Thanks. A little luck sprinkled in didn't hurt either!

Thank you !

Thanks. Yes, that maroon car belongs to a friend of mine. It's refreshing not to see another red TR!

This was the year of the Testarossa, you should have attended,. Truly the best of the best.

Thank you. I too would love to do an Europa, but it's going to be challenging to find a good candidate! Keep on the lookout for one!

Thanks. I'm sorry I didn't shoot more footage of the actual show, but I was a little busy running between the two show cars I had to represent. Maybe next year, I'll have more time to shoot video!

Thanks Eddie, and thanks to you for having my back in Florida. Show winning cars need the right detailers to have the cars looking perfect!

@@tomyangnet Thank you for kind words!

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thank you. Although the cars judged under Ferrari Club rules are not supposed to be judged against one another like at Pebble Beach, it's still hard to win an award when the competition is at such a high level. I'm fortunate the car held its own!

Thank you. It was a long road to this!

Thank you. She held her own next to the Cal Spyders and TdFs on the show field!

You're incredibly humble for all the blood ,sweat and tears you must have into this car. (as always) Never change, Tom. 👍

In a show field of hundreds of Ferraris, there are many individuals that work just as hard. I was fortunate to have been recognized with an award! Thanks!

@@tomyangnet Well deserved! And that's not to belittle the efforts of all the other competitors. I'm glad you had a good time in FL

Thanks!

Comp cars are whole different kettle of fish! I don't know if this customer is that kind of collector, but I would love to do sports racer.

I'm a big Porsche 911 fan, and have been all my life, but secretly admit their commonality makes them less desirable to me. They do everything so well, and I love to drive and use my 996, but comparing them, talking about them, showing them is just not the same as a 50-60s Ferrari. If I needed a car to drive, I would choose a Dino, or a 911, without doubt, but there's an old world craftsmanship about these limited production cars of the 50s and 60s that were built one by one in Italy that makes them special (and sometimes frustrating) that attracts me. I know a lot of these cars have already been restored, but it's a challenge to find another one!

@@tomyangnet It is a fact that a 911 is nearly to reliable: We had a customer showing up at our body shop with an early 911. He said he was not sure if it would make sense to restore it still. It had been his daily driver for nearly twenty years in summer and in winter on salted roads. Of course the car was crusty and worn and thirty years ago those Porsches did not have the crazy value they have today. When we asked him about the mileage he told us it had 420 000 km on the odometer. With the original engine still running. You could not use an Italian sports car like that. We suggested not investing to much in the car anymore. The crazy Italian vintage cars have something speaking for them: Beauty, class and rarity. But being reliable and simple to maintain was not something they were and are famous for. Most of those vehicles got unceremonisly scrapped. I had a friend (RIP) who had worked for Enzo Ferrari and Lancia in the Fifties. He was one of the first people to save those cars and saw the value, beauty and rarity in them before the value of those unique vehicles skyrocketed.. ¨ Today it is hard to imagine: His shop was full of incedible cars. Lancias of the late Thirties, Alfa Romeos of the late Fourties, even Cisitalias and a lot of Lancias from the Fifties and early Sixties. He owned one of the first Ferraris for road use, It was from 1948 or 49. He said it was VIN 148 (or was it 152?), if I remember correctly. My Dad was professional coachbuilder, so I saw very special cars for Decades. Later on he worked for GM. As I am not rich I used to drive and own mainly FIATS and GM cars. Most of my classics are American GM cars. They are cheap to maintain and are very reliable.

Thank you!

It was hard won, but glad it finally made it!

Thank you!

Thank you. I was humbled when I missed winning last year, but was pleased we won this time!

Thank you!

I think we'd like to buy a complete car, but needing a full restoration. thanks!

Thank you and you're welcome!

365 Californias are pretty rare, let alone finding one in need of a restoration. I have often found the design of that car kind of quirky. The trangular shaped tail lights, and odd pop up headlights seem to give it an identity crisis on which decade it belonged in.

@@tomyangnet Oh, I don't disagree, I much prefer its immediate predecessor - the 500 Superfast, neither of which have the elegance of the PF Coupe you just finished. Yet, somehow in person the 365 Cal has a charm. My opinion has a bias, having been around one that was regularly used (growing up, a neighbor was a long time owner). Probably a moot point, but if an opportunity arises you may want to poke at it a bit before blowing it off... :^)

I fixed last year's points deductions, and fixed two things that I know they missed, and I still wasn't expecting to go any better! To me, and Platinum is a Platinum, so I'll take it!

@@tomyangnet Congrats, I am 100% committed to attending next year

Thanks! We're currently doing a Daytona with the same owner!

Maybe a PF Cabriolet next!

Yes, the judges should know what the car did prior, but new judges may see things the last ones missed. It's not very precise. I've been working with judges to get some kind of consistency in judging, but it's not easy!

Probably someone's support vehicle.

I would love to find one needing a restoration! Thanks for watching.

Thank you, I am still very happy. The logistics is just part of the job, but something very few people see when showing a car. Yeah, it has to be a complete car, despite needing a restoration. Thanks for offering though!