Re: There’s a lot of stupid money out there....
From: Lashdeep Singh (lashdeepyahoo.com)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:45:36 -0800 (PST)
Matt, have you ever weighed your car?

On Dec 16, 2020, at 12:33, Matt Boyd <ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com> wrote:


I believe it was Esther. Funny story, a euro 308 I bought once I worked with both Dick and Esther and got the official DOT and EPA that showed that my car was legally imported, inspected, and passed.

The car, however, was not federalized in ANY way whatsoever (except for side marker lights and a little sticker in the door jamb that wrongly stated that the car has a catalyst).

I might still have that car, but don't tell the EPA or DOT, please.

-matt
'85 euro 308

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 6:52 AM Jashburne via Ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:
Dick Merritt was the guy for gray market import docs. When I bought my 400i from a collector in Laguna Beach in 1998, I believe he or someone who worked for him (Esther?) was involved in sending me copies of the DOT and EPA paperwork for my car. 

John

PS. Luke, fabulous story about using your travel time to get your Jag during the Cuban Missile Crisis!  Since I was only in 4th grade at the time, I am glad I was too young to be scared that our defenses had been reduced by one denuked bird for a bit so you could get current!  LOL!

JJA

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On Dec 16, 2020, at 1:00 AM, Lashdeep Singh via Ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:

I haven’t spoken to him in years...need to touch base and find out!

On Dec 14, 2020, at 23:58, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:



Thanks Lash and Michael. This was almost 25 years ago so I doubt that dealer is still around. I know I have a newspaper ad clipping somewhere, as it was a luxury/exotic sales and leasing place.

 

Michael, I’ll do some searching and see what this Porsche place you described is all about.

 

Lash, that’s really cool! Is he still involved with the D.O.T.? He’s gotta be in his 80s by now.

 

Peter

 

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From: Michel Savard
Sent: December 14, 2020 2:34 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: ferrari
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] There’s a lot of stupid money out there....

 

I was at the Ferrari dealership a couple of months ago. Lots of dealerships, used car lots on that street in that area. One that got my attention was a Porsche specialist, not dealer. Many Porsches being fixed, repaired and beefed up. Very smallI place compared to the dealerships on that street but I was impressed. Didn’t take the time to check the name, sorry.

 

Michael Savard (1981 308 GTSi)



On Dec 14, 2020, at 5:19 PM, LSJ via Ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:

 

Peter, one of my cars was imported by a place near the Ferrari dealer on Jean Talon not far from the Decarie.

 

I know there used to be some specialty shops over there.

 

Yes, Dick Merritt was the guy that was intimately involved with most of those imports into the USA.

 

Fascinating guy...

 

LSJ

 

 

 

On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 11:47:11 PM EST, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

 

 

Unfortunately no pics. This would’ve been the early to mid ‘90s, long before cell phones and I didn’t bother to go back home to get my 35mm camera...

 

The dealer I believe has long since gone, but it would’ve been along the service road of Decarie Boulevard. Or, maybe it was Jean Talon. I have to dig deep into my stash of old sales material memorabilia to see if I can come across the name of the place. It certainly wasn’t the Porsche dealer, as they were just off of Decarie on the east side (which looks to be, according to a current Google street view, a brand new building housing Aston Martin of Montreal).

 

Maybe Michael Savard can chime in here and see if he can remember the various car places in Montreal?

 

Your friend wasn’t Richard Merritt, was it? Seems like he was THE go-to guy for grey market importation into the U.S.

 

Wow, all of those “pristine” garage queen 959s must have had the nuts driven off of them – the only action they may have seen in their lives!

 

Peter

 

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From: Lashdeep Singh
Sent: December 9, 2020 4:50 PM
To: Peter Rychel
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] There’s a lot of stupid money out there....

 

Any pics of that 959 Peter? What store and location was it in?

 

I have seen some of the displays in the boutiques off St. Catherine’s...very creative.

 

My friend worked for DOT and basically approved or denied any odd grey import on a case by case basis.

 

Apparently, the 959 was an impound yard guard dog for years. It would be seen from time to time at night doing high speed runs in the vicinity of that lot!

 

 

 

On Dec 8, 2020, at 00:12, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:



And it’s funny, because now the 959 would be legal to import with little hassle.

 

Back in the early ‘90s, there was a 959 that was on display at an independent luxury car dealer in Montreal, in a prominent spot in the showroom, right behind the main windows – easily seen from the street. And see it I did!

 

Stopped in to take a closer look and sure enough, it was the genuine thing. The salesman didn’t offer up any info on who brought it in, or why it was there in the first place. But he did say it was “on bond” with Transport Canada and the Canadian Border Services for display only for a certain time period (30 days or 3 months? Can’t remember, too long ago). Silver exterior with the three-tone brown leather interior. I clearly remember it had a much smaller steering wheel – trimmed in one of the shades of brown – smaller than the stock wheel. It would’ve had to have been a factory option and not an aftermarket add-on.

 

I’m glad I was in the right place at the right time and it’s been the only 959 I’ve ever seen in the flesh.

 

Peter

 

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From: Douglas Anderson
Sent: December 7, 2020 6:21 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] There’s a lot of stupid money out there....

 

 

…Cheers

Doug

 

**Oh – Otis, oh yeah.  Publisher of the Los Angeles Times.  Big fellow but squeezed into his Porsche 917 ok.  Also had, at the time, THE only privately owned and in possession of legal Porsche 959 in the country – but, and it was a BIG BUT from the DOT – no drivie drivie on ANY public road and anything that the sun shines on.  And if you want to take it to a race track for photo op – here, fill out THIS request for transportation over and across or under public roads.  If a wheel so much as touches public roads – we’ll store it right next to Bill Gates 959 which we wont even let him sit in. <grin>  I judged his car at a local PCA event.  A little story along with that but not here.

 

 

 

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