RE: DVLA Offer Ferrari Numbers
Monday 20th October 2008
Two fabulous Ferrari-related registration plates are up for grabs in the DVLA’s first ever ‘sealed bid’ auction.
DVLA Offer Ferrari Numbers
'Sealed bids' are invited for Ferrari- related numbers
250 SWB and 250 TDF have a reserve price of only £1,200 each, but are expected to reach far more. Last summer the celebrity car enthusiast Chris Evans paid £5.6 million for a 1961 250 GT SWB, while the 250 GT Tour de France is one of the rarest Ferrari models in existence.
If you fancy a punt on either plate, you’ve got until October 31st to register and place your sealed bid.
There are 1,498 other personalised plates up for grabs in the same auction, so to save you the trouble of ploughing through them all, 250 SWB is lot number 1278, and 250 TDF is lot number 1336. You will let us know if you win either of them, won’t you?
Discussion
Blooming cheek! The DVLA makes thousands from the sale of number plates, selling them with a theme or a name etc. which to me is encouraging people to change their plates to read the exact reference as per the sale, only to be stopped by the police for illegal number plates.
If the DVLA could put the money into training their staff to read, double bag their work they might not come up with the criticism about shoddy service, errors with licence entitlement.
I suppose anyone with a Ferrari in this instance can well afford the special plates on offer, I'd rather have their money!
If the DVLA could put the money into training their staff to read, double bag their work they might not come up with the criticism about shoddy service, errors with licence entitlement.
I suppose anyone with a Ferrari in this instance can well afford the special plates on offer, I'd rather have their money!
I like the 250LM or the 250MM
Love the 250SWB too (and all of them).
I think the most attractive of them all is the Lusso.
However, the 250GTO is maybe the most desirable because it was a very successful racing car, it looks mean as hell, and if you believe what you read - it is a very good car.
I think that the opportunity to own a GTO is so rare, even for billionaires, that any colour is good so long as it is the correct (original).
Obviously the Nick Mason GTO is the one, with the number plate 250GTO, but I had a very close look at one that was a very light turquoisey colour- and it is one of the most stunning cars ever!
When I'm rich I'm gonna get a GTO recreation and have it restored to being a 250 GTE, just to redress the balance !
Love the 250SWB too (and all of them).
I think the most attractive of them all is the Lusso.
However, the 250GTO is maybe the most desirable because it was a very successful racing car, it looks mean as hell, and if you believe what you read - it is a very good car.
I think that the opportunity to own a GTO is so rare, even for billionaires, that any colour is good so long as it is the correct (original).
Obviously the Nick Mason GTO is the one, with the number plate 250GTO, but I had a very close look at one that was a very light turquoisey colour- and it is one of the most stunning cars ever!
When I'm rich I'm gonna get a GTO recreation and have it restored to being a 250 GTE, just to redress the balance !
Sorry for being dense, but what's the one pictured in the original article called?
This one:
I've looked through that link with all the different Ferraris on, here, but I just can't match it up!
It's just like, or maybe is, the one that Ferris Bueller's mate's dad owns isn't it, that accidently get's the mileage wound up a bit, and then destroyed... Either way, I vote that one pictured, but in Red, as the most beautiful car in the world
Now, if someone could just help me out with the name of the car I'm voting for, I'd be much obliged hehe! I'm pretty sure, the name starts with "250"
Dan
This one:
I've looked through that link with all the different Ferraris on, here, but I just can't match it up!
It's just like, or maybe is, the one that Ferris Bueller's mate's dad owns isn't it, that accidently get's the mileage wound up a bit, and then destroyed... Either way, I vote that one pictured, but in Red, as the most beautiful car in the world
Now, if someone could just help me out with the name of the car I'm voting for, I'd be much obliged hehe! I'm pretty sure, the name starts with "250" Dan
Dantxd said:
Sorry for being dense, but what's the one pictured in the original article called?
This one:
I've looked through that link with all the different Ferraris on, here, but I just can't match it up!
It's just like, or maybe is, the one that Ferris Bueller's mate's dad owns isn't it, that accidently get's the mileage wound up a bit, and then destroyed... Either way, I vote that one pictured, but in Red, as the most beautiful car in the world Now, if someone could just help me out with the name of the car I'm voting for, I'd be much obliged hehe! I'm pretty sure, the name starts with "250"
Dan
It's a 1961 250 GT SWB California Spider,the actual car described in the story. Although it now looks slightly different as Chris Evans or more likely Talacrest have seen fit to remove the bumpers and put the number FAB 1 on it. Proving that even after spending five and a half million you still cant get exactly what you want!This one:
I've looked through that link with all the different Ferraris on, here, but I just can't match it up!
It's just like, or maybe is, the one that Ferris Bueller's mate's dad owns isn't it, that accidently get's the mileage wound up a bit, and then destroyed... Either way, I vote that one pictured, but in Red, as the most beautiful car in the world
Now, if someone could just help me out with the name of the car I'm voting for, I'd be much obliged hehe! I'm pretty sure, the name starts with "250" Dan
I think the Ferris Bueller car is a Datsun 240Z replica of the California,hence the 'close but not quite' appearance.
Edited by infradig on Monday 20th October 18:18
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