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111 Ferraris in Aarberg, August 4th, 2002

August 6, 2002

Story and photos by Marcel Massini





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Switzerland, with only 7 million citizens, is a small country, but nevertheless, many Ferraris can be found here. There are several major Swiss Ferrari collections but the average Swiss Ferrari owner has one or two products from Maranello in his garage. Apart from two large Swiss Ferrari Clubs, there is also a Dino Owner’s Club, plus a number of smaller groups, both in the French and in the German speaking parts of the country. Additionally, many of the ten official Ferrari dealers organise their own meetings for customers. Since motor racing is still almost completely banned in Switzerland (after the Le Mans disaster in 1955) some of the Ferrari agents invite their clients to race tracks in Italy, Germany or other neighbouring countries. A few years ago, the official Ferrari / Maserati dealer for the canton of Berne, Garage Nemeth, began a Ferrari meeting in the beautiful historic village of Aarberg, 15 miles west of Berne. This year, the Nemeth meeting took place on Sunday, 4 August 2002.

Unfortunately the one-day Ferrari show was marred by constant heavy rain or rather a deluge. Weather was the key factor all day and there was rarely an hour with clear skies. No doubt this was the reason for the smaller crowd as compared to previous years. But the weather didn’t stop hundreds of hardy fans and enthusiasts who made their way to the historic village with its beautiful old houses and the intact city center. Only Ferraris were allowed to park on the cobble-stoned area in front of the historic, Bernese character buildings.

One hundred and eleven Ferraris were observed throughout the day. Naturally there were many newer ones but surprisingly a few old ones also showed up in Aarberg. An unrestored red 250 GT Coupé Pinin Farina was the oldest car at the meeting. With their sexy and sensuous lines, two red Dino 246 GTs caught the attention of many people. A well-known Ferrari at Swiss meetings is the shortnosed 275 GTB with S/N 06949. It has belonged to the same industrialist for many years. This car was also shown at the Castle Schwetzingen Concours d'Elégance in 2001. Painted in an unusual non-metallic dark grey, a 365 GT 2+2 was also among the older Ferraris. These cars are sometimes nicknamed "Queen Mary" because they are quite huge. A black 330 GTC and a very nicely maintained dark blue 365 GTC completed the picture. But the author also observed a red Daytona Berlinetta, three Berlinetta Boxers and a rare fiberglass-bodied 308 GTB at the event.

Chassis numbers of the current Ferrari production are now in the 129XXX range and one brand new 575 F1 Maranello with such a high serial number appeared at the Aarberg event. Due to the heavy rain, the owner of an F40 decided to leave the meeting quite early. Of note was also a 348 Challenge which had a huge rear wing. It was parked close to a 308 GTB whose owner had decided to modify the body of his car along the lines of a 288 GTO.

Despite the poor weather, everyone was in fine spirits and there was plenty of time to meet friends and talk Ferrari. Organiser Nemeth and his enthusiastic crew will certainly produce another big Ferrari meeting in the charming city of Aarberg in August 2003. Let's just hope that there will be less rain next year.



