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This Ferrari Collector Owns Over 40 Units and They’re All Yellow

If you’re not willing to drive past the common sense of world equality, you should ignore this post. It’s not that we’re saying you’ll be jealous of the guy, but it could come out as difficult to read about a mechanic who bought his first Ferrari in the early 1980s and never stopped since.
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Photo: Forza Mag
Meet Phil and Martha Bachman from Greeneville, Tennessee, a small city of around 15,000 located in the foothill of the Appalachian Mountains. Some may say that if it weren’t for their passion for the Prancing Horse, they never left the town. Phil, a passionate mechanic who has been running a car shop for most of his life, has assembled an impressive collection of Ferraris over the last 