History of the Cizeta V16T

Thanks for responding Brian - not that there was any doubts from my perspective, but false accusations need to be addressed swiftly and is is pretty clear from that piece you shared that this was not done behind Claudio's back under any circumstance.

Credibility of anything written by Claudio in that post was really lost in the second sentence:

Of the now 300 replies in this thread, 15 of them were entered by Claudio's account dating back to 2009, so to claim that he is just now finding out about this book when that is what the thread has been about since the very beginning is horribly disingenuous.

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Judging by the responses from Mr. Zampolli on this board, (English being his second language) it would seem unlikely that the “Second Draft” response would be written by him. Just saying?

 

Mr. Ginracer!

I agree with you that Claudio did Not write that draft. In fact English being his second language could not write such flawless and well expressed story without any misspelled words.
There is some manipulation here.
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…Thank you F. Brian for giving me so much recognition to write that well written letter! I didn’t realize how my English had improve…that much!!!

F. Brian…anyone can see that that letter was written from you…You even misspell my name! And also I’m wondering, knowing…that… you didn’t falsify my signature as well! But there is nothing wrong with that letter, because most of it is CORRECT, and there is from my previous interviews from various car magazines that you have copy it. If you received that letter from my computer it means that you did to yourself when you or Carry were manipulating with my computer…m I wrong? In addition…you are wrong…indeed I own most of the Cizeta pictures, and you know that! F. Brian. But I’m not so shocked!

The story doesn’t end here.

 

To you…Polenton 25 … you are not a true Cizeta fan! And also I thing you don’t know anything about cars…isn’t? …is not Bull**** you really believe anything what F. Brian PRINT’s?…you must be some kind of “POLENTON” (inform yourself what it is the meaning, in Italian, of “POLENTON”) (just a little hint…derived from Polenta!)

Anyhow! F. Brian didn’t mention anything that he tried to use an Editor in England, and…indeed I knew about the book that he stole from my computer all the information, and this it ONE of the reason of our FALLING OUT!!! Indeed I wrote a letter to the Editor in England to stop the process, and from my letter the Editor decline to get involve in this type of misdemeanor with F. Brian! I just am wondering…who did the unlawful printing to this F. Brian book?

Just to mention how clever he manipulate the all thing! He took advantage of me for being unskillful on computers knowledge, and how disgraceful he is to involve, in his skim, his good soul Carry (girlfriend then now his wife) to help him to “REPAIR” my computer! I always wonder why my computer had so many problems since F. Brian came around me. From the time that I cut his phony, trickery friendship…I never had any more that kind of problem with the computer!

Going back to the “manipulation”. After many attempt to rectify my computer he suggested that I should buy a new one, which naively I did. Now the F. Brian had is achievement…after setting the new computer I ask how to transfer my entire file from the old to the new one. No problema he reply! he remove from his packet a memory stick, and in no time he transferred all the files. Great…very impressive! But something caught my eye that right after the downloading he put his memory stick in his packet. I ask him if all the file are still in his memory stick, he reply that after the downloading automatically all the files get’ erased. At that point I could not argue because I didn’t know the procedure, but I was not so convince about that. So, after a few weeks talking to a friend in regard, he told me that to erase the memory stick is another task. Right after, I phone called F. Brian by telling him, with a “NOT” so friendly voice as I always did to him, to come over because I need some explanation. At that point he wanted to know what it was, I told him to come over because I cannot do it on the phone.
I have NO doubt to believe that he knew what it was all about, and from that time I never saw him again, and this was the straw that broke the Camel’s back between us!

Now ! He’s got everything what he was looking for, and beside that…he stole from my office the full pictures archive. F. Brian he also had the nerve to slur me by doing the unauthorized Book, and with (apparently) lots of incriminating manners in Chapter 10.

Hey…POLENTON! it give me the impression that you know F. Brian very well…What is your believe it was the reason of our split? I need your unbiased undertake for all the above, thank you!
More to come…………

 

I don't know know Brian well at all - we have only met briefly on two occasions. Once when the two of you were still good friends and brought the Cizeta you had to the Crystal Cove car show. The date stamp on my photos shows that to be Sept 16th, 2006 and we probably spoke for 30 minutes max that day, mostly about the car. Then he and I met one more time when he drove up to Supercar Sunday in 2010 - it was a Ferrari Marque day, so very busy and we said hello to each other and that was about it. I also purchased the book when it was finished, and that's no secret if you have read this thread. Outside of this forum and a connection on Facebook we don't have some kind of great relationship that would sway my opinions here.

