Ferrari re-creator

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klassiekerrally

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2,543 posts

270 months

Friday 1st July 2005
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With deep respect and envy I watched [url]this website|http://www.hietbrink.com[/url].
What that man can't make, hasn't been built yet.
Incredible. :bow:
If I had one percent of his skills, I could restore my car all by myself.

mmm355

57 posts

243 months

Friday 1st July 2005
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That is indeed impressive. And hideously expensive by the look of it!

justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

257 months

Friday 1st July 2005
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Whilst the cars are absolutely stunning, I'm almost more taken by the bucks :



Just beautiful work.

klassiekerrally

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2,543 posts

270 months

Friday 1st July 2005
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Mr. Hietbrink only builds about 3 cars a year, at least, that's what I've heard. He works alone and is a real artist.
Those bucks are stored outside in the grass.
He said we could display one at our event. Should make a very impressive eyecatcher.

Thom

1,720 posts

262 months

Friday 1st July 2005
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That kind of workmanship would easily put to shame period Ferrari employees. That said, in those days they were meant to be driven and raced, not kept in garages.

klassiekerrally

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Friday 1st July 2005
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He regularly repairs/rebuilds Ferrari's that were seriously damaged in races.
So it's a good thing that there are people like mr. Hietbrink who are able to do so and, just as important, people who are willing and able to pay for that kind of craftsmenship.
So not all of those jewels die in garages.
IMHO cars have to be driven, that's what they are built for. No matter how expensive they are (easy said for me ). Putting them in garages and not driving them is a crime.

Thom

1,720 posts

262 months

Friday 1st July 2005
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Still I don't think there are many owners nowadays who could drive, say a 250 Testarossa, with as much talent and speed as period racers. They have sadly become way too expensive for that, unless you have someone like Stirling Moss driving it for you. At LMC2 I was amazed how a chap at the wheel of a somewhat "humble" 914/6 lapped quicker - in the same race - than Chevron B8s and Lola T270s/T290s. For a road-derived car to finish ahead of full racers either there were rather untrained drivers in the racers or the 914 was highly unoriginal, which I doubt, or the chap in the 914 was as good as Rahal.
Besides, it also seems 60s Ferrari drivers are in general too afraid of breaking something for driving their cars at full pace, which everyone can understand well. Or perhaps Ferraris just sound louder than fast ? I don't know. In the end cars that have built Ferrari's legend appear to have ended up in hands that can restore them to concours spec but which never quite get to drive them the way they were meant to. I sadly never got to see an old Ferrari racer driven as well as a period C or D-type Jag or an Aston DB4S. Quite disappointing
Completely different topic, though.

>> Edited by Thom on Friday 1st July 19:52

klassiekerrally

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Friday 1st July 2005
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I guess you are right. However I still think they should be raced if they were built for it. Don't say they have to race on the limit ofcourse. And if you buy a racingcar but don't have the money to actually race it, I think you should have bought something different.
By the way, have you seen the Daytona that is converted to race-spec? It probably will be raced. Otherwise, why would someone do something like that? You certainly don't have to do that for the looks...

>> Edited by klassiekerrally on Friday 1st July 20:12

Thom

1,720 posts

262 months

Sunday 3rd July 2005
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klassiekerrally said:
Otherwise, why would someone do something like that? You certainly don't have to do that for the looks...


Perhaps the commissionner couldn't put his hands on a real one ? It's not like they built many of that model. Porsche themselves had to repaint one of their 917s because they couldn't buy back the 1970 Le Mans-winning car from the collector who owns it.
On the whole I think the number of people who have more money than sense is on a steady increase. I hope you are right about that Daytona, though.

>> Edited by Thom on Sunday 3rd July 11:16

dinkel

27,427 posts

273 months

Friday 8th July 2005
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I want this one

Even painted like this . . .