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Category Archives: Your Pictures & Stories

Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2018

Reader Stories & Pictures

Below are stories and pictures from our readers. If you have a story or photo from Ferrari of Los Gatos, or another classic car story or photo, please visit our Share Your Story page to submit it.

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Rance DeLong and his 458, 348, and Dino
Rance DeLong and his 458 and 348 Ferraris

This is quite a collection. Please feel free to share yours here as well!

Photo:  Rance DeLong / Personal Photo
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Talacrest Classic Ferrari Book

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Thank you for the Ferrari stories. There is a well documented book written recently by John Collins. The title is TALACREST CLASSIC FERRARI – Dealing in Dreams, and it is published by Ginger Beer Promotions Ltd. The book is available for purchase directly through TALACREST. Submitted by Adam

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Your Blog Brings Back Many Memories

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I just discovered your Ferrari of Los Gatos Blog and want you to know how much I’ve enjoyed reading it. It revives many memories. I moved to California in July ’78 and by February ’79 had purchased my first Ferrari (a 250GTE), joined the Ferrari club (at that time the FOC), and started participating in […]

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Jim Ciardella PortraitJim Ciardella is a storyteller, Ferrari owner & club member, and native Californian.  Born and raised in Palo Alto, he grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley and witnessed the dot.com boom and the changes it created. And he heard incredible stories, some of which he believes deserve to be told.

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Ferrari of Los Gatos painted on glass window of original dealershipBrian Burnett and Richard Rivoir shared a dream that changed their lives, helped create the North American market for Ferrari, and put Los Gatos, California on the map. The Silicon Valley business they started in 1976 became the best-known Ferrari dealership in the world.

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