My quest to buy the Saudi Prince's neglected rare Ferrari! 

Thanks Scott for this unbelievable car story. I can't fathom why the bloke just let the car sit and rot away. Considering the history and prominence of the car, you may have scored your unicorn!

@@theanomalous1401 I really can’t wait to get this one fully restored and drive it fir the first time back on the road

@@Ratarossa you answer!?! Love seeing your vids! You give me false hope that in a tiny garage things taken apart can be hole again 😉

Same here, why the owner left it to decay is beyond me, a wash, and a short drive once a month is all it would take, but I guess the guy didn't care for whatever reason. This would be an interesting question to ask the gentleman if you ever get a chance. BTW, what is going on with the car, I think I watch most, if not all your vlogs, and don't recall any lately? 👍✌

I knew exactly what this was when I saw the thumbnail. So glad Ed and the crew got you to come in and share the story!!!

It's smart move to do the evaluation himself so no one can think to low ball when he try to sell

Nerd

Yea I’m sure turning 130k into 300k plus RU-vid profits had nothing to do with it lol

@@pummer If you watch the restore videos, you’ll see the effort going into this.

@@Rascularvideos yes all done on the cheap by Scott not professionals

@@georgefloydhadasthma9133⬅️ Based af 👌

check dupont registry - ones with low miles for sale for $230k to $300k (for mint). (£194 to £250k). maybe he was not too far off. RHD alone doesn't make it all that more valuable.

Who does such a thing? Being so neglected, I wonder if the owner would have cared if someone else "reclaimed" it for themselves.

Prince? of neglect...

@@jenniferwhitewolf3784 … not the Prince neglected the car but the guy who bought it from the Prince, but hey, this obvious neglect opens a wonderful opportunity for Ratarossa and his RU-vid community…

What is it?

@@Emira_75 watch DDE’s new video.

If I recall correctly, it was never offered in the US due to the problems with making it comply with DOT requirements. I believe at the time it was the fastest production car in the world, while the Countach was the fastest production car available in the US.

We have investigated ourselves and found ourselves innocent of all charges.

Tarping it,was what i was thinking too.. Why let it rot like that if he had no intension of selling it to begin with?

@@tunes4life some people just like to watch the world burn I guess. If I had to guess it was an extremely wealthy guy who may have had plans for it but life got in the way. But either way, if you can afford a Ferrari you can afford a garage to put it in or at least a $2000 custom tarp. Glad he let the car go and it can be returned to its former glory. A work of art like that deserved it

Utter rubbish

Why? He is more comfortable wearing them and is it really offensive.

Cool story bro

Wow you got bit by the jealousy bug ! Scott obviously knows what he is doing and since the previous owner allowed him to film he lost all rights to any legal repercussions and people were offering the owner money and he declined so it's his fault and his is a totally different example BBI it's a one of one and usually right hand drive are more rare and since he is doing a full restoration the values could be more or less and he was just speculating that point. Lol

@@stoneman8110 thank you a$$ kisser. The owner allowed the filming of the car not the publicizing of it or of it's location. And pray tell how is it the owner's fault if he refuses people's money for NOT WANTING TO SELL??? Are you really that stupid or were your parents brother and sister? If I don't want to sell something and I had to relocate it to avoid the repetitive sell requests due to some video that was released online how is it my fault? Relocating the car was the reason things were stolen from it. That car was perfectly protected for 16 years in that location until this man showed up on his door step without invitation and without the owner's intent to sell. Basically he put him in a spot where he had to get rid of it to stop this headache. As for being so called 1 of 1 left handed cars are of no interest in any country in the world except a handful rendering this car without proper value except in the UK and the handful of countries that drive on the right side of the road. As for the dupont registry I suggest you open it and have a look before you polish your turd

Not a Saudi prince, That’s the sultan of Brunei

The best cars of the Brunei collection are not rotting away. A McLaren F1 was spotted just a few weeks ago at Heathrow coming in for a service from Brunei and it appeared to be in really good shape.

Ppl who cant take care of cars like this should never be able to buy them

@@tj9959 I don't follow exotics that closely, only watched one video(over a year ago) on some rich somebody stashing 100s of cars.

@@sy2km234 not really true. One Mclaren F1 doesn’t mean that the pictures of other F1’s F40’s &50’s XJ220’s EB110’s etc aren’t real

Umm... Ren and Stimpy.

@@ae86hachi haven't been around for decades doing it. Police been stealing from people since day 1

Amazing to think it sat outside in the open for years and years and remained a complete car but within 6 months of being in police hands multiple components had been stolen from the car. That lets the public know where the actual criminals are.

@@yourtaxdollarsatwork2294 our nation's largest criminal enterprise and its tax payer funded.

The uk police are some of the worst, most corrupt police in the 1st world nations.

Has to be the bloody Lucas electrical system buggering it up?

Nope

If im rich

Some people are just idiots, I guess ... sad, really!

then the other guy "it's not about the money ........ but it's going to be worth £300,000 for putting £160,000 in plus all the youtube view money....."

I never understood how someone can afford a 6400 miles 1of1 Ferrari and then let it rot on the driveway. Why not have it in a garage? Even a storage unit or a car capsule would be pennies compared to the money lost on value letting it rot.

I think people like this might be suffering from a mental disorder, just a guess though 🤷‍♂️

@@Red2l16v / Maybe holding on to part of a previous life. Change of fortune, but someone developed a deep emotional bond with an item or asset. Possibly couldn’t afford upkeep, but cash flow not limited to the point that they have to sell that one item. They also maybe thought on some level it was their nest-egg which would grow in value… but lacked foresight to properly protect it. Degradation over time can be missed when it happens in-front of you slowly

I feel your pain dude. My dream muscle car I bought when I was younger but couldn't drive cause of insurance costs has now gone up alot more then it was. Probably gonna sell it without ever getting to daily drive it like I wanted, well in nice weather at least. Only consultation. Because insurance goes by Vin and original make. I'm likely gonna be able to get away with a skyline r34 gt non turbo 4 door car converted literally into a gtr spec car.

@@bmxriderforlife1234 Good luck to ya my dude!

Well, if it was at a bazaar, then that means it was for sale so probably not that same car.

Morning!

Technically don't the banks own most of those cars, as they're ditched from unpaid HP loans by people that fled the country? I know people have looked into it and the bureaucratic nightmare to buy them make most not worth it.

@@JimBrodie they aren't owned by banks it's not the same here as in the US if you find an abandoned car either the owner passed away or he doesn't need it you can just issue a title transfer and there's a period of waiting to hear from the owner if that doesn't happen you get the car or they are just outright abandoned at junkyards As for the Soviet cars they cannot be owned since they don't have registered chassis numbers and were forbidden from being sold by a royal decree since the relationship were cut between the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia

@@JimBrodie You’re confusing Saudi Arabia with UAE, where western expats finance cars which they can’t really afford then fly home when shit hits the fan. Most of these abandoned cars in Saudi are owned by locals.. mostly people losing interest and the cars go unused and untouched.