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Barber Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, AL!
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<blockquote data-quote="yamafitter" data-source="post: 1219599" data-attributes="member: 15141"><p>The museum actually has two of John Surtess' Ferraris since one was in the basement being prepped for the upcoming vintage festival and the other was in its usual location in the museum on this day. The red Ferrari was the first Ferrari to be added to the collection.</p><p></p><p>The story goes that when the car became available the museum contacted John Surtess for the first time. No one from the museum had met John at that point. The car was in England not that far from the Surtess estate so John agreed to met with the museum people who went over to England to look over the car. John took one look at the cockpit and authenticated the car as one of Ferraris he used to win the championship. The museum people were a little taken back by how quickly John had authenticated the car. John explained by pointing to the crude hammer marks in the inside on the sides of the cockpit and explained that he himself had borrowed a hammer from one of the mechanics and had banged out the sides of the cockpit to make room for his hips.</p><p></p><p>From that meeting John Surtess developed a lasting friendship with George Barber and is a strong supporter of the museum to this day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yamafitter, post: 1219599, member: 15141"] The museum actually has two of John Surtess' Ferraris since one was in the basement being prepped for the upcoming vintage festival and the other was in its usual location in the museum on this day. The red Ferrari was the first Ferrari to be added to the collection. The story goes that when the car became available the museum contacted John Surtess for the first time. No one from the museum had met John at that point. The car was in England not that far from the Surtess estate so John agreed to met with the museum people who went over to England to look over the car. John took one look at the cockpit and authenticated the car as one of Ferraris he used to win the championship. The museum people were a little taken back by how quickly John had authenticated the car. John explained by pointing to the crude hammer marks in the inside on the sides of the cockpit and explained that he himself had borrowed a hammer from one of the mechanics and had banged out the sides of the cockpit to make room for his hips. From that meeting John Surtess developed a lasting friendship with George Barber and is a strong supporter of the museum to this day. [/QUOTE]
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