Some of your holier than thou grassroots types better not click this, or you'll surely get an aneurysm.
This is, though, an excellent example that grassroots is more a state of mind than a state of money:
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Dec. 21, 2008 3:21 p.m. Osterizer HalfDork
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Dec. 21, 2008 3:50 p.m. Goldmember New Reader
Really cool story. I remember when Eddie stuffed it. In part to promote a horrible movie that I had the displeasure of viewing a few minutes of recently.
I'll second that it's Grassroots. Those Italian uppities have nothing on a quality, well run race shop in the States
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Dec. 21, 2008 6:11 p.m. Twin_Cam Dork
Nice. While I would still love to see a much cheaper car outrun it (it can probably be done), it is grassroots in it's own way.
And the stories about dealing with snobby Ferrari purists are not surprising
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Dec. 21, 2008 7:54 p.m. GRM1964 New Reader
I think the eBay ad is misleading, it doesn't mention anything about the damage or repair.
BBC
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Dec. 21, 2008 7:57 p.m. MikeSVO New Reader
^^^ Agreed.
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Dec. 21, 2008 8:07 p.m. Kendall_Jones New Reader
What was the purchase price? He bought a wrecked enzo for ~$500K(?), put $70K in parts on it (plus labor), and sells it for $1mil?
This is a grassroots job at a factor of 1000X :)
KJ
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Dec. 21, 2008 8:13 p.m. atlantamx3 Dork
Ordering parts from Ferrari to fix a million dollar supercar?
not Grassroots, IMHO. Sorry.
On a side note, I CANNOT believe how SMALL that car is!!
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Dec. 21, 2008 8:56 p.m. pinchvalve SuperDork
I am pretty sure that Ferraris are assembled by angels, with magical tools and pixie dust.
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Dec. 21, 2008 9:08 p.m. DirtyBird222 HalfDork
That's pretty darn cool article. If I ever win the lottery I ain't buying no Ferrari just because of the uptites and snobbies that believe Ferrari is the elite supercar manufacturer. I prefer that other Italian supercar manufacturer that makes tractors....now thats grassroots.
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Dec. 21, 2008 10:48 p.m. MitchellC Reader
I think "grassroots supercar" means buying a Koenigsegg and replacing the decals with the prancing moose.
Or a Mosler, Ultima GTR, Noble, etc.
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Dec. 21, 2008 11:08 p.m. 1slowcrx Reader
I'm of the opinion that grassroots is being frugal with money and do so much more with it then the average person.
i.e. minardi F1 team. I remember reading were they were using cast off brake rotors from Ferrari. Now that's grass roots. The Nascrap team I worked for in high school (MacDonald Motors Sports) was very grassroots, they had less then 5 full time employees and pulled people standing around the track to fill out the pit crew at races. they finished 14th in the truck series points that year too. Also very grassroots.
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Dec. 21, 2008 11:11 p.m. Osterizer HalfDork
atlantamx3 wrote:
Ordering parts from Ferrari to fix a million dollar supercar?
not Grassroots, IMHO. Sorry.
Yeah, well, the local pick n' pull was all out of Enzo subframes, yo.
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Dec. 22, 2008 12:27 a.m. gamby SuperDork
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Dec. 22, 2008 12:29 a.m. stirpicult New Reader
GRM1964 wrote:
I think the eBay ad is misleading, it doesn't mention anything about the damage or repair.
BBC
right, but it does say quite plainly:
This car has an interesting movie star history, which we'll share with serious potential buyers who inquire about the details; if you wish to bid on this car, you must call us first.
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Dec. 22, 2008 9:23 a.m. Snowdoggie Reader
Osterizer wrote:
atlantamx3 wrote:
Ordering parts from Ferrari to fix a million dollar supercar?
not Grassroots, IMHO. Sorry.
Yeah, well, the local pick n' pull was all out of Enzo subframes, yo.
There has got to be a pick n' pull near Beverly Hills or West Palm Beach that has that kind of stuff.
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Dec. 22, 2008 12:08 p.m. miatame2 New Reader
GRM1964 wrote:
I think the eBay ad is misleading, it doesn't mention anything about the damage or repair.
BBC
You can't even bid on the car until they tell you its "checkered" (yes I mean racing AND crashing) past.
I love guys that can wad through the thick BS and get to the core of the matter. I hate snobs and internet know-it-alls. The Enzo is an amazing racecar that can unfortunately only be purchased by rich snobs that have no desire to ever race it. This guy obviously wants the car to end up as a race car again...that and a repaired Enzo won't appreciate quite like an original.
