Thursday 20 March 2014

1984 Ferrari GTi 400 : Dean Martin’s Ferrari is Owned by a Pittsburgh Native Son

Todays news:

http://www.post-gazette.com/business/auto/2014/03/20/Dean-Martin-s-Ferrari-is-Owned-by-a-Pittsburgh-Native-Son/stories/201403200014

I never heard of this guy before, apparently it's a US celeb. The car itself has come up a few times before. You can find quite a bit about it. This link contains a good overview with pictures:

http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages/carintro.php?reqcardir=FE-400I-50807#P008


 
Update: As I have now a little more time I checked out Dean Martin. Judging on his 400 ownership it clearly was someone with good taste. Turns out it was a Italian American. Just see his Wiki for all details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Martin
 
I also looked up and listned some of his songs on YouTube. Perhaps I should consider to convert some onto MP3 and play it in the 400. A while back I bought this MP3 Cassette adapter. I think this goes nicely with some Fausto Papetti songs.
 
 
 
And hereby also a small tribute to Dean Martin:
 



Update: to my surprise the Original article is removed by the post Gazette. I did some further checking and found this older article which contained nearly the same content. I almost would say the Gazette copied and pasted it ...

http://www.cleveland.com/automotive/plaindealer/index.ssf/2014/01/dean_martins_ferrari_comes_home_to_ohio.html

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