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Salegosse
France
65 Posts |
 Posted - 08/31/2010 : 09:48:40
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Thought i would share those pictures i made in 2008 at the Maranello Rosso Museum near San Marino.
A really great collection with the worst display i ever saw...
250 GT SWB
250 MM
195S
250 GT TDF
250 GT LWB Interim
330 GT
250 GTO
250 GT Pininfarina Cabriolet S1
250 GT
250 Superamerica
250 GTE
250 GT Lusso
330 GTC
275 GTB
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330 P
365 P2/3
Daytona Comp / 512BB LM / F40
Dino 246 Tasmania
312 T3
I remember the guy from the museum asking us not to take many pictures.
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christian
Austria
443 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 11:41:44
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when I was there in may 2000 you had to pay around 5 Euros to take pictures
the owner Fabrizio Violati died in january this year
so I think the museum will be or is closed and everything sold
the 250 GTO is offered for Euro 25.000.000 since a long time
a bit toooooo much for me :-)
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ferrari4evr1
USA
297 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 12:13:27
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I agree with you Salegosse. Incredible collection and such a cheesy display of them... Beautiful and amazing cars nontheless. I have the Marilyn Monroe car from RGM\Miniwerks design and it is incredible.. Love that car.... IN person, i bet her ex-car(and all the rest) are breathtaking...
Thanks for the pictures...
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Salegosse
France
65 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 14:14:20
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Christian > We paid too.
In another part of the building there is the biggest collection of Abarth in the world. In this part you had to pay again and not to take any pictures ! WTF ??
We didn't go. A bit sad. |
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vova43
Russia
186 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 01:25:02
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Originally posted by ferrari4evr1
I agree with you Salegosse. Incredible collection and such a cheesy display of them... Beautiful and amazing cars nontheless. I have the Marilyn Monroe car from RGM\Miniwerks design and it is incredible.. Love that car.... IN person, i bet her ex-car(and all the rest) are breathtaking...
Thanks for the pictures...
James
Yes, it's fantastic collection. I've seen it twice in late 90th. So sadly it will disappear...
As for 250GT cabriolet - it had no connection with Monroe. This is what Ferrari historian Marcel Massini said about this car:
Complete nonsense! Marilyn Monroe never had a Ferrari nor did she ever have or drive in 0759 GT.
It's just the Maranello Rosso Museum curator in San Marino who placed a photo of Monroe behind the car displayed and since then the rest of the world believes that Monroe had or sat in that Ferrari. 0759 GT was shown at the Torino motor show October 30, 1957. Then sold January 1958 through the Venezuelan Ferrari importer Carlos Kauffmann in Caracas to first owner Luis Enrique P#233;rez Dupuy, resident in Caracas, Venezuela. The car is also pictured in the 1959 Ferrari Yearbook. It remained in Venezuela until 1986. (Monroe died 5 August 1962).
Marcel Massini
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LaSource
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Posted - 09/01/2010 : 01:36:38
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Great cars, but I don't like how they are presented.
These metal frames are disturbing. |
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IchoTolot
France
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Posted - 09/01/2010 : 17:57:27
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Thanks to Salegosse for the pics.
I agree on two points :
First, the display is absolutely atrocious and the wall paintings are of the worst I ever saw.
Second, Marilyn Monroe never had any Ferrari. The legend came from the fact that Violati put this stupid portrait of the actress behind the car because it was in this context, era correct. Most of the visitors saw the portrait and thought Marilyn was the owner of the car which is totally untrue. And then, BBR made the same crap with their miniature, probably on purpose, a shame really.
Also, the ex-Albert Uderzo car is a total rebuilt. The car was burnt to ashes by Uderzo during a track test. Written off. Violati bought the serial number plates and made a new car... which was certified by Ferrari. Another shame. |
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