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  1. PAUL BABER

    PAUL BABER Formula 3

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    #1 PAUL BABER, Sep 1, 2012
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    Sales Department at Tower Garage. A few nostalgic photos from about 1979-1983.......F1 car is Scheckter's 1979 Championship winner........Lusso is chassis 4655GT. 275 GTB is chassis 6931 GT and in 1980 had only done 3000 miles......... Happy days...... PS...The dog's name was Hector who use to come to work with me on Saturdays.
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  2. Napolis

    Napolis Three Time F1 World Champ
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    #2 Napolis, Sep 1, 2012
    Very Cool!
     
  3. miurasv

    miurasv F1 World Champ

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    #3 miurasv, Sep 1, 2012
    Nice pics, Paul. Thanks for sharing. Must have been a great time to have been a Ferrari Salesman.
     
  4. rustybits

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    #4 rustybits, Sep 1, 2012
    Wow! Great pics! Love the one of scheckters f1 car, from the year he became champion...
     
  5. PAUL BABER

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    #5 PAUL BABER, Sep 1, 2012
    I was the only salesman in my time there and and was known generally as The Boy....even in my late 20's.
     
  6. Napolis

    Napolis Three Time F1 World Champ
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    #6 Napolis, Sep 1, 2012
    We're you around when 0854 raced?
     
  7. PAUL BABER

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    #7 PAUL BABER, Sep 1, 2012
    This F1 car went on a tour of all the Ferrari importers around the world......I sat in it once and had to be hauled out by two of the cleaners as I got totally stuck. F1 drivers were svelte even in those days.
     
  8. Patrick Dixon

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    #8 Patrick Dixon, Sep 1, 2012
    Use to have the office on the opposite corner of that roundabout. That was in the early 90s - most of Marranello Concessionares was on the industrial estate by then.
     
  9. PAUL BABER

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    #9 PAUL BABER, Sep 1, 2012
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    Sadly the Maranello race program was history by the time I joined the company. I first met the Colonel in the mid 1970's. I think it was 1973 that they last competed at Le Mans in the 365 GTB/4. I love 0854. You are so fortunate to own it.
     
  10. djaffrey

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    #10 djaffrey, Sep 1, 2012
    Just fabulous photos....Hector looks like one cool character.

    D
     
  11. 328dgtb

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    #11 328dgtb, Sep 1, 2012
    Nice pics Paul!

    They bring back memories from when I used to snoop around the place as a kid whenever I was down south.

    I don't suppose you have any pictures of my Daytona from those days?

    The Colonel apparently ran it himself for a few months in 1971 and it was restored by Mike Osgood at Maranello Concessionaires in 1989. I have lots of invoices from there in the file so it would have been in and out of the place regularly for years.

    The car was/is a Dino blue coupe, originally registered FPA 133J then DMR 1 and then ECH 26J until around 1990 when it was re-registered MRD 514J which it still has.

    David
     
  12. Wheels1

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    #12 Wheels1, Sep 1, 2012
    Great pic's Paul.
    Would you have any chassis numbers for the Daytona's?
     
  13. PAUL BABER

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    #13 PAUL BABER, Sep 1, 2012
    Just before my time. Sorry no photos but know the car I think......14121 ?
     
  14. PAUL BABER

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    #14 PAUL BABER, Sep 1, 2012
    Rosso Dino Plexiglass car is 13931.

    Blue Met Dino car is 16579.

    Azzuro car is 16583.......This car had only 8000 miles in 1981 and was sold to a peer of the realm....no names mentioned.........who painted it Red and cut the roof off....Work not done at Maranello !
     
  15. bigodino

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    #15 bigodino, Sep 1, 2012
    Thanks for sharing!
     
  16. wpbekker

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    #16 wpbekker, Sep 1, 2012
    Is this in Egham? I visited the place in 2003 but I wasn't aware of the importance of it...
     
  17. 328dgtb

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    #17 328dgtb, Sep 1, 2012
    Yes 14121.

    David
     
  18. stevenwk

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    #18 stevenwk, Sep 1, 2012
    Great pics. Thanks for posting.
     
  19. tx246

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    #19 tx246, Sep 1, 2012
    Old pics like these are always so cool. I find it hard to believe they are so rare given the cars being photo'ed.

    Great contribution Paul
     
  20. ggjjr

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    #20 ggjjr, Sep 4, 2012
    Those 308's just look gorgeous.

    George
     
  21. amenasce

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    #21 amenasce, Sep 4, 2012
    Look at that Lusso!
     
  22. miurasv

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    #22 miurasv, Sep 4, 2012
    I remember the Boxer in your pics being in all the press. Absolutely beautiful car.
     
  23. Chaos

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    #23 Chaos, Sep 4, 2012
    agreed - looks stunning and (imo) is the pick of the bunch
     
  24. 275GTBSaran

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    #24 275GTBSaran, Sep 4, 2012
    I second that. Lusso is absolutely stunning!
    The light blue Daytona is not bad either though....
     
  25. Patrick Dixon

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    #25 Patrick Dixon, Sep 4, 2012
    Yes, Egham in Surrey. Tower Garage is just outside the town centre on one corner of a roundabout and bordering a short stretch of dual carriageway down to the M25.

    Talacrest used to be in a showroom by the railway crossing, but I haven't been there for years so I don't know if they still are.
     
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