quote:Originally posted by René #4406:
I think that all these discussions are vain, Philippe only wants to make buziness that's all, the rest, the interest of the passionates of the brand, the preservation of the historical heritage, etc .... does not interest him and to promote his buziness he is currently promoting the idea that the possession of the original documents provide a HUGE over-worth to all the cars and soon he will try to persuade everyone that it is normal to own the documents and that their non-possession devalues strongly the car, it is very clever of him.
This is only my opinion.
Dear Rene, with all the brands, it s the same, for all the items, it s the same.
If you own a Rolex , it s 5000 $, if you own the Rolex of Steve Mcqueen, it s 500 000 $.
I dont write the rules of this world.
I did the de Tomaso book with the archives
I did classicscars.com for internet to expose the archives, I believe that I have done more than most of you concerning the heritage.
To save the archives, I did bought them with Vito. Now we disagree about what to do with it, but who put his money on the table to buy them ?
I bought boxes of thousand of papers who was ready to be threw away, what did I find inside ? the complet history of the brand.
Did you known that a member from this community had bought for 750 euro the files for his car but in the same time, try to buy from Silverstro in Modena blank papers to fill them himself ?
Georges known his name and I respect Georges not to disclose his name here.
I never delivery the paid papers to this man and pay him back early this week, because the protection of the heritage have more value.
All blank papers will be burn and will post the photo of the man from Modena who live there understand that we are talking about his town, the people who work there and the idea that a american collector making his own invoices made him very angry.
Then Rene, you are wrong, I m not here only to make buziness, it s your opinion based on wrong facts.
You have no idea what I have found inside the boxs, no idea at all.
We are working 2 people now for more than 2 month and we are at 1/2 way.
So in order to emit a fair and correct opinion, one would have to know all the facts and all its ramifications.
It is easy to say that I am this or that, but it would be much more difficult to come and see what I have achieved and the time spent.
Do you know what it costs to go to Modena? by car, in a truck?
I am still surprised by the reception of collectors who for the most part are very happy that we answer their message.
There will always be disgrace, it's life that wants it, it's not me