
    (had a lot more but those are gone sh*t)
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    #7 morcal, Oct 28, 2006
    Vince,
    thanks for sharing. Is this in the former Garage Francorchamps location?
     
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    #8 vince308, Oct 28, 2006
    so, I hope you enjoyed this, as i do, everytime I go there.

    there is a lot more to see than this, they have about 28.000 pictures downstairs, 25.000 unique documents,
    30000 books and magazines.

    there is also a small shop now, and normally, "The Boss" himself is always around, working on his computer, and always ready to have a friendly talk about something he did in his Ferrari-life, what a beautiful gentleman.

    greetings, Vincent.
     
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    #10 C'one, Oct 28, 2006
    Fabulous!
     
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    #11 trashidelek!, Oct 28, 2006
    Great post!! Thank you for sharing.
     
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    #13 zwoemba, Oct 29, 2006
    So impressive... Can you always visit it?
     
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    #14 F40fan, Oct 29, 2006
    urgent question: is the 288 GTO evoluzione there??
     
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    #15 etienne, Oct 29, 2006
    NO ! it is not any more at the Foundation, but in England...
     
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    #16 F40fan, Oct 29, 2006
    damn, it was mainly for the 288 that I would go... so I think I'm not going.
     
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    #17 Philmodelcar, Oct 31, 2006
    I went and was rather disappointed, tons of 1/43 scale cars, ok, a few nice and rare memorabilia but just 5 cars that we can see almost every week...
    Not really worth it even if I built some of the scale cars...
     
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    #18 vince308, Oct 31, 2006
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    Hi Philippe, I'm really surprised by your reaction......

    You see almost every week, as you say, a 166MM + a 375Plus + a PININ + a f50 #99999 + a246 dino + a 250gt....

    well Philippe you must be the most lucky man on the world if you see such cars every week, but for those (the rest of the world) that don't see this cars every week, i think it's worth to have a look at those collection cars, and some of the 5000 models they have (Like the unique Conti models or the unique F500 'one off' model build for Jacques Swaters by carrozzeria Scaglietti)

    Oh yeh, i forgot one of the pictures from the 'few' memorablia as you call it : the original handgloves from Tazio Nuvolari..... I'm not sure you have a pair to drive your daily car.

    greetings, Vincent.
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    #19 RP, Oct 31, 2006
    Great photos, thanks for posting. One of my goals in the next two years is to visit this wonderful collection.
     
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    Hehe, I get very greedy from the sight of the 1/8 (?) scaled yellow 250 GTO.

    I remember many years ago visiting Garage Francorchamps, wondering around downstairs and seeing the Pjnin (always wondered why the called exactly this car 'pinin') just standing there in the corner. Very awkward.

    Thanks for taking the effort to make these pictures and showing it to us. If any more pictures of the 1:43 collection are available, I might suggest a thread in the collectors area.
     
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    #21 GTE, Oct 31, 2006
    oh, and 166MM #0064 is right up there on my short list of most beautiful Ferrari's ever.

    Could it be the very first non-red costumer car?
     
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    #22 Napolis, Oct 31, 2006
    Thanks for posting!!!
    Fantastic!
     
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    #23 BigTex, Oct 31, 2006
    Very, very very nice....and thanks for taking the time to share with us.

    The personal collection of one of the very important Ferrari teams and supporters.........

    Thanks again for taking us there, with you!
     
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    #24 vince308, Oct 31, 2006


    Thanks to all for the great replies and support.

    The Pinin was a 50th birthday design/car for Pininfarina they made in 1980.
     
  25. trashidelek!

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    #25 trashidelek!, Oct 31, 2006
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    Well, maybe not exactly, but, pretty darn close! Seriously, though, thank you for posting some excellent and very informative photos.
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