TYPEVINPLATESOWNEREXT COLORINTERIOR
250 GT Coupé Pinin Far. BE 3059 RedTan
246 Dino GT BE 1423-UKurt EgliRedBlack
246 Dino GT3306BE 71118Peter GerberRedBlack
275 GTB shortnose6949AG 41Hans NotterRedBlack
365 GT 2+2 BL 17140Gerd TschoppDarkgreyBlack
330 GTC(?) 11079ZH 32083-UAlfred MeierBlackBlack
365 GTC12737AG 110230Adrian MichelDarkblueTan
308 Dino GT414062AG 128412Mario PuliceSilvergreymetBlack
308 Dino GT414670BE 267666Carole GasserRedTan
365 GTB/4 Daytona15751LU 91940-UOthmar BossartRedBlack
308 GTB Vetroresina19503ZH 308302 RedTan
512 BB21667BE 288796Hans KünzlerSilver-BlackRed
308 GTS23629ZG 68328 DarkblueTan
308 GTS27003SZ 20459 RedBlack
400 Automatic27075BE 24316Kurt HolznerSilvergreymetBlack
328 GTB32043AG 3522Jakob OmlinRedBlack
512 BB32683SO 1317Ferdinand KrauchthalerRedBlack
308 GTBi KA-LM 7 (D) RedBlack
308 GTBiZFFHA01B000036243SO 87831Erich HirschiRedBlack
Mondial 8ZFFHD08B000039819SO 91187Hugo FlückigerDarkredTan
308 GTS Quattrovalvole43719SO 12221 RedBlack
512 BBZFFJA09B000044669BE 59373Theo NydeggerRedTan
308 GTB (288 GTO REPL)ZFFLA12S000045119ZH 136933Oronzo CoccioloRedTan
308 GTB QuattrovalvoleZFFLA12S000056449BE 310351Günter SieversRedWhite
Mondial QuattrovalvoleZFFLD14S000058123BE 1264-UChulli Central-GarageRedTan
Mondial QuattrovalvoleZFFLD14S000059109SO 361-UErich HirschiRedTan
TestarossaZFFTA17S000059629BE 80408 RedTan
328 GTSZFFWA20S000063919AG 9728-UFranco VecchioRedBlack
328 GTBZFFWA19S000064149BE 109328 RedTan
328 GTBZFFWA19S000064791AG 251444Martin ZimmermannRedBlack
Mondial 3.2ZFFWD21S000064863BE 1959-UHadornRedTan
TestarossaZFFTA17S000064983BE 1710 RedTan
328 GTSZFFWA20S000065481VS 37591Adrienne OreillerRedTan
328 GTSZFFWA20B000065991BE 76260Peter KünzlerRedWhite
512 TRZFFTA17S000066069BE 3790 RedTan
412ZFFDD25S000070649FR 76402Nicolas DelabaysBlackBlack
328 GTSZFFCA20S000072449AG 348121 RedTan
328 GTSZFFCA20S000074183LU 91920-UOthmar BossartRedTan
Mondial 3.2ZFFCD21S000076193AG 244855 RedTan
Mondial 3.2ZFFCD21S000076503BE 45916Peter StaudenmannRedTan
TestarossaZFFSA17S000076507SO 504-UGuido ElsenerRedTan
TestarossaZFFSA17S000076523BE 263331Adrian Von LerberBlackRed
Mondial 3.2ZFFCD21S000076636BE 465131Fabio HerzigDarkblueTan
328 GTSZFFXA20A7J0077354BE 3737Friedrich DubachRedTan
TestarossaZFFSA17S000077657AG 39603 RedTan
328 GTBZFFCA19S000079557BS 460660 RedTan
TestarossaZFFSA17S000080114BE 10-URolf GrünigRedTan
328 GTBZFFCA19S000080118BE 30528Eduard BürkiRedBlack
Mondial 3.2ZFFCD21S000080381SO 15465 RedTan
328 GTSZFFCA20S000080503FR 12358Reto VoegeliRedTan
TestarossaZFFSA17S000081858AG 79779Josef RebsamenRedWhite
348 ChallengeZFFFA35S000085913BE 1823-U RedRed
TestarossaZFFSA17S000086898BE 29731Jürg HirschiRedTan
348 TBZFFFA35S000087417FR 17100 RedTan
F40 (Assembly #05089)ZFFGJ34B000087628LU 91910-UOthmar BossartRedRed
348 TBZFFFA35S000091961BE 80603Peter GrossniklausYellowBlack
512 TRZFFLA40S000094446AG 201541Guy ScheiwillerRedTan
