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Matt
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 Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject: Ferrari 250 'Testa Rossa' |
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This one coming up for sale is just gorgeous.
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/19...0-tr-chassis-0714tr/1339033/full/
| Quote: | With its stunning pontoon-fendered bodywork sculpted by Scaglietti, the Ferrari 250 TR is not only one of the most beautiful cars ever built, it was one of the most competitive as well. Ferrari captured ten victories in nineteen races from 1958 to 1961, including a class win at Le Mans with Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien.
It's rare to see one offered for sale, and it is a guarantee that a massive sum of money will exchange hands when one comes on the market. Those high-end car collectors who remain unaffected by economic woes will have the chance to part with such funds this coming May when a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR, chassis #0714TR, crosses the block at RM Auctions' Ferrari Leggenda E Passione sale in Maranello. This particular example was campaigned extensively from 1958 to 1963 and is painted in its period-correct black paint with a red nose. RM expects the 250 TR to set a new world record for a car sold at auction, potentially exceeding the $21.7 million it took to buy a 250 GTO last year. More details on the sale in the press release from RM after the break. |
Source: www.autoblog.com
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Nice Guy Eddie
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Its very sad to see these cars fetching such high values. The danger is that they are taken out of the enthusiasts hands and into the speculators collection.
How long will it be before we stop seeing these cars driven at Goodwood and classic Lemans.
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Matt
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If I'd just come into a very big Euromillions win, I'd outbid everyone and drive it regularly. I don't like the collectors either. It's a car not a sculpture ffs.
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Blarno
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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I may well be alone, but I fail to see it's appeal.
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Nice Guy Eddie
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| Blarno wrote: | | I may well be alone, but I fail to see it's appeal. |
 It'll be a hoot to drive. Imagine the drifts you'd get from it.
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Blarno
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Would you want to drift a multi-million pound motor?
I suppose you'd have no problems affording tyres if you could afford the car. It'll be bought by some wankpot collector and stored in a garage all it's life, when it should be out on the road, rusting and falling apart like all other old Ferraris.
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