Street Sighting ~ Ferrari 365 GTC4

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Certainly not a car I ever expected to lay eyes on in Adelaide but I'm more than pleased to be proven wrong. Headed for lunch, I spotted it parked out front SIMAX and couldn't help but pull over. It only took a few seconds of drooling before Simon was standing beside me giving up the history.

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He's owned it for about the last thirty years, the car only having two prior owners in Sydney. Still all original and very well loved, it looked HOT. Especially on a thirty degree day.
 

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I can only imagine how good it must feel to be looking the other way, inside the glass, behind the wheel, and with the long sloping bonnet ahead of you. A bonnet that houses a very nice, quad-cam V12 that produces over 300 (prancing) horses.

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I was struggling to take it all in as it sat in front of me. This is the kind of car I pretend my lemon wedge is as I cruise around. With hindsight I really only wish I asked what the deal is with only having a license plate at the rear, I'm guessing it might just be a perk of owning a half a million dollar car.

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Normally I would give most exotics a quick but decent glimpse and turn away, opting for an ignorance is bliss approach. However, having talked with Simon about non-car related queries before I let my guard down and before I knew it he got me rethinking my life. Fortunately it has washed off and I'm back to all kinds of nonsense. That being said put me in his shoes and I would listen to those webers sing every available opportunity.

 


 


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