Ferrari Mailing List: Re: TestaRossa [Ferrari Digest, Vol 37, Issue 24]

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:26 PM, <BRIGANDBAR [at] aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> Just a short note about Gullwing Motors. They buy (and openly state that on
>  their web site) and sell basket case cars. I can't speak to their Ferrari
> inventory but in their marketing of other quasi-famous nameplate  they
> really do have cars at the low end as well as some that they describe as
> being
> from the top end. One thing that seems to be a thread throughout their auto
>  sales is rust. Several folks I know looked at cars their and latent rust
> was a  deal killer in each case. If you think about buying it, either go,
> by
> yourself  and if you are not an expert on these cars maybe you can pull
> Captain Clyde out  of the cockpit if he stops at Kennedy or LaGuardia along
> with
> you or find  another list member who resides near there to give it the
> first inspection and  then get a complete body, chassis and engine PPI
> before
> putting any money up on  the car, except perhaps for a refundable good
> faith
> deposit.
>
> Also remember that many of their cars end up in containers for export. Most
>  of the time the overseas buyer doesn't fly in to NYC to look at the car
> and the  first time they see it is when it is unloaded from the container.
>
> Caveat emptor, but that goes for any transaction, cars, land, etc.
>

I looked up the location online and I've seen this place before.

It's right off the Grand Central Parkway on a side street maybe about 5
minutes from LaGuardia...not a bad neighborhood but not the kind of place
you'd expect to find these sorts of cars.

Interesting selection though.....I've been living in New York for 23 years
now and I can't recall seeing about 90% of the cars they have in inventory!

FG