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Offline manta22

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Re: Bonneville Legends at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
« Reply #30 on: October 12, 2012, 12:36:09 PM »
Ahhh... the Rosselini/Bergman coupe-- it doesn't get much better than that!

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Re: Bonneville Legends at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
« Reply #31 on: October 12, 2012, 01:15:12 PM »
[sorry for the Ferrari thread drift!]

0402?  I have this deep gut feeling that one day it will roll across the ramp at Pebble Beach again -- not just as a the class winner but Best of Show. (and first post-WWII car to do so)  I'm not the only one who thinks this is a strong possibility.  It truly is a fantastic automobile with race chassis, unique styling by a great coachbuilder and personality ownership.  And it is a blast to drive! (although rather warm inside)  One important note -- she might look pretty but she is driven hard and with enthusiasm on a regular basis by the owner.  Cars sitting in museums are cool but are even better when used properly.

The Kleve 375MM?  The whole story with legal documents, etc is here --> http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114840.  Swaters who ended up with it I think never fully told the truth.  Question now does his estate possess it or does Ferrari itself?  (big question nobody has been able to answer yet) I wouldn't be surprised if there was another 5+ years of legal battles over this one.  No question it was stolen and deception played for years by Swaters in regard to that fact.

[end Ferrari thread drift]


Too bad they couldn't roll out all the cars out of the museum and bring them to Wendover for a pass or two down the salt.  I'd just love to hear the sound of some of them WOT and blasting down the salt for many of us who never saw them run originally.
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Re: Bonneville Legends at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
« Reply #32 on: October 25, 2012, 12:36:31 AM »
Here's Bob Leppan briefly reviewing a few of the cars that were on display.  As usual, Leppan has a unique way with words.  Just a quickie compiled by the Boys of Bonneville producer/directors, Curt Wallin and John Greene...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZxGJAM9fkU
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Re: Bonneville Legends at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
« Reply #33 on: October 25, 2012, 01:23:39 AM »
Thank-you! Just a really nice and well done video.

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Re: Bonneville Legends at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
« Reply #34 on: November 12, 2014, 11:01:24 AM »
Last year about this time I saw a presentation by Bill Victor on a local 1954 Ferrari 375 Plus that was factory raced, crashed and burned, stolen then restored, and rediscovered. The car is now involved in a court battle and Bill has been involved as an expert witness.

The car was supposedly bought by a local man, Karl Kleves, from James Kimberly and he swapped the engine for something. They were welding on the car and it had a full belly pan with some leaky oil in it and it caught fire.They put the fire out and moved it outside. The car body sat in a grassy field and two local guys decided to steal it. They spent several weeks cutting some grass, moving it some, repeating until they got it to the road. They got caught and did time! Another guy had stolen the ID tag and tried to sell the car, too!

Later the motor was returned and then the car went missing and now they think a private collector in Belgium has it and USA has no extradition with Belgium. A very strange tale - just my quick recall! You really can't make this Subaru up!  :-o

Karl has since died and the family feud has begun. Estimated worth $4~$10 million!

Getting to see this Ferrari at the Speed exhibit was way cool. They were the AC Cobras of their time!  :cheers:

A guy brought one of these which was great: http://www.amazon.com/BBR-Ferrari-Carrera-Panamericana-Winner/dp/B002YWZCPA

http://article.wn.com/view/2012/09/12/Karl_Kleves_junkyard_in_the_70s/
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/ferrari/1953-1955-ferrari-375-plus-ar3276.html
http://www.roadandtrack.com/auto-shows/1954-ferrari-375-plus


Back in the news! Seems the estimate was a little low!  :-o :-o :-o

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/billionaire-owner-of-victoria-s-secret-sues-over--18-3-million-ferrari-sale-181904287.html
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