[Dj Dirk]

well, this morning i landed in Italy to have some fun over at Lake Como
today was scruteneering and tomorrow it's the closed off concours over at Villa d'Este
and sunday it's open to the public at Villa Erba
but here are some pics already for you guys
and yes it are only the Ferrari's
tomorrow the GG50 will also show up
and the only 166MM/53 Coupe Pininfarina is also here, but couldn't get a decent shot of it today

 

[oldthudman]

Photos

Great photos.............thanks.

 

[FunkyJunc]

Great photos and wow what a beautiful day and location!

 

[Andrew]

Dirk,

Great photos. Are you getting into the closed off part tomorrow? That is a great looking venue for a show, better than Pebble Beach.

 

[basman]

Great event and great pics.
The first good pics of the 575 gtc. I'm really liking that car after seeing your pics

Do you've got more pictures of that 410 Superamerica? I really dig that car.

 

[Pete04222]

Awesome pics Dirk! Looks like you are having a good time. Can't wait to see pics from today.

 

[oldthudman]

Concours at Villa d'Este

Oh yea!......The Villa d'Este is one of the premier sites for a "concours".... Lake Como is a very beautiful area, even the sunlight seems perfect (Many a movie has used the Villa's lawns as a backdrop)............I'm looking foward to seeing more pictures.....

 

[Dj Dirk]

well, yesterday the internet & phone lines where down in the hotel
the nearby "cybercafe" didn't allow laptops & closed at 10
5 cafe's didn't have internet
1 nearby hotel didn't have internet
& 1 other nearby hotel had the same problem: no internet & phone lines
so that wasn't a very good evening
so here are a few shots from yesterday & today

andrew
if i dindn't had acces, then i wouldn't have flown in

and yes guys
awesome warm weather, amazing location and what a concours, i'll defenitly be back next year

yesterday was at Villa d'Este wich is closed off to the public
and today was at Villa d'Erba wich was pretty busy

 

[Dj Dirk]

basman

the 575 GTZ is amazingly beautifull
you have to see it in real life

i was talking to the guy from Zagato
and the second car will be all black

and yesterday i found out that 5 should get made, at least that should be the amount of orders they already got
and then the price
€660.000 without taxes

 

[FerrariKiller]

I love your photos! Looks like you're having fun!

 

[Dj Dirk]

i always have fun when i'm around great cars

 

[FerrariKiller]

Good!

By the way, Dirk: on your website, I cannot view the gallery. It says:

If you've finished your configuration but you're still seeing this page, that's because for safety's sake we don't let you run Gallery in an insecure mode. You need to switch to secure mode before you can use it. Here's how:


Unix with shell access
% cd /path/to/your/gallery
% sh ./secure.sh

Unix with FTP access
ftp> chmod 644 .htaccess
ftp> chmod 644 config.php
ftp> chmod 0 setup

Windows
C:\> cd \path\to\your\gallery
C:\> secure.bat

 

[Dj Dirk]

well
i haven't changed/updated my website in over 2 years
been busy with going to events

 

[FerrariKiller]

Aww, man Well at least you're having a good time

 

[Dj Dirk]

well, check on supercars.net
that's where my gallery's usually go up

 

[basman]

Looks like an amazing event. I love your shots.
5 GTZ's, that's great.

And what do you think about the GG50 after seeing it in real life? The front seems to be inspired by the Rosso, that's a good thing. How's the back?

 

[marcos]

Wow, very nice! That 575 GTZ is so beautifull. I wish I could drive that amazing sexy lov... ...oh well... ...let's just hope I get to see it oneday.

 

[basman]

Wow, very nice! That 575 GTZ is so beautifull. I wish I could drive that amazing sexy lov... ...oh well... ...let's just hope I get to see it oneday.

hehehe, I wonder what a bianco/blu pozzi one would look like. Or nero/rosso metallico

 

[Dj Dirk]

The Ferrari 410 SuperAmerica was voted Best of Show by the Jury

the public didn't voted any Ferrari as best of show, neither at Villa d'Este nor at Villa Erba

class wins:
Targa d’Argento
To the E Class “Italian renaissance” – Italian Coachbuilders’ Cars of the post-war years” winner by the Jury
Ferrari 410 SA Coupé Pinin Farina, 1959
Entrant: Peter S. Kalikow (USA)

Mention of Honour in class:
Targa d’Argento Mention of Honour
In the H Class “The Competition and the Show – Post-war competition cars and one concept” by the Jury
Ferrari 166 MM/53 Berlinetta Pinin Farina, 1953
Entrant: Henk P.N. Koel (NL)

Special prizes
Trofeo Pininfarina
To the most elegant Pininfarina body by the Jury
Ferrari 400 SA Coupé Aerodinamica Pinin Farina, 1963
Entrant: Peter McCoy (USA)


Trofeo Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni
Special Price of the Jury
Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta Scaglietti, 1963
Entant: Brandon Wang (HK)

 

[Andrew]

Here are some more great photos from the event:

Maserati Birdcage
612 Kappa
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
575 GTZ