Maserati in Auto Italia
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reservoirfrog
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The Dino 246 was the 1st car I fell in love with.
in 1972 I wagged off college to go to london to see a girlfriend & went to the motor show at earls court. I sat in one on the ferrari stand & was speachless.
It was only 7400 Quid.
I dont think I owned more than 7 quid at any one time back then. how much would a 72 dino set you back today.
in 1972 I wagged off college to go to london to see a girlfriend & went to the motor show at earls court. I sat in one on the ferrari stand & was speachless.
It was only 7400 Quid.
I dont think I owned more than 7 quid at any one time back then. how much would a 72 dino set you back today.
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You just made me feel young again reservoirfrog...I was only 7 then....
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that was one unforgetable week for me back then.
I talked about that car all week & when I got back to Brum The girlfriend in london called to say her mum had won 365,000 on the pools that weekend. I asked if she would ask her mum to buy me the dino, she came back & said that her mum would.
I walked around in a daze for days untill the wedneday when she phone back to say it was a mistake, her mum only won 3.65.
Imagine how deppresing this was for a 17 year old.
it completely ruined our relationship & had me in therapy for years.
I only thank god that I was too broke to go down to the pub the night she told me that her mother was going to buy it for me.
I would have had to top myself rather that face the embarrasment, well thats what my dad said at the time.
I talked about that car all week & when I got back to Brum The girlfriend in london called to say her mum had won 365,000 on the pools that weekend. I asked if she would ask her mum to buy me the dino, she came back & said that her mum would.
I walked around in a daze for days untill the wedneday when she phone back to say it was a mistake, her mum only won 3.65.
Imagine how deppresing this was for a 17 year old.
it completely ruined our relationship & had me in therapy for years.
I only thank god that I was too broke to go down to the pub the night she told me that her mother was going to buy it for me.
I would have had to top myself rather that face the embarrasment, well thats what my dad said at the time.
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100k plus I would think...
Parisien
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Quite a few actually.......as a 500 car limited run production car, only sold to "die-hard" Alfisti, at one time the were about 10 of the UK registered cars for sale with a 10-40K premium.............the recession soon put an end to that!
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Parisien
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Rob, just read this....utterly and completely priceless...we both laughed a lot this end!!!
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reservoirfrog
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I'm glad you can see the humour Frank, I suppose one day I may too. Tell me, from a proffesional point of view, does this qualify as a deprived childhood???.
Parisien
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Not quite Rob as your aspiration was patently off the scale..........deprived childhood usually means, beaten frequently, no food at bed time, holes in shoes etc.......get the gist?
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I was only 1 in 1972!!!
Andyk
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Still in your 30's then Matt...Don't worry you will grow up one day...
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