348 TSZFFFA36S000094955TG 57630Heinz MühlemannYellowBlack
512 TRZFFLA40S000095594BE 107620Fritz LoretanRedTan
348 GTSZFFFA36S000095854VD 213590 RedTan
512 TRZFFLA40S000096239BE 15808Antonio MuscolinoRedTan
348 TBZFFFA35S000096543BE 20699 RedBrown
348 TSZFFFA36S000097020BL 38991Greti WislerRedWhite
348 TSZFFFA36S000097025BE 1345-UDaniel Rebmann AGRedTan
MondialZFFFD32S000097166BE 5725Stefan-Philipp SartoriBlackBlack
Mondial CabrioletZFFFC33S000097421BE 2970Madeleine GempelerRedBlack
348 SpiderZFFUA43S000097569ZH 8676Alfaring AGRedBlack
512 TRZFFLA40S000097902FL 16724 RedTan
512 TRZFFLA40S000098260VD 249706 RedBlack
348 GTSZFFUA36S000099094AG 52171 RedTan
F355 BerlinettaZFFPA41S000100845ZH 31320-UBrunello JacovielloRedBlack
F355 BerlinettaZFFPA41S000101210BE 413108Patricia De ColaRedTan
456 GTZFFSP44S000102512BE 4624-U SilvergreymetTan
F355 BerlinettaZFFPR41S000102734BE 4650-UNemeth AutomobileRedBlack-red
F355 GTBZFFXR41B000105628BE 69038 RedTan
F355 GTSZFFXR42B000105733BE 600060 RedTan
F355 GTSZFFXR42B000106079BS 334-U RedTan
F355 GTBZFFXR41B000106882ZH 17888 RedBlack
F355 SpiderZFFXR48B000109509ZG 12099StaubYellowBlack
F355 SpiderZFFXR48B000110223ZH 422899Maja BettoniRedBlack
550 MaranelloZFFZR49B000110241ZH 372456Autokühler AGGrigio TitanioRed
F355 F1 GTSZFFXR41B000111911BE 62627Beat VögeliRedBlack
F355 GTSZFFXR42B000112322ZH 701662 YellowBlack
F355 F1 BerlinettaZFFXR41B000112513FR 45962Hans EtterRedBlack
F355 F1 BerlinettaZFFXR41B000113740BE 700500 YellowBlack
550 MaranelloZFFZR49B000114071AG 6676Wiederkehr AGRedTan
F355 F1 SpiderZFFXR48B000116482ZH 67934Alfred SpillmannRedTan
F355 SpiderZFFXR48B999116777BE 383-UAuto-Center UettligenRedTan
360 ModenaZFFYR51B000118152NW 178Toni BusingerYellowBlack
360 ModenaZFFYR51B000118740TI 15755Carrozzeria Touring SARedBlack
550 MaranelloZFFZR49B000119785BE 100166 RedTan
550 MaranelloZFFZR49B000121376ZG 1-UPierre SudanBlu PozziTan
360 Modena F1ZFFYR51B000122265BL 158651 YellowBlack
360 Modena F1ZFFYR51B000122628BL 158515 RedBlack
360 F1 ModenaZFFYR51B000123710ZH 46058 RedBlack
360 F1 SpiderZFFYT53B000123803BL 3112 RedTan
360 ModenaZFFYR51B000125247BE 7872Patrick EmmeneggerSilvergreymetBlack
360 SpiderZFFYT53B000125596SO 44526Karl HartmannRedBlack
360 ModenaZFFYR51B000125738ZH 179043Franz FreyDarkblueWhite
360 ModenaZFFYR51B000125747TG 75055Dauti AgimSilverbluemetBlack
360 SpiderZFFYT53B000127284SO 5662Möbel Thomi AGRedBlack
360 ModenaZFFYR51B000127318BE 68833 SteelbluemetTan
360 F1 ModenaZFFYR51B000127788AG 176799Roberto CacciaRedBlack
575 F1 MaranelloZFFBT55B000127865SO 2577 RedTan
360 F1 SpiderZFFYT53B000128150BE 110078Rolf MartiRedBlack
360 F1 SpiderZFFYT53B000128425BE 6558Peter RufenerRedBlack
360 ModenaZFFYR51B000128723BE 62226Hans-Rudolf BeyelerSilvergreymetDarkblue
575 F1 MaranelloZFFBT55B000129063BE 8591 RedTan





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