Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Elton Johns Ferrari (for you Clyde)

[Charles G Perry IV (charles]

Wow. Interesting that 512TRs over there are getting the same money as base 
Testarossas here...

Wonder what the current import/conversion costs would be?

-- charles

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com>
To: "Charles G Perry IV" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:13 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Elton Johns Ferrari (for you Clyde)


> I forgot to mention this......I have spread the word that I am looking for 
> a
> 355 LHD to replace the 328GTS. I got a call 3 weeks ago from the owner of 
> an
> independent (very well known) Ferrari garage and race shop (they race a 
> 512TR)
> to ask if I was interested in a 512TR. This was Elton Johns car which was 
> sold
> at a big auction 3-4 years ago along with all his ferraris and most of his
> car collection. The 512TR went into a provate collection and is now for 
> sale.
> (lots of people here seem to want to own a car owned by somebody famous 
> for some
> reason). As I recall the car was a 1995 and had only 5000 miles on it and 
> the
> price was a very reasonable £55k. The shop said the car was immaculate. 
> Now a
> normal 512TR of that year has generally 25,000-30,000 miles on it and
> generally are selling for low 40s (about the same as early 355s) so it 
> wasn't to much
> a premium for a very very low mileage car with loads of dealer servicing..
>
> Unfortunately my stupid (standard) english garage is just to narrow for 
> the
> damn car and really those cars are a pain to drive on our narrow roads so 
> as
> much as I have always wanted a 512TR it will have to wait until I return 
> to the
> states....Still, it would have been an interesting buy because the car is
> almost like new and thats a pretty rare care for the UK.
>
>
> BR in the UK
> 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)
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