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Shelbys are made with pride. Unlike all those European supercars Shelbys are made in America, and those Italians wish they had Shelbys instead of Ferrari or Lamborghini.
pure magic DTS, thank you... what a gem... I totally get it, our only car (slightly earlier) was an Aston Martin DB 2/4, we picked up my sister in it when I was almost five from the hospital (she's adopted) so as far as she's concerned, she was born in it... she also used to "live in the steering wheel" totally daddy's girl. He too used to race, mainly hill climbs, but this thing was our only family car at the time. Some time later, a very special project was bought home... and progressed over a year or two (like many projects that progressed in the garage, dad was an automotive engineer) only this was a scale model... of a Miura ... its incredible shapes completely engrossed us, of course it had to be the original burnt orange that Marcello Gandini chose for the prototype... even though many years later dad is no longer with us, I still have it together with its little brother an S which like yours is yellow. One day a couple of years ago a good friend who's a mechanic sent me a random text out of the blue that he'd just seen an espada, and he thought he should steal it for a crazy adventure over the hills, I happened to be passing about an hour later and had to stop.... utterly dumb founded with Gandini's beguiling shapes... ... it was not for sale, as it had already been sold, but a guy in the shop (x Ferrari racing driver) was about to take it for a run, realised I was totally smitten, and invited me to join him on his weekly run... so I got to witness the incredible beauty of the engine, its sounds combined with the gearbox and the intoxication of this extremely low and wide four seater, such extreme and extraordinary shapes. The heady mix of Gandini's talent with the brilliance of Wallace, Stanzani and Dallara at that time is hard to comprehend today... thanks for sharing your family's history with us - Bravo!
Sounds great, looks great, probably wont loose too much if any value while owning one. But a BMW 2 series will outperform it on just about every level and a M2 will destroy it !! So IMO I'd buy a brand new BMW M2 for less then the cheapest high mileage 355 ive seen on internet any day !! These 355's are getting anywhere from $80k (low) to $209k (high) and thats for both manuals and the F1 automatics . But lets not even discuss repair and servicing cost of owning a 355 which could quickly escalate the cost as high as into owning a second M2 for a track car money !!
gorgeous. I could sit in a chair and look at the car all day the way somone could llook at a monet painting in a museum. IAwesome video as well. Great job capturing the engine sound all throughout the video. Please take me for a ride one day,
Fabulour car and video - please keep posting. The owner puts his thoughts on his car so articulately well - these old Ferraris are just so precious to drive, I agree with all he says!
Super cool and well done man! I took my son to the Porsche museum last weekend for the first time and I couldnt peel myself away from the 550. I've owned 911's in the past and now have a 991.2 Turbo but the 550 is super special. Great video and great story. I assume that is your son with you on the ride. Be well and rock on! Greetings from Oberbayern!
4:42 "near as dammit identical to a car Senna drove"?? Senna drove for Lotus and might therefore have had access to any of the historic chassises in their 'stable', but I've never heard of him driving the 92 as stated by your commentary. The first Lotus Ayrton Senna drove was the 97T, in 1985. Only de Angelis, Mansell (and Geoff Lees) raced the 91, three years earlier. p.s. The 92 had the Cosworth, Renault not installed until the 93T.
