Nicole Simpson's Ferrari? Did I buy it?

That still doesn't prove that it was Nicole's car, just that Flynn owned that vin

 

I recently purchased this Mondial on eBay. I find this whole thing very intriguing and will continue to read all available info. I have already contacted a PI to possibly trace the vehicle ownership. I plan on using it locally and enjoying it as she did. If it was in fact Nicole's car I will consider it a bonus. I will post detailed pictures when I get my hands on it. Jon I will be in touch soon to finalize payment and schedule shipping. Stay tuned everyone.

 

Hi. My spouse and I were looking into buying a Mondial inferred as hers on eBay . First I ran a vin report from ca DMV. Results wouldn't go back that far to the original owner but even stated it was registered in Hawaii between 92-94 when she was alive. We thought it may have been under a corporation they owned in Hawaii or Nicole trying to register it far from OJ. The problem is her plates l8t4ad8 were California plates not Hawaii.
That threw us off for ownership. We were going to request a copy of the executed will from the courts. There you will have the vin number of the car and can match it to your vin number. You can request a copy of it it legally but you will pay for it. We changed our minds due to the mileage. Check with your investigator.
Good Luck

 

Hi. My husband and I ran a vin on a Mondial that was inferred to be the infamous one Nicole had. We contacted the Ca DMV for a history as well. From what I remembered the car was in Ca then registered in Hawaii around 1992 then back to California and I do recall Gaylord as an owner. We didn't understand the Hawaii info and decided we didn't want to pursue it any longer. My husband had an idea to get the copy of the executed will that's on file in the courts. You may have to pay for the transcripts . In the will the white Mondial with the vin number will be listed and willed to the parents. Then you just have to match the vin number of the one on eBay and see if you have the exact car that belonged to her.

Good Luck.

 

If it checked out the new owner would have posted that news here long ago. And I suspect the seller ran that same CA VIN check but forgot to mention the part about the car being in Hawaii when Ron was supposedly driving it around in LA

 

It's probably a good thing that it's not the Simpson Ferrari, because OJ has said he would kill whoever he caught driving it. And he will be getting out of prison soon.

Never heard an explanation of why the Simpson Ferrari had a phone antenna on the rear trunk lid, and the ebay Ferrari did not.

I remember hearing of a white Mondial that was in Hawaii, owned by some famous artist from Europe. Forget his name.

 

The car fax is pretty confusing. It only goes back to 1992 when it was in southern ca, then in 1993 registered in "Hawaii motor vehicle Houston tx". Then 1500 miles later in 1996 passed emissions test in ca. It remained in ca until 2009, when it went to Mississippi. Sketchy carfax report to say the least. Still going to pursue a possible link, in the meantime I'm just trying to get her running right. At the moment I don't trust her to get me around the block��.

 

I reviewed the ebay ad. Seller claimed the car was in CA from 1987-2009. Where does Hawaii fit in? Seller also states a whole list of recently fixed/etc items, cars runs/drives well starts right up/etc, including belt change in may of 2016 and you don't trust it to get you around the block? Was seller less than forthcoming? Ad implies the car is/was ready to roll...

 

LMAO regarding the oj getting out and whacking the current owner!

And this settles it if you ask me. If the car was reg'd in Hawaii, then there are no California plates and it isn't the car, with or without the phone antenna. end of story. Blondie was chopped up in 94 when she owned it.


The only people on this planet that could know where this car is, is Flynn; if he actually did own the Nicole car, (which nobody has any proof of yet) Could be parted by now for all we know. Or to somehow obtain the VIN from the court system, or find someone tawdry enough to bother the Goldman or Simpson family . And something tells me that neither would be a difficult and painful task.

 

I don't think it was actually ever registered in Hawaii. As I stated earlier it says Hawaii motor vehicle Houston Texas. I googled it to no avail. Regarding the antenna I found something interesting. I'll post a pic a few minutes.

 

Ok so there has been a lot or discussion about an antenna mounted on the rear of the car. I noticed that there was a small section of the metal mesh clipped away directly behind the third brake light. Could it be possible that someone clipped the mesh away to fit the antenna cable through the hole? 🤔
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Can't see the pic for some reason. Was there ever a hole drilled into the rear trunk lid behind the "Ferrari" badge ?

 

That hole would go up thru the engine cover louvers, tough to mount a cell antenna in that location, ya think?
Alden

 

It's certainly possible but there's no way to determine why that hole is there. Now, if you find evidence of a patch on the deck lid itself in the same location as the antenna pictured on NS's car, that would help justify pulling out all the stops in researching the history of the car. There's got to be a way to find the VIN of NS's car through court records and it would probably be worth the effort/expense to do so if your car once had a hole in the deck lid.

I still think there's a good chance your car is the Simpson car, but that's based on nothing more than the rarity of white Mondials in general and the fact that your car seems to match the appearance of the Simpson car. Total production of cars like NS's can't be very high, so on numbers alone it would seem there's a decent chance it's the same car.

I hope you find out one way or another. It's an interesting mystery which has been surprisingly difficult to solve.

 

Good point-- IIRC, the antenna on NS's car was toward the rear of the deck lid itself, wasn't it? The pic is somewhere in this thread but I'm too lazy to look for it.

Edit: here is a link to the pics first mentioned in post 149: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33127772@N05/sets/72157665688642922

The phone antenna on the Simpson car was just in front of the Ferrari script on the rear deck lid.

 

If it was still reg'd in Houston in 94 then it's not the car. No need to speculate further. Only way to find out for sure is to go down the dark path of contacting one of the two families, which is a very trashy thing to do if you ask me. I'd start with the courts, never know, and then get in touch with this Flynn character.

 

Found these cables tucked away in the trunk behind the drivers side carpets. Anyone have any idea what they would be for? Some of them look like audio cables to me but I'm not sure what would've been used back then.
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Let's try this again. Damn iPhone!
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Last one. Tomorrow I will check the deck lid.
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Confusing Carfax report. It is what it is. I'm not claiming anything yet, just trying to find answers. Until I have definitive proof, it's just a white Mondial for now.
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Take the Vin number to the BMV and find out when it was first regd in California. To be honest the one thing that I would say you have going for you is the mileage. I remember seeing a final 24 documentary on her a long time ago and recall her sister saying that she drove the crap out of that car which could explain the mileage.

 

The cables in the last pic appear to be audio cables. Would not be surprised if the car once had an amp and CD changer mounted back there.

The 1993 entry on the CarFax report may be an error-- Hawaii is a pretty long drive from Houston. It certainly wouldn't be the first time CarFax has goofed. Just a thought, since it's really all just conjecture at this point anyway.

Looking forward to hearing what you can tell about the deck lid, not that anything you find would be 100% proof either way. If there's no evidence of a repair that doesn't mean that the deck lid hasn't been replaced. And if there is evidence of a repair it could just be coincidence. But I'd think that if was once a hole in front of the Ferrari script it points heavily toward the car having once belonged to NS.

Presumably someone has searched the VIN in various search engines in hopes it would turn up in court records posted online?

 

looks like a cd changer. Alpine perhaps