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Mid-nineteen-hundreds "Jabula". Rear-wheel drive. Air-conditioned. Non-electric non-windows. |
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Killarney Hotel Curve Port Alfred Soap Box Derby Reigning Champion Sputnik X100 sponsored by Shell. |
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yep, it was a while ago. GSM Flamingo - made in South Africa - Ford 1500 motor bored out to 1640cc with twin side-draught Webers... |
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Porsche 944 - bought new in 1983 for around R 45000. A
wonderful car. Picture taken at the rooftop parking of the old Elizabeth Sun Hotel. |
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But.... I had this itch to own a Ferrari. In around 1985 Ashley of http://www.bloomsbury.co.za/ and I negotiated and I became the owner of this Ferrari 308 GT4. |
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Then I upgraded to a Mondial QV. What a stunning car. Even an aircon !!!! Three litre V8 32-valve. |
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Then I went cabriolet for a while. Nice... But...too much hassle for my lazy frame. |
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So back I went to Ferrari red Mondial QV. (Had to get the kids to school somehow). |
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Friend Seb Cloete (at the time with BMW S.A.) and I
discuss my change to the raw, incredible, 5,7 litre V8 power of my De
Tomaso Pantera. May I say "hair-raising".
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He sure seems intent on signing that contract, doesn't
he... Ashley took the car off my hands about a year later.
sigh... |
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And in 1993 after a break of a few years in which I had another Porsche 944 then a Lotus Europa, I realised that everybody was right when they said "Once a Ferrari owner...etc". |
