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  1. roverse3

    roverse3 Karting

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    Very very cool! I have a friend in Florida who owns a yellow viper. He used the same tiles on his garage. Yellow and black checkered floor. How long did it take you to put it together?
     
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    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    You might wanna tell folks the background of those tiles. Pretty cool story. I'm glad I got one of them in my collection.

    Roverse3: Nice job on your garage mahal. Now work on its inhabitant.
     
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    Back in the early 70's Automobile legend Enzo Ferrari commisioned the making of ceramic tiles by with the Ferrari Prancing Horse logo.

    They were manufactured by Valentino of Maranello, Italy under Enzo's direction.

    They were sold to the public for $90.00 each.

    At this price sales were limited.

    The excess stock was put into storage where it sat for years.

    When Enzo died and Fiat took over they gave orderes to get rid of the tile.

    John Weinberger happened to be at the factory and heard they were for sale

    Thats when Continental AutoSports stepped in and purchased the whole lot.

    A semi pulled up onto Ogden Ave one day, told Randy and Gary they had a package.

    They went out there with a hand cart only to see skids and skids and more skids of tile.

    We have been selling them off case by case...piece by piece.

    We will continue to do so until there are none left.

    Call me if you like to purchase some Ferrari history.



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  7. roverse3

    roverse3 Karting

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    I actually have one! I just haven't finished putting up all the rest of my Ferrari decorations. I still have to have that tile framed, put up the Ferrari flag, put out the Ferrari clock, and a few other things.
     
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    It took about 3-4 hours.
     
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    WOW, looks really good!
     
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  10. roverse3

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    Thanks Sage!
     
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