What happened to the Knightsbridge Safety Deposit Testarossa

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Valerio Viccei was arrested in it on Bayswater Road in 1987, and this later photo suggests the windscreen which was shot out by the police was repaired and it went to BCA.

Early single mirror Testa in black, lovely. My friend's Dad had a very close reg on his Blue Sera one just a few numbers out so Maranello supplied I think.

Here is some background info, Viccei was trying to export the car to Colombia

https://www.documentarytube.com/articles/the-knigh...

Anyone know what happened after that?

Edited by cgt2 on Sunday 3rd April 20:51

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TR4man said:

Interesting that it is showing on the Govt. MOT website although has yet to have it’s first MOT. Wonder if it is parked up somewhere awaiting restoration?

There's basically no information about it on the internet. I remember seeing the newspaper photos after the shootout in 1987 then nothing.

There were reports that the reason Viccei risked staying in the UK and thus got caught was that he loved this car so much he was exporting it. He'd been on the run for months before and not been caught so the car could well have been the reason for his downfall. Other than the BCA photo above which I've only recently seen, the only other pictures of the car are from the shootout which were in all the papers.

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Crummy Michael Winner dramatisation with the wrong year Testarossa

https://youtu.be/ULSrlIU5ZLY

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yellowtr said:

We are well overdue a catchup!

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