[wilsonlaidlaw]

None of this story comes as a great surprise to me. It became increasingly common a few years ago, for valuable Ferraris to be cloned if after a major accident a new chassis was required. The less scrupulous repairer sells off the damaged chassis to another restorer who then creates another car around it for a fraction of what it might be sold for, were it believed to be genuine. I understand that Classiche (Ferrari's own classic restoration and provenance business) will now only provide a new chassis or a major part of it on an exchange basis. I assume they destroy the badly damaged original or maybe store it securely. I know from experience, that court cases to prove that your car is the "real" one can get very messy and expensive (250LM).

Wilson