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  1. Portenos

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    #1 Portenos, Aug 5, 2012
    I know this has a lot to do with Ferraris, but Tom Meade was also a great Maserati enthusiast as well. So any assistance this Maserati community can provide i am certain will be very well received.
    Tom Lived in Modena in the Golden years and knew all the Maserati players intimately.
    Give him a call and you will be blown away by his knowledge of the period.

    To All:

    Tom Meade is looking for help to find a lost Lusso - here is his message - can anybody help?

    Here is the info on the Lusso " one off " that i did the special body on to order for Ralph Stefano, chassis number 5557

    I sold the car to Ralph Stefano of Anchorage, Alaska around 1969.

    Then,some years later it was sold to Charlie Farnsworth of Portland Oregon then became lost. Ii had heard that Stefano had crashed it in the meantime but history is foggy.

    Announcement below

    Does anyone know anything about this ferrari Lusso? or happen to have photo's. chassis number 5557. custom bodied by tom Meade in 1969 for Ralph Stefano of anchorage Alaska.last heard of it was sold to Charlie Farnsworth in portland Oregon, does anyone know Charlie ? need to contact him. we are searching for photographs for a Ferrari tom

    Meade book. also.any other Tom Meade custom boded Ferrari,

    Maserati or Lamborghini photo's would also be appreciated .

    in the meantime..........

    Four Ferrari nude chassis were stolen from Tom in 2008 while he was in the hospital. The place of theft was Westwood, West Los Angeles California. any info would also be greatly appreciated.

    A hefty REWARD is also offered.

    The stolen ferrari details are as follows

    1) Ferrari 1966 275 GTS convertible personally belonged to

    Steve McQueen. nude CHASSIS ONLY number 08653 ( it was the last

    one built of 200)

    2) Ferrari 1963 Lusso 250 GTL nude CHASSIS only number 2917

    3) Ferrari 1960 25o GT pininfarina coupe nude

    CHASSIS only number 1847

    4) Ferrari 1969 365 GT 2+2 nude CHASSIS only

    CUT IN HALF -, east to west - for convenience of transportation.

    All 4 corners of suspension were there along with 2 rear axles and the steering box.

    THANKS

    my address is tom Meade cars

    617 1/2 Midvale ave

    w. Los Angeles ,ca 90024 my phone number is 1 310 824 02 03

    my email is [email protected]

    thanking you in advance for all of your kindness
    Ciao,
    Tom

    Good luck Tom.

    Ciao,
    FGM
     
  2. wbaeumer

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    #2 wbaeumer, Aug 5, 2012
    Good luck Tom! But this is the wrong place for his message and requested infos.

    Get it to the Ferrari vintage section here! I am sure you there will be a -faster- response.
     
  3. 3500 GT

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    #3 3500 GT, Aug 6, 2012
    For sure Walter,....but Frank is reaching out to the "Maserati Community" on F-Chat.

    You look under every rock and try every avenue when something is stolen.


    Maybe the R. Tonkin et.al. gang in P-town know something of #5557. I know an older Ferrari collector in Portland that may know of something. He's pushing 90 years old,... he might have a lead.


    ~Trev
     
  4. Wolf

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    #4 Wolf, Aug 6, 2012
    2) Ferrari 1963 Lusso 250 GTL nude CHASSIS only number 2917

    Was shown in 2010 at the Retromobile.

    Regards

    Wolfi
     
  5. 375+

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    #5 375+, Aug 6, 2012
    s/n 8653 was burned to a crisp in 1994 or so, this is the first that I've heard of the McQueen connection to it.
     
  6. Boudewijn

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    #6 Boudewijn, Aug 6, 2012
    5557GT is on dutch licence plates since November 1995.
     
  7. Alan Lee

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    #7 Alan Lee, Nov 14, 2012
    Hi Wolf
    Which Retromobile are you refering, Brussels, Paris? do you have any precision concerning seller

    Thanks
     
  8. wbaeumer

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    #8 wbaeumer, Nov 15, 2012
    Paris!
     
  9. Alan Lee

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    #9 Alan Lee, Nov 15, 2012
    Thanks for the tip so, Retromobile Paris 2010, any other info..........by chance
     
  10. Alan Lee

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    #10 Alan Lee, Nov 16, 2012
    Hi everybody, I contacted Retromobile Paris and received today their vendor floor plan for 2010, it will be really helpful to have any additional info concerning which vendor had the chassis in display


    Thanks a lot, Alan Lee
     
  11. Nembo1777

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    #11 Nembo1777, Nov 16, 2012
    Please post it Alan or PM me for email exchange.

    best regards,

    Marc
     
  12. wbaeumer

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    #12 wbaeumer, Nov 16, 2012
    Anything to do with the Tom Meade thread? Geeee.....
     
  13. El Wayne

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    #13 El Wayne, Nov 16, 2012
    Yet this was never posted in the Vintage Ferrari section. Seems like someone is looking under rocks while ignoring an adjacent boulder.

    By the way, has anyone considered a connection to this?
    http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=141833380
     
  14. f308jack

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    #14 f308jack, Nov 17, 2012
    There certainly was a thread about this in the vintage Ferrari section, but I can't remember it making mention of any sightings. Sad story.
     
  15. 3500 GT

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    #15 3500 GT, Nov 17, 2012

    Yea, well, maybe a "Moderator" could do that,....I guess only if they wanted to.

    Or maybe the "chatters" on the "Ferrari" page could look at the "Maserati" page once and awhile,....I guess only if they wanted to.
     
  16. Doug Nye

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    #16 Doug Nye, Nov 18, 2012
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    Jenks took the appended photograph in the paddock at Le Mans in 1957. He reckoned this was the only angle from which the hastily-constructed 450S Berlinetta looked any good...

    Bertocchi is seated in the cockpit, warming up the engine.

    Jenks furthermore always believed to his dying day that during 1957 someone at Maserati had been "out to get Moss". The broken 450S brake pedal in the Mille Miglia and on another occasion a spanner left atop the engine which jammed the throttle wide open were two incidents he cited. Nobody I have ever known was less susceptible to conspiracy theories than this tough little nut. Therefore his conviction that this had been the case always surprised, puzzled and troubled me. It still does.

    While the surviving fabric and past provenance of these cars is always of great interest, for me it has always been the great characters who created, ran and drove them whose story provides the icing on the cake.

    DCN

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  17. DWR46

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    #17 DWR46, Nov 18, 2012
    Doug: Wonderful photo that I do not recall seeing before. It is now in the car's file. Thank you. DWR46
     
  18. wbaeumer

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    #18 wbaeumer, Nov 19, 2012
    I have a photo of the car when exhibited in a car Show (London?? Not sure as far away from my office now!).
     
  19. Doug Nye

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    #19 Doug Nye, Nov 21, 2012
    OK - that's fine - but do not forget that this is a copyright photograph, all reproduction rights being retained by The GP Library - who will protect them. For your private use, we are very happy to help.

    DCN
     

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