The journey · 1976 to today
Its life, mapped
Where it went, who kept it, the plates it wore and what turned up, from its first year to today.
50 years, 11 moments
4 countries · 3 keepers · 4 plates
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- Documented
- Stated
- No record
Today
Japan
A keeper in Japan · Name privateJ19-76
No record yet from 1977 to 1998. See what is still open
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7 May 1976
Registered in Frosinone
The Italian registration book describes a Ferrari F106AB, the 308 GTB, chassis 19169, with a 2,927 cc engine. It was…
7 May 1976 · Frosinone
Registered in Frosinone
Documented
The Italian registration book describes a Ferrari F106AB, the 308 GTB, chassis 19169, with a 2,927 cc engine. It was first registered on 7 May 1976 at the Motorizzazione Civile in Frosinone, south-east of Rome, as FR 175959, to a company in nearby Ceccano.1
Still to check The book records the first holder only. Who kept the car after 1976 is not in the file.
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12 May 1999
Bought at Brooks in Monaco
Brooks offers chassis 19169 as lot 167 at Les Grandes Marques à Monaco. The recorded price is $35,703, about 80,000…
19,000 km
12 May 1999 · Monte Carlo · 19,000 km
Bought at Brooks in Monaco
Documented
Brooks offers chassis 19169 as lot 167 at Les Grandes Marques à Monaco. The recorded price is $35,703, about 80,000 Dutch guilders with the buyer’s commission. The record describes a fibreglass coupé, silver over black, with about 19,000 km. The buyer is Marlon van der Meer, then in his twenties and today one of the people behind Maranello Data.25
Still to check The guilder figure and the buyer’s name come from the owner’s account.
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11 September 2000
Registered in the Netherlands
The RDW stamps the Italian registration book in Schiedam on 11 September 2000, and the car joins the Dutch register.…
11 September 2000 · Schiedam
Registered in the Netherlands
Documented
The RDW stamps the Italian registration book in Schiedam on 11 September 2000, and the car joins the Dutch register. Its first Dutch plate is 58-GD-PJ, seen in a photograph at a petrol station. Later it wears 54-YB-89.15
Still to check The registration papers for 58-GD-PJ are not in the file, and the date it gave way to 54-YB-89 is not recorded.
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2004
A part in De Dominee
The silver 308 appears in De Dominee, Gerrard Verhage’s film inspired by the life of the Amsterdam crime boss Klaas…
2004
A part in De Dominee
Stated
The silver 308 appears in De Dominee, Gerrard Verhage’s film inspired by the life of the Amsterdam crime boss Klaas Bruinsma, released in Dutch cinemas in 2004. A night photograph from the shoot shows the camera crew at work with the clapperboard.5
Still to check The scene and the shooting dates are not recorded in the file.
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22 July 2007
A summer trip
Photographs from 22 July 2007 show the car on a summer trip: on a quay with Marlon van der Meer, among moored boats…
22 July 2007
A summer trip
Stated
Photographs from 22 July 2007 show the car on a summer trip: on a quay with Marlon van der Meer, among moored boats and on a narrow road through pine forest.5
Still to check The place is not recorded with the photographs.
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October 2010
On the runway at a Ferrari day
At a Ferraridag in October 2010 the silver 308 runs on an airfield, flat out past parked fighter jets, on 54-YB-89.
October 2010
On the runway at a Ferrari day
Stated
At a Ferraridag in October 2010 the silver 308 runs on an airfield, flat out past parked fighter jets, on 54-YB-89.5
Still to check The airfield and the photographer are not recorded.
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April–May 2013
Two photographers on a heath road
In the spring of 2013 two photographers catch the car on a heath road, once alongside a blue 308 GTB.
April–May 2013
Two photographers on a heath road
Stated
In the spring of 2013 two photographers catch the car on a heath road, once alongside a blue 308 GTB.5
Still to check The place is not recorded.
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August 2013
Seen in Laren and Huizen
Weeks before it leaves, Autogespot photographs the car in Laren and in Huizen, still on 54-YB-89.
August 2013
Seen in Laren and Huizen
Stated
Weeks before it leaves, Autogespot photographs the car in Laren and in Huizen, still on 54-YB-89.7
Still to check The exact days and times are not in the file.
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6 September 2013
Exported to Japan
The export of 54-YB-89 is declared in Amsterdam on 6 September 2013 and stamped by the RDW the same day. The…
6 September 2013 · Amsterdam
Exported to Japan
Documented
The export of 54-YB-89 is declared in Amsterdam on 6 September 2013 and stamped by the RDW the same day. The registration part records a grey Ferrari 308 GTB, chassis 19169, first admitted on 7 May 1976. The car leaves wrapped in plastic, in a shipping container.35
Still to check The papers end the Dutch registration. The shipping and import records are not in the file.
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December 2013 – April 2014
In Japan, as 19-76
Photographs shared in December 2013 show the car in Japan: on a garage turntable with the plate 19-76, the year it was…
December 2013 – April 2014
In Japan, as 19-76
Stated
Photographs shared in December 2013 show the car in Japan: on a garage turntable with the plate 19-76, the year it was built, and under a red cover in a mechanical car park. On 1 April 2014 it is photographed at night under cherry blossom and outside a temple gate.5
Still to check The Japanese registration papers are not in the file, so the date the plate was issued is not recorded.
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July 2016
On the cover of LE VOLANT
The Japanese monthly LE VOLANT puts a silver 308 GTB on its July 2016 cover, beside a red 488 GTB, and opens its…
July 2016
On the cover of LE VOLANT
Documented
The Japanese monthly LE VOLANT puts a silver 308 GTB on its July 2016 cover, beside a red 488 GTB, and opens its feature on supercars new and classic with it, photographed between white columns.65
Still to check The pages shown don’t print the chassis number. The identification comes from the owner’s account and the car’s appearance.
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