Thread: Steve McQueen, a Jaguar XKSS and a GTO

Hi Kras!! Nice to see you here!!!




PDG

Originally Posted by PDG308

Hi Kras!! Nice to see you here!!!

PDG

Thank you, PDG!

Last night at Elysée Wednesday we had a nice group which included Freda Payne who had the hit song Band of Gold. She told some great stories about Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra and meeting Marlon Brando in the green room of the Johnny Carson show.

Originally Posted by krasnavian

Thank you, PDG!

Last night at Elysée Wednesday we had a nice group which included Freda Payne who had the hit song Band of Gold. She told some great stories about Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra and meeting Marlon Brando in the green room of the Johnny Carson show.

It always looks like you have a great time. I would LOVE to get out to the West Coast and hang with you guys sometime. Who knows when that could ever happen though?? You know if you ever make it East while I am here in Georgia you are welcome at my place. Its not much, but I would enjoy hosting you.



PDG

Originally Posted by PDG308

It always looks like you have a great time. I would LOVE to get out to the West Coast and hang with you guys sometime. Who knows when that could ever happen though?? You know if you ever make it East while I am here in Georgia you are welcome at my place. Its not much, but I would enjoy hosting you.

PDG

It would be a pleasure!

These scenes are excerpts from the EWTV Drive series featuring Scott McClure and his magnificent Dino 246GTS.

I received an email from Michael Adams saying, "...don't forget to come over to see the best 330GTS ever. It's at home now." Two weeks earlier, Michael had invited us to take a drive in his immaculate Ferrari 275GTB which we did. He said he really wanted us to see the GTS which was elsewhere at the time. It had come home and thus the invitation for a return bout. Since Kenny Lombino of the Ferrari Club of America had made the introduction, I thought it was fitting and proper for him to join us. This time he left the Maserati at home and brought along his Ferrari 16M as a chase car.

I had driven a 275GTS many years ago and Michael's 330GTS seemed newer now than the 275GTS did then. Like his 275GTB, Michael's GTS seemed to be in showroom condition. The engine sounded like Ferraris of legend and it idled at high revs like a nervous Thoroughbred going into the starting gate. I've never experienced another engine that conveys as much excitement and anticipation as does the Ferrari V12.

Michael pointed out to me that the interior of the GTS and been re-done more than once and it was finally the handiwork of Tony Nancy that we see in these photographs.

It was a beautiful day for a ride and photographing this gorgeous car. While we were at it, Kenny treated my son Sean to a warp-speed experience in the 16M which doesn't accelerate so much as it moves instantly through space and time.

We were a skeleton crew for this EWTV shoot with Kenny Lombino, Sean Mitchell and Jeanetta Dumouchel handling cameras and chase cars and we want to thank Michael Adams for extending his invitation to us to enjoy this car that has a seven-figure market value and a provenance that is beyond price.

Here are excerpts from my talk with Kenny Lombino about Ferraris, the Ferrari Club of America and Kenny's Ferrari 16M Scuderia spider.

On September 5, 1970 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy, I had the good fortune to meet Enzo Ferrari. We spoke in the paddock during Saturday practice for the Italian Grand Prix. As we talked about my Ferrari GTO, Juan Manuel Fangio joined us and listened politely. The full story can be read here.

Two days ago, I came across the photo posted below while searching for photographs to use in my book about GTO 3987. It immediately caught my attention. Posted on Photobucket (below is the link to the photograph as I found it.), the picture is labelled '1970-Enzo_Bertet ACi-Monza'. The photo was taken on the same day and at the same place--in the paddock at Monza--where I had my encounter with Enzo Ferrari. It is conceivable that the photo was taken within a few minutes of that meeting. I contacted the gentleman who posted the photo--I've been following his blog for many months as it turns out--but he did not know who took the photograph or who might hold the copyright (as it is not watermarked).

I would like very much to find the photographer or copyright holder for two reasons: The first being that I would like to obtain permission to use the photograph in my book; the second being to ask if he/she might have taken a picture of Enzo Ferrari and Juan Manuel Fangio talking with a kid from California on that day. It would be too miraculous, but I have to ask.

Should anyone know the photographer or how to track down its copyright holder, I would be much obliged.

Enzo ferrari 1970 image by bouboum on Photobucket

Elysée Wednesday tonight--"You might well think that. I couldn't possibly comment."

Look for us Wednesday evenings on the patio from 8 pm (or shortly thereafter) until about midnight at Caffe Primo, 8590 Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069. Underground parking on Alta Loma just east of the Cafe and south of Sunset or on the street.

We go for a drive in Michael Adam's Ferrari 330GTS. Kenny Lombino's Ferrari 16M Scuderia is the chase car. A Ferrari 599 also makes an appearance.