by Mike Gulett - This Ferrari 275 GTB was at the Gooding auction in Monterey in August 2011. The estimate was $900,000 - $1,300,000 and the car sold for $1,540,000! Gooding's description: Desirable Alloy-Bodied 275 … [Read more...]
Rarities: A One-Off Ferrari
April 9, 2021 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - What is the essence of a Ferrari? I mean if you boil it down, what can you take off a Ferrari and still have a running car that still is a Ferrari? I think this custom from a few years ago is one answer to that question. … [Read more...]
Remembering a Giant in the Ferrari World
March 23, 2021 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - It is hard to believe now but I say that one man was responsible for creating the popularity of classic Ferraris in America. He was not a new car dealer. Or in advertising. and not paid by Ferrari. Richard Merritt was just … [Read more...]
Restomod, Pro-Touring, Replica Or Something Completely Different
December 23, 2020 By 6 Comments
by Mike Gulett - I suspect that, like me, many of you are attracted to the idea of creating a custom car that is suited to your own tastes and may run on modern mechanicals for a better and more reliable driving experience than the original or it … [Read more...]
At Last The Ferrari Roma In Person
November 3, 2020 By 4 Comments
We previously posted a Ferrari Roma design critique by Wallace Wyss in November 2019 at this link. But Wyss now reports he got to see one in person at a recent Cars & Coffee in Malibu, an event he attends weekly in his search for customers who … [Read more...]
Concept Car Finally Reaches Road: Ferrari Pininfarina Modulo 512S
October 19, 2020 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - A lot of time you look at a concept car and if it's real daring in design--i.e. it looks like it wouldn't meet any regulations of lighting, windshield rake, safety, etc, you think "well, a nice idea but it will never reach … [Read more...]
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