Found in a barn.........
Nov 11th 2007, 7:05 pm
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Found in a barn.........
...... how lucky were YOU today? 
Nov 12th 2007, 9:23 am
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Nov 12th 2007, 1:22 pm
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Re: Found in a barn.........
A car dealer "kept the most interesting cars that came through his doors"? Really? The owners had no idea of their value, so he didn't need to pay them much for them? Or he did pay them full whack but he didn't need the money so he accumulated all those cars at a huge financial loss to himself? Er.... no.....
Doesn't make any more sense than the original story.
Must be more to it then either of us have realised.
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Nov 12th 2007, 4:50 pm
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Re: Found in a barn.........
Well this one wasnt a fake.
Between 1948 and 1974 Ferrari built approx. 475 even-numbered competition cars (chassis #0002-0896 and 1002-1050). Today almost all of these super rare cars are accounted for. Only a handful is still missing and may be lost forever. We all dream about barn finds and very few people have been lucky in the past few years. Finding a long lost Ferrari is like a lottery win.
Tom Shaughnessy of San Clemente/CA is such a very happy lottery winner. And this time the lottery was Ebay! On the 20th June 2006 Shaughnessy bought in an ebay auction what was described as a Devin Sports Spider of the 1950s, with a fiberglass body similar to a 750 Monza Ferrari. Brian Brown and Tom Shaughnessy were the only ones in the world who quickly realized that underneath the Devin body was a genuine Ferrari chassis numbered 0202 A. Shaughnessy was the high bidder in the ebay auction and acquired the “Devin” for US$ 26’912.
The seller was based in Illinois and was cleaning up his garage. The Ferrari had last be seen in the early 1960s. Chassis number 0202 A is a genuine 1952 Ferrari 340 America, built originally with an attractive Spider body by Vignale. 0202 A raced at the Le Mans 24 hours in 1952 with Maurice Trintignant and Louis Rosier. Thereafter the factory loaned the car to Piero Scotti who hillclimbed 0202 A extensively through 1953. The car came to USA via Luigi Chinetti who may have re-sold it to Ernie McAfee. In the late 1950s Paul Owens in Houston/TX owned 0202 A and a Chevy V8 engine was installed. Following a crash a Devin Spider fiberglass body was installed. The original engine was later sold by somebody in the Chicago area. In 1963 chassis 0202 A was titled in Salt Lake City/UT and then the car disappeared until 2006. Nobody saw it for the next 43 years!
0202 A is one of only 25 340 Americas built (9 bodied by Touring, 11 by Vignale and 5 by Ghia). Sister cars are 0196 A and 0204 A.
A full restoration is planned in co-operation with the Ferrari factory in Maranello (Classic Departement). Today a complete 340 America Spider Vignale is probably worth north of US$ 2.8 M. Shaughnessy paid less than one (1) percent of this amount!
To put the cherry on the cake, Tom also has the correct engine (although not from this particular vehicle) which he had previously purchased with another vehicle. So for a fraction of the cost he will restore the car that will easily be worth more than he will invest!
Between 1948 and 1974 Ferrari built approx. 475 even-numbered competition cars (chassis #0002-0896 and 1002-1050). Today almost all of these super rare cars are accounted for. Only a handful is still missing and may be lost forever. We all dream about barn finds and very few people have been lucky in the past few years. Finding a long lost Ferrari is like a lottery win.
Tom Shaughnessy of San Clemente/CA is such a very happy lottery winner. And this time the lottery was Ebay! On the 20th June 2006 Shaughnessy bought in an ebay auction what was described as a Devin Sports Spider of the 1950s, with a fiberglass body similar to a 750 Monza Ferrari. Brian Brown and Tom Shaughnessy were the only ones in the world who quickly realized that underneath the Devin body was a genuine Ferrari chassis numbered 0202 A. Shaughnessy was the high bidder in the ebay auction and acquired the “Devin” for US$ 26’912.
The seller was based in Illinois and was cleaning up his garage. The Ferrari had last be seen in the early 1960s. Chassis number 0202 A is a genuine 1952 Ferrari 340 America, built originally with an attractive Spider body by Vignale. 0202 A raced at the Le Mans 24 hours in 1952 with Maurice Trintignant and Louis Rosier. Thereafter the factory loaned the car to Piero Scotti who hillclimbed 0202 A extensively through 1953. The car came to USA via Luigi Chinetti who may have re-sold it to Ernie McAfee. In the late 1950s Paul Owens in Houston/TX owned 0202 A and a Chevy V8 engine was installed. Following a crash a Devin Spider fiberglass body was installed. The original engine was later sold by somebody in the Chicago area. In 1963 chassis 0202 A was titled in Salt Lake City/UT and then the car disappeared until 2006. Nobody saw it for the next 43 years!
0202 A is one of only 25 340 Americas built (9 bodied by Touring, 11 by Vignale and 5 by Ghia). Sister cars are 0196 A and 0204 A.
A full restoration is planned in co-operation with the Ferrari factory in Maranello (Classic Departement). Today a complete 340 America Spider Vignale is probably worth north of US$ 2.8 M. Shaughnessy paid less than one (1) percent of this amount!
To put the cherry on the cake, Tom also has the correct engine (although not from this particular vehicle) which he had previously purchased with another vehicle. So for a fraction of the cost he will restore the car that will easily be worth more than he will invest!
Nov 16th 2007, 7:07 pm
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Re: Found in a barn.........
How about this beauty found in Arizona under a pile of carpets,
http://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/pages/3669/After_50_Years_in_Arizona_Desert,_Unrestored_Ferra ri_166MM_Barchetta_to_Compete_at_Pebble_Beach_Conc ours_d'Elegance%C2%AE.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...TGA6PCTKE1.DTL
http://www.pebblebeachconcours.net/pages/3669/After_50_Years_in_Arizona_Desert,_Unrestored_Ferra ri_166MM_Barchetta_to_Compete_at_Pebble_Beach_Conc ours_d'Elegance%C2%AE.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...TGA6PCTKE1.DTL
Nov 17th 2007, 4:42 am
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Re: Found in a barn.........
None of those beat the story of the English guy that bought a W125 (i think that was the model) Mercedes Silver Arrow ex GP race car somewhere in the eastern bloc in a barn...bought it and that had it stolen from under him.....by MERCEDES BENZ. Alledgedly. I'd google it if I could be bothered
Nov 17th 2007, 9:10 am
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Re: Found in a barn.........
None of those beat the story of the English guy that bought a W125 (i think that was the model) Mercedes Silver Arrow ex GP race car somewhere in the eastern bloc in a barn...bought it and that had it stolen from under him.....by MERCEDES BENZ. Alledgedly. I'd google it if I could be bothered
