Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Birthday

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

Okay, makes sense. You told me about Harold, but I didn’t realize he was that close to the top. I also didn’t realize he was still around when you met Piero and got in touch with him. Very cool! And you also saved yourself a couple grand!

 

Pete

 

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From: Robert W. Garven Jr.
Sent: April 29, 2020 1:05 AM
To: Peter Rychel
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari Birthday

 

I met Piero Ferrari at one of the rodeo drive car shows and had a short conversation with him. I became friends with a gentleman on the Internet who was one of Enzo Ferrari‘s personal friends, Harold Angel who was actually the attorney general of Ohio at one point.

 

He told me lots of crazy stories but he was close friends with the Ferrari family inner circle. He even had a painting made of a race that Enzo hung in his personal bedroom at Fiorano. Enzo Ferrari said he liked him because since he did not own a Ferrari he didn’t feel like he was a customer. When he would go visit Enzo in Italy he would always loan him a Ferrari to drive around the country. When you’re when he went there he said he wanted a GT four but Enzo says why do you want that because let me loan you a boxer but Harold insisted on the Dino.

 

Long story short he got me in touch with Piero and I reminded him of our meeting at the car show and asked him if he could take up some information on my car. Unbelievably the day of the course 40th birthday I received a package in the mail and it was the build sheet.

 

I struck up a very intimate personal online relationship with Harold and one day he went in for a minor procedure and passed away. I started out buying a few little items from him and ended up getting the helmet that Ferrari gave him to drive around Fiorano.

 

Very strange story but true. If you guys are interested I can share some more of the photos he sent me.

 

 

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On Apr 28, 2020, at 8:38 PM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:



I thought you bought the car later than that? Wow, 1994, damn that’s a long time.

 

How did you get your hands on that “Scheda di Montaggio” sheet? You actually did the Classiche cert.?

 

Pete

 

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From: Robert Garven
Sent: April 28, 2020 11:55 AM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Ferrari Birthday

 

Happy Birthday Dino

 

 

Toady is the birthday of my 1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4! I have had it since October 1994!

 

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