Ferrari Mailing List: Got myself a Unicorn

[BRITT ROTHMAN (britt2asa]

Ok guys,
As you know I bought Clyde’s car last summer after waiting 20 years for him to 
sell it to me. I knew the price would be fair and the car would be well 
maintained ( and it is ) but I also knew it was a a 28 years old used car. When 
I asked clyde what was wrong with it he said “ Well the carpeting looks like it 
was torn from a Vietnam cat house but I’m a driver not a show car person” and 
yeah the carpet looks every bit of a 28 year old 111,000 mile car. Now this is 
my third Ferrari and I want my cars to look nice. I’m not afraid of doing some 
work and I knew that recarpeting is possible and can make a huge difference in 
the feel of an interior. I also knew that oem Ferrari carpet is pretty good 
stuff. When I redid my 400i in 2002-2003 I found the last oem carpet in 
existence for a 400i in a warehouse in London. It made a huge difference to the 
interior at the time. 

So I looked around, found some suppliers of carpet for a 512tr and spoke to 
Brian Keegan who recommended somebody out in CA who sent me samples. Contacted 
a bunch of people about samples, I needed to keep the same colour “Beaver” 
since the door panels have carpet on them and wanted the same quality. I was 
doing this when 2 Sundays ago I was messing on the internet and found a section 
of Marenello Spares website I hadn’t seen before. In the “normal” part of the 
website, all the carpet is NLA but I found a reference to a set for the 512tr 
in the colour “Beaver” and apparently good for the assembly number of my car. 
And it was LHD.
The next day I called them and they checked the warehouse and sure enough, 
although the computers said “No” they had the last carpet set, OEM Ferrari in 
existence for my car sitting for 28 years in the warehouse getting dusty. It 
cost a fortune to ship and import and to buy but I got it. An OEM Ferrari 
carpet set with all the fittings just like when new. And it’s going in the car. 
If you have read this far you can guess how pleased i am right now! Hope the 
pictures come through.

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