I think it is probably fair to say that you have a much better relationship with the two parties who have showed up here to defend you with the suggestion Brian has written what he shared. I don't know who ferris45 is but it is telling that all 7 of his posts at FerrariChat exist in this single thread. Maybe he would care to introduce himself as there is no info in his profile? ginracer is a bit easier to figure out - he referred to himself in a previous posts as a good friend of yours. I am willing to bet he is your business partner, Ray Wayne Gin, who is mentioned in chapter 10 of the Cizeta book. Surely he could afford to buy you a copy of Brian's book? Hasn't he helped you out before...?

As for my opinion of your fractured relationship with Brian - it is really a shame that two of the most passionate people in regards to this car are not able to settle their differences. My impression is based primarily from what I can garner from the posts in this thread you two have exchanged in the past. It seems as Brian did more research to make the story complete for his book he started to uncover portions of the past you would rather not have exposed to the world. His need to tell the whole story of Cizeta from end to end and not just paint a rosy picture that you would want the world to see seems to have upset you beyond the point of being rational.

As the author of the book, Brian has to be comfortable that what he is putting his name on as the history of Cizeta Automobili is as complete and as accurate as possible. He shouldn't have to edit out the negative portions that were reported to him by customers and other involved individuals just to appease you. That's my opinion and I for one am happy the book offers the most complete account of history he could manage to obtain and does not just gloss over the bumps in the road. If a book were ever printed on the history of Vector Aeromotive, for instance, I'd imagine it would take more than just one chapter to account for all of the turmoil that occurred there and I would find the publication to be fairly worthless if it didn't cover those bits of history.

To claim I am not a true Cizeta fan because I'm not going to buy into your claims here is pretty silly. I've been a fan since February 1990 when the car appeared on the cover of the first Automobile Magazine I ever purchased for the article titled "Four Supercars" accompanied by the Countach 25th, Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959 - still have that issue nearly 25 years later. My enthusiasm for the car has continued all the way up and past the point I made the purchase of Brian's book - a not-insignificant expense that no one would make if they were not a huge fan. I think the car is wonderful - the engineering was quite brilliant and it is a shame that more were not produced. That some which were made have been permanently altered from their original form is also a disappointment. Your further claim that I don't know anything about cars - well that's laughable beyond belief.

Now, are you really denying those are your words and that this is not your story that Brian has shared in post #301? Seems to me that if you were going to write a foreword in a book to be printed in English that you would likely get some help to edit your grammar so your message is clear. Who was it that you dictated this to as I don't doubt Brian at all when he says he has the original documentation to prove it originated from you. Are you also sticking with your story that some two years after they were printed and delivered that you have only now learned of this book's existence? Are you sure you are paying as close attention to the company you are President of as one should be? Even if you were not involved in the publication, it is not as if the process of producing the book was somehow hidden from view.

One final thing maybe you care to address - in a previous post when questioned about the Cizeta that was seized by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents you responded:

What is the current situation with car #110 - where is it today? Still in the possession of Customs, returned to you, exported from the country for return to its rightful owner? Some other outcome? Inquiring minds want to know...


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There is nothing to figure out about me. I have nothing to hide. I have been a close friend of Mr. Zampolli’s for many years before becoming a business partner. My financial condition has nothing to do with affording to buy a book that was unauthorized by the person that created the car that it is written about.

Speaking of sources, Buckely and Leno are not friends of Mr. Zampolli, so taking what they say about him would like asking Obama if I can keep my same health insurance plan.

A so called friend would not produce a book if the friend did not approve of it. A friend would not take a prized car for a joy ride and blow the clutch out, a friend would not bring his car to a friend to repair and ignore a bill and pay for it by taking him to Disneyland in place of payment? The motive for this friendship speaks for itself.

Mr. Pelonton, I don’t know you. However, if your friend asked you not to produce a book about him that may or may not be all true, would you do it?

 

So we should only believe the things that are said about people by their friends and not the enemies they might have made? Okay...

Claudio sued Leno for $150M and lost - didn't even get a penny - and blames the lawyer he hired and apparently stole a car from after the fact? I wouldn't expect Jay or Tristram to say nice things about Claudio either, but that doesn't mean the things they have said are false. When a guy like Jay Leno who is an enormous fan of automobiles that have been created from the mind and efforts of one man will no longer accept your phone calls, or even speak to you in public, you must have done something very wrong by him. It is nice to know Claudio has still managed to keep a few friends over the years, but it would seem from his actions he has eliminated quite a few others along the way. That part of this story can not be disputed and is indeed unfortunate.

