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 6 Feb 2012, 18:12
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 Sir Slotalot  
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 2,064 Joined: 28-October 03 From: Sur-le-Cut, Sandwell, England Member No.: 260  |
Sorry for linking to The Daily Heil, but you can always wash your browsers clean afterwards with bleach.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-20...0-2MILLION.html I wonder if this is the 250GTO that was at the Autosport show in Brum a couple of weeks back? It had the plate 250GTO which DVLA confirms is a red 1964 3993cc Ferrari. Coop --------------------  |
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6 Feb 2012, 18:17
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 Anthony Bartlett 
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Coop - cant imagine it is the car with the numberplate of 250GTO - as that belogs to Nick Mason of pink floyd - but then again if it was .....
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6 Feb 2012, 18:20
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Sir Slotalot
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 2,064 Joined: 28-October 03 From: Sur-le-Cut, Sandwell, England Member No.: 260 |
That's interesting as I seem to recall seeing the 250 GTO plate on a silver car a few years back which made me wonder if it was the real plate for that car. Car in Brum might have been Nick Mason's though, a couple of years ago I was at the Museum of Transport in Coventry and they had a Maserati 250F which was on load from an "anonymous" collection which was of course Mason's car so obviously amenable to displaying his collection.
(The 250F had an unshielded prop shaft with massive UJ running between your legs with your left leg over to the clutch and right leg the other side for the other two - really doesn't bear thinking about...) -------------------- |
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6 Feb 2012, 18:27
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Sir Slotalot
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Ey Up Guys,
Nick Mason does show his cars quite often, and he races them !!. Bear in mind that one can put whatever plate one likes on a car in a show !!. The car sold in the article quite clearly has the number 96 DC 23. vbr Chris A. |
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6 Feb 2012, 19:19
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 Tony Condon Group: PLUS+ Posts: 2,246 Joined: 24-May 06 From: somerset where the cider apples grow Member No.: 4,167 |
Hi Guys
nick masons car is indeed 250 gto and I have picures of it dating from the early 8os at silverstone so I think the number plate is cosher to that car would be surprised if he needed to sell it We had a display of ferraris down at haynes last year and nick provided about half of them including f 40s, f 50s and a gorgeous 312 t fi car cheers tony -------------------- "The Older I Get The Faster I Was"
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6 Feb 2012, 19:38
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 Kitbasher
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Damn those Ebay snipers, I wanted that one.... pipped again!
I wonder what the 'buy it now' would have been? -------------------- 'It was not me, it was broke when I got there...... 'Tifoso - a member of the other red army'  |
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6 Feb 2012, 22:02
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Anthony Bartlett
Group: Moderators Posts: 1,328 Joined: 25-September 03 From: Brussels, Belguim-Formerly South Africa Member No.: 141 |
Talking of Nick Mason - I still have vivid memories of Le Mans 2003 - and the classic race on the saturday morning - he has entered a 512S - and it was leading whne down the back straight - flat out mind you - the motor blew, and I can remember the comentator saying that it could only go back to Ferrari for repair and he was in for at least 100k sterling - the ligier went on to win...
That whats nice about Nick - he does race his cars as well as collect them -------------------- Regards,
Anthony |
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7 Feb 2012, 09:20
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Sir Slotalot
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 2,064 Joined: 28-October 03 From: Sur-le-Cut, Sandwell, England Member No.: 260 |
QUOTE That whats nice about Nick - he does race his cars as well as collect them This is the reason why I always feel slightly guilty about the fact that I've never been able to stand Pink Floyd! Coop -------------------- |
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7 Feb 2012, 09:30
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 Slot Guru 
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Apparently the $0.2 mill was for the air in the tyres!
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7 Feb 2012, 11:16
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Sir Slotalot
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Ey Up Coop,
that may be because you are way too young to appreciate the socio-economic relevance at the time "Dark Side of the Moon" was created !!??. vbr Chris A. ps: Its all dark ??. |
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7 Feb 2012, 11:36
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Eddie Grice Group: Members Posts: 1,475 Joined: 9-February 05 Member No.: 2,026 |
Careful with that axe........Christopher
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8 Feb 2012, 20:54
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 Trackhead
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QUOTE (CJA @ 6 Feb 2012, 18:27)  The car sold in the article quite clearly has the number 96 DC 23. The registration says it must have come from the stagering collection of Pierre Bardinon. See here for a list of some of his cars Linky Joel -------------------- If you are really bored, visit the SOUTHEND SLOT RACING CLUB site at ssrcworld.com
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