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Wouter Melissen
04-06-2005, 11:31 PM
Read and weep:

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1550626,00.html

clutch-monkey
04-06-2005, 11:38 PM
urge to kill rising.......
thats criminal, forget the scam, he should have been convicted just for butchering the cars.

Radoman
04-06-2005, 11:56 PM
I feel like I could cry.. how dare he?

Damn... a Birdcage down the fooie-hole.

eros
04-07-2005, 01:55 AM
my hart is broken
how on earth could a car collecter do such a ting to his cars.
it is to painful for words.
i cried when i saw a pic of the first wrecked enzo but whit this story i almost whent in coma.
RIP for al of those ferraris

:Exige:
04-07-2005, 04:42 AM
my hart is broken
how on earth could a car collecter do such a ting to his cars.
it is to painful for words.
i cried when i saw a pic of the first wrecked enzo but whit this story i almost whent in coma.
RIP for al of those ferraris
You should seriously think of getting into girls :p

I suppose nobody would understand it unless you had been in that situation. Theres a point where you have to think .. whats more important, my life and the lives of the people around me or the future of the sports cars. If he werent devout to cars then he wouldve had them crushed and indeed, wouldnt have thought destroying them as "sacralige". The amount of debt that he wouldve been put in wouldve made his life hell and even though it is horrible to see the Birdcage and other exotica destroyed, you have to consider the validity of doing it if you were in his situation.

Wouter Melissen
04-07-2005, 04:43 AM
He could have been a man, accept his losses and sell off the collection.

Coventrysucks
04-07-2005, 04:58 AM
He could have been a man, accept his losses and sell off the collection.

How? No one wanted to but any of these classic cars at the time.
Not even for a tiny ammount of their pre-bust value.

They had no idea how long it would be untill people started trading again, and they had no idea about the sort of values they would have.

Matra et Alpine
04-07-2005, 05:01 AM
He could have been a man, accept his losses and sell off the collection.
It was worth 1/10th of it's insurance value :(
IIRC the bottom fell out of the classic car market as he bought all these :(
At the time a mate bought an e-type for £30,000 then spent another £20,000 having it professionaly restored. Expected to end up with a car worth £80,000. By the time the work was nearing completion you could but conconourse condition E-types for £15,000. To say he was unhappy was an understatement. I *nearly* said "I told you so, cars are for driving and not making concourse as investment", but I didn't :)

Brocket shoudl have asked Saddam to hide them along with the WMDs :)

E-types are STILL only going for about £40,000 in concourse !!!
These used to swap hands for 100-150,000 POUNDS !!!!!!!

stealth
04-07-2005, 08:45 AM
How could a man, as rich as he may be, stand there, and take apart PRICELESS pieces of automotive history. It's sacriledge. I couldn't even fathom myself causing a rip in ANY ferrari's seat, even a 308's. I think someone should find him, kill him, and cut HIS body up into pieces. No joke.

:Exige:
04-07-2005, 09:01 AM
How could a man, as rich as he may be, stand there, and take apart PRICELESS pieces of automotive history. It's sacriledge. I couldn't even fathom myself causing a rip in ANY ferrari's seat, even a 308's. I think someone should find him, kill him, and cut HIS body up into pieces. No joke.
I bet you wouldnt say that if you were in his situation .. lets just hope you never become rich enough to find out :)

taz_rocks_miami
04-07-2005, 09:08 AM
Brocket shoudl have asked Saddam to hide them along with the WMDs :)

He could have asked me to hide them for him. I never even would have driven one...I swear!!! The never would have left the garage ;)

stealth
04-07-2005, 09:13 AM
I bet you wouldnt say that if you were in his situation .. lets just hope you never become rich enough to find out :)

Betcha I would. No matter what, I love my Ferrari's like I would love my children.

Quiggs
04-07-2005, 09:25 AM
Everyone has a breaking point. Interesting read. What would the total of those cars be worth today?

drakkie
04-07-2005, 09:49 AM
too much for you and me to afford :(

ScionDriver
04-07-2005, 10:38 AM
Another argument for capital punishment. Dismantaling classic Ferrari's and Masers? Automatic lethal injection sentence.

But I probably would of done the same thing. Fiscal crisis calls for tough stuff. I like to think I would just take it and go broke. You never know.

johnnynumfiv
04-07-2005, 10:44 AM
A shame to hear about the cars. An other financial situation with ferrari's came about during the past hurricane season, a barn's roof and some of the walls were ripped off, revealing a collection of rare ferrari's and other cars that had a total estimated value of millions, the guy hid them so he could evade property tax. Here's the article on it: http://autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=100734

man 430gt
04-07-2005, 11:33 AM
Thats just plain worng!:(:(:(:(

Coventrysucks
04-07-2005, 11:38 AM
How could a man, as rich as he may be

That's the whole point though - he wasn't rich.

He was, then someone advised buying a bunch of hideously expensive Ferraris which rapidly became close to worthless.

Wouter Melissen
04-11-2005, 12:55 AM
One of the cars has just surfaced:

http://www.symbolicmotors.com/mainpages/carpage.php?cid=1951Fer340-0138AM

henk4
04-11-2005, 12:59 AM
another example of Rod Jolley's excellent craftsmanship :)

jorismo
04-11-2005, 01:19 AM
I don't know what makes me more pissed off, the scam or the damage done to the cars... :mad:

Gallardo
04-26-2005, 08:17 AM
damage is one thing, but a scam phht

chevyguy
04-26-2005, 11:25 PM
speachless

PsychoChimp22
05-07-2005, 11:31 PM
I cant really RAFT right now cuz im watching south park sooo could someone just summarise it? :p

clutch-monkey
05-08-2005, 12:27 AM
I cant really RAFT right now cuz im watching south park sooo could someone just summarise it? :p
guy has rare ferrari collection. guy goes broke. guy chops up ferraris and hides them to claim insurance.

kingofthering
12-07-2005, 02:03 PM
How could a man, as rich as he may be, stand there, and take apart PRICELESS pieces of automotive history. It's sacriledge. I couldn't even fathom myself causing a rip in ANY ferrari's seat, even a 308's. I think someone should find him, kill him, and cut HIS body up into pieces. No joke.
They should toss him in the crusher that they used to destroy the ferrari's and they should lock him in a yugo playing horrible music while it is being crushed to get revenge.

Guest
12-07-2005, 02:59 PM
They should toss him in the crusher that they used to destroy the ferrari's and they should lock him in a yugo playing horrible music while it is being crushed to get revenge.
can you please stop reviving dead threads

092326001
12-07-2005, 09:02 PM
he was a horrible man
at least the ferraris are alright
but what of the birdcage?