If I had the inclination to write a book, and I don't, I would expect that if my research uncovered portions of the story that raised the question of character of my friend (to the level conveyed by this now notorious Chapter 10) that someone who is my friend would share their side of the story so that a balanced perspective could be offered in the text. I would not expect that friend to cease contact or demand that something I had been pouring my own time and money and passion into be put on the shelf and forgotten.

And since when does a history book need 'authorization' - quite plainly, it doesn't.

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Regardless of how Brian paints Mr Zampolli, if some of the facts and pictures in the book did not come from Mr Zampolli's computer, then it's a matter of Brian producing the source of the pictures and information. Surely they must have come from somewhere, with a proper credit and license to redistribute. Anything less is copyright infringement.

 

Hey F. Brian, why are you not answer to the memory stick and other evil incident instead playing with insignificant words?

 

The book which I have in front of me notes that "Unless otherwise indicated, photos are courtesy of Cizeta Automobili, USA." Throughout the book there are credits given to various other photographers who one can safely assume gave their permission for their images to be used. Brian also notes in the early pages that some additional photos which would have been a nice compliment to the book had to be excluded because that photographer refused to allow them after Claudio and Brian had their falling out so it is clear that Brian didn't publish everything he had access to regardless of copyright.

You can believe the charges of theft through untoward methods or you can believe that there was a point when these two gentlemen were great friends and permission was given to use the photos for a pictorial history of the brand and its creations - something Claudio appears to now regret. I tend to go with the latter as making the most sense, especially given the length of their relationship.

I saw these gentlemen together on that day at Crystal Cove and they seemed great friends at the time. I saw them leave together in chassis 110 with Brian behind the wheel and Claudio smiling all the way. For me it remains a very fond memory of my only encounter with one of these wonderful cars.

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You can assume what you like. If you think Leno is a car god, go ahead and believe that. Google Leno and lawsuits. He tried to buy a car from a shop back east for far less than the car is worth (buy hundreds of thousands of dollars). When he got sued by the rightful owners of the car he claimed he did know the car was worth that much? Really?

Did the book mention that Buckley got sued by Cizeta Automobili? Yeah he lost. Claiming Mr. Zampolli would not release his car after repairs and he was under distress by not having the car back to drive. Buckley, try paying your bills and you would have gotten the car back.

These are true examples of the model characters that you refer to. You are right; a history book does not need authorization. But when you write something you think is true about an event and the person that have live and experienced come forward and dispute it, then it will be up to the reader to decide what is the truth. If Brian wants to write a book and publish it to the public, then he should expect to get push back. Believe who you want to. This is the USA!

Mr. Zampolli have many friends all over the world. Every event I have been to with him, he has people come up and greet him with enthusiasm and reminisce of old times. Or of times he would give them a ride in the Cizeta or visit the factory when they were in Italy. Mr. Zampolli is guilty of being too nice to people and allow people like Brian into his life to take the fruits of his life and exploit it. Believe what you want.

 

F. Brian! You really cannot stay away from this legendary “foreword” deal…I believe I already told you what you did, so get off and respond to much more important issue…OK? You wont to see prove? You got it! From all your “the three scoundrel amigos” you F. Brian, you Buckley-Pulenton and Jay Leno the “buffoon”. (I figure out whose is behind “Pulenton 25…Tristram Buckley!). F. Brian, I am sure you also know all the scam that Buckley did to me…isn’t? Just a few hints… I am sure you remember what Buckley did with Jay Leno case…right? But just, briefly, to inform the planet public to why the court throw Jay Leno’s case out…because “Buckley-Pulenton” didn’t saw up, not just one time, but twice, and the Judge throw the case in his face!

Beside myself, and the entire fleet of Jays attorneys being there and experience the patience of the judge for hours to wait for Buckley-Pulenton to saw up. After his patience ran out the judge had enough and dismiss the case. (in relation to the case…there is plenty of documentation to prove it just for you F. Brian). At my frustration for the fact that “Buckley-Pulenton” missed the court date, I later inquire to him why! He came up with a phony excuses that he was tie up in another court right next to the courtroom that we all were waiting for him. Then he told me…”don’t worry we going to appeal and get the case back” which he did file, but never paid the fee! Even though Buckley-Pulenton got a check from me for $700.00 that he told me that it would be the filling fee charges.

After months I keep asking him about the appealing case… disrespectfully, he reply with the same phrase…”these things takes time…be patience we will get the Jay case back” But my patience went to the limit because I started to had some suspicions that something didn’t make much sense, and it was when “Buckley-Pulenton” started to buy Ferraris, Lamborghini, Maserati and other expensive cars. Not to mention that one-day he came with a Maserati Mistral to do major engine work. In the same time he refer to me that he was going to Germany to purchase lots of cars by 50-100s. Also going to Modena Italy to order a 250 SWB CALIFORNIA SPYDER replica at the price of $250-300,000 (I have the copy of the e-mail to prove it to you F. Brian!) To take in consideration that when I hire him he had a small office in Century City at the Avenue of the Star, and while he was working on my case he told me that he has to move in his apartment because he had difficult paying the rent.

Now F. Brian…from were did he got all that money in such a short time? I let you, and all the people to figure out. Is like a bank robber after the hit from nothing he starts to buy expensive jewelers and sport cars!

Going back at my suspicions, I went to the appealing court office in downtown Los Angeles to find out what was going on. I gave my information to the clerk as case #B140749 and BC 219542. He didn’t have to wait much longer, in a few seconds that we were talking he advised me to find another attorney because? Guess what…F. Brian! the appealing court send to “Buckley-Pulenton” three **NOTICE OF FAILURE TO PAY APPEALING FILLING FEE** he then advice me, if I still want to get the Leno case back, I need to pay in cash the doe fee of $265.00 otherwise the next day the case would be DISMISSED. I didn’t have that much cash on me, so I call my daughter which she was working in downtown, but also she didn’t have that amount, then she stated that she can go to the bank and be right there before closing. She came over and we paid the $265.00.

So now “Buckley-Pulenton” came back from his trip and I confronted him with some dose of madness on my voice. This phony guy he try all kind of craps to convince me that he indeed paid the fee, but all his effort was in vain after I show him the letter from the appealing count (which I still have it in front of me just for you F. Brian) Then I ask him to refund the $700.00 that he cashed out of my check. He denied it and I told him that I would stop working on his Maserati until he pays for the work I already did, the storage, and the refund, but again he left without saying anything. But it didn’t discourage me to find other alternatives.

I didn’t know were to start, so I find and hired an attorney from Beverly hills just to see if I could get the Jay Leno’s case back.
For $500.00 he accepted to go to LA public record. I went along with him and we got the entire file, two huge folders with an incredible bunch of documents. It took him about four hours to go thru everything, made some notes and then he asked me to seat down since he had bad and good news. I choose the bad one first, so very frankly he says, “the Leno case… you have absolutely no way to get it back, but here is the good news, you have a good case against your attorney TRISTRAM BUCKLEY for malpractice! He continue to tell me that he screw up my case so badly that not even the best law firm can get it back”

Some encouraging I thought! What’s next, would you take the case in contingency? I ask, well I would, but you have to hire a private investigator to find out if he own or has some value, at least the minimum of $100.000. So next I got in touch with the investigator and with another $500.00 he took the job. Unfortunately for me, the investigator find that “Buckley-Pulenton” had only one Ferrari 308 in his name with the value of about 25-30,000. Although he saw many other sport cars in his building-parking garage at 426 S. Rexford Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212 but none were registered in his name. So the attorney didn’t go for so little money. The following are all the car that he find in his garage: 1 Porsche $40,000, 1 BMW Z1 Red-Orange $35,000, 1 Ferrari 1994 (without engine $30,000, 1 Ferrari 355 engine used $40,000, 1 BMW engine 750/8 cylinder $10,000, 1 BMW M3/6 cylinder complete engine used $5,000…total value about $160,000.

Me being so determined to get Jay Leno or “Buckley-Pulenton” case back I find another attorney in Encino which he concord with the previous attorneys findings. Then he got in touch with “Buckley-Pulenton” and “Buckley-Pulenton” prayed to my attorney not to file a complain against him, in exchange “Buckley-Pulenton” would help him to get the case back. My attorney didn’t go for “Buckley-Pulenton” offer. Next, my attorney got in touch with the attorney that made the discovering of malpractice to get more information in regard, but then he also gave up for lack of collateral from” Buckley-Pulenton”. The other option would be to hire him without contingency, things that I could not afford. The case eventually terminated for lack of activity.

The Maserati Mistral! after 6-7 months “Buckley-Pulenton” file to the Westwood police a claim that his car got stolen from me. The investigator indeed called me for a meeting in his office in Westwood. I went there and after I explained my version of the fact…he kindly told me that he had some disbelief to this “Buckley-Pulenton” because his claim he put that I was a casual acquaintance. When I told him that he was my screw up attorney he said, in a laughing manner, don’t worry file a lien sale.

There are lots of other things that I would like to say about “Buckley-Pulenton” scam as, he file a lawsuit against me without serving any court documents, and claim that I stole his Maserati! And lots of other details…………..
One more thing F. Brian, ask to your “Amigo” this very simple question…what happen to the Maserati Mistral? How did Claudio have the title sign by you? And he sold it to a Mexican car collector?
For all the above I have plenty of documentations! Is this satisfied you concern about proves? There you have it!
Hey F. Brian! Lying doesn’t set you free….

 

Yes - you clearly have it all figured out now Claudio.

<pause for laughter>

Plenty of people know me personally and can confirm I am not your former lawyer - I am not anyone's former lawyer as I don't practice law and never have. You and I do have 11 mutual friends on Facebook, most of whom know me well and could set you straight. Maybe have a look at my FChat profile where I accurately list my name as "Erik" and share a photo of me seated in a McLaren F1 that was taken in August 2005. One year later when you and I met for the one and only time at Crystal Cove I will never forget your suggestion with a smile that I looked like a "young Michael Schumacher." Did you ever make that same suggestion to Tristram - I Google'd a photo of him just now and I don't think that you would.

Just so we are all clear except for Claudio, Peloton25 is not Tristram Buckley.

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And to corroborate my story just a touch further - and perhaps, if it is possible to put your mind at ease? - below is a photo I just snapped of the poster you signed for me on the day we met. Following that is a photo I snapped from the driver's seat of chassis #110 with you standing in front of the car that very same day.

Fair to say that on September 16th, 2006 you would not have autographed a poster for Tristam Buckley and would not have permitted him to have a seat in your car. Am I right...?

You've done more harm to your reputation by airing these grievances and false accusations here online than the chapter in Brian's book could ever have done. I hope you find your peace Claudio, really I do.

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Ginracer what you are saying is patently false and defamatory. I sued Zampolli for stealing my Maserati Mistral, several thousand dollars and thousands of dollars in rare Maserati parts. Judgment was entered against Mr. Zampolli and his Cizetas were seized until he paid the judgment. The reason I would no longer prosecute the case against Jay Leno for defamation, alleging Leno had called Zampolli a "crook and a thief," was because it fell apart once I realized that Leno was correct. Truth is a complete defense to claims of defamation and upon this realization it was clear Leno had done nothing wrong. Your claim that I would have gotten my car back if I had paid my bills is ludicrous and false and refuted by public records filed with Los Angeles County Superior Court. Your claim that I "lost" is equally false. On the contrary, it was Zampolli who lost. Again, this fact is set forth in public records. Before you engage in defamation by posting libelous remarks on the internet you better be sure of your facts.

 

The quoted Post incorrectly attributes the wording to Pelton25 when in fact it was Ginracer. Sorry Pelton 25, my mistake. I don't see how to edit the post any longer so I'm clarifying it here.

 

After a certain period of time the editing option goes away and only a moderator can edit it. No worries.

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Hey F. Brian!
You want me to post the entire record to prove you what I have in my possession? I would love to, but to consider the volume of papers I rather ask you&#8230;what proofs do you want me to post? I may not promise to satisfy all your entire requests&#8230;

Next, your answer to the &#8220;memory stick&#8221; is relatively vague, and others&#8230; I don&#8217;t expect you to confess your wrongdoing that easy, but at least something related to that! So please answer the following questions:

Did you and Carry work on my computer? Yes or NO and how many times 3-4-5-10-20?
Did you set up my new computer and download the entire files from my old to the new computer? Yes or NO
Did you use your memory stick to do the downloading? Yes or NO
After the downloading did you erased the entire file from your memory stick? Yes or NO
On the foreword letter did you misspell my name? Zampoli V Zampolli Yes or NO
Did you take my entire photo archive from my office? Yes or NO
You and Pulenton persist in saying that after you did further research you discovered that I am some kind of car thief? Were your research address to&#8230;only to Jay Leno and Buckley? Yes or NO
Considering that you use most of my pictures and information, would it be fair to ask why didn&#8217;t you (just to be kind to the one that gave you the opportunity to make this wonderful book) to send me a copy? Yes or NO
In some other previous occasions you stated that I cheated my Cizeta importer in Japan for taking $100.000 deposit on a new Cizeta V16T and never delivered the Car? Yes or NO

Now, I think is the time to stop, but&#8230;.more to came for sure!
I am still waiting for the Cizeta book to arrive. I had two callers offer already, but so far nothing&#8230;I am very much looking for to read the Chapter 10 or we should say&#8230;
&#8220;the ten commandment&#8221;