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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Steve McQueen's Ferrari up on the block

Posted by: p914 Aug 16 2007, 10:09 AM

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-et-ferrari15aug15,1,3431188.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage

Posted by: blitZ Aug 17 2007, 01:43 PM

SOLD!! for a mere 2.31 million. Guess, my bid of $375 wasn't enough.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/17/mcqueen.sferrari.ap/index.html

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Aug 17 2007, 02:13 PM

Here's a link to a MUCH better story about the car, written by Dan Niel of the LA Times. He actually got to drive the car earlier this week. Talk about rush! The Cap'n

ahttp://www.latimes.com/classified/automotive/highway1/la-et-ferrari15aug15,0,7950908.story?coll=la-class-autos-highway1

Posted by: p914 Aug 17 2007, 05:02 PM

I like the description of the smell of the car interior in the first article. Leather, Fuel, Oil
Smells like my car.

Posted by: mbdoc Aug 18 2007, 09:43 AM

My dad was Otto's head mechanic for the ferrari store on Wishire and Doheny. He serviced that car all the way thru thier move to the Alfa store on Lincoln blvd in Santa Monica. The car the wasthen serviced by Brunoand Peter in Hollywood.
Just a snippit for those interested.

Posted by: JPB Aug 18 2007, 02:10 PM

Its pretty cool but mine has a mock sun roof on it.