Martien was somehow busy as there had been a diner at the MECC the night before and the cars of the 70 Anni-display had to be put in place after that and before opening for the preview day. The owner of the fabulous Daytona Prototipo, #10287, the car that became Best of Show of the 2016 Paleis Het Loo Concours, had accidentally taken his key for the car home with him and the people of FCN had to organize some wheel dolly’s to sort 10287 into the display.
Whilst Martien was busy with the mechanics, Matthias had the chance and the honour to speak once again to Ferrari historian, Jean-Louis Bezemer. The gentlemen talked about the fabulous display and the upcoming special edition of the Concours d’Elegance at Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn later this year. We believe we all can be highly curious about the event - Jean-Louis held out the prospect of a special display at a very special part of Het Loo.
Martien returned and found some time to talk about the display he had put together for FCN. You will see the result by watching our today’s Slide Show and we know you will be fascinated as we have been about the distinguished selection and the true beauty of the display. Yes, we have to agree, that there have been “only 20 cars”, means a third of the display at the 60th anniversary, but, in our opinion, you cannot compare the class of the cars on display nor the times – Ferraris have never been cheap, but, in recent years gone by, values have increased dramatically and therefore, owners often are not too keen to let their cars go for some day out of their custody and, to stress it once again, the selection has been marvellous. Hats off to Martien! And thank you once again for having us at FCN’s 70th Anni-display!