NZ Classic Car

De Joux Special

Those who remember it will wonder what happened to this car. The good news is that the car still exists, well, most of it at least, in Taranaki.

WHERE IT STARTED

The story starts in 1960 when Ferris saw what was believed at the time to be the legendary 1951 British Grand Prix-winning 375 Ferrari driven by the Argentinian José Froilán González in an Auckland car yard. A local expert, Allan Morris, has recently researched this and believes the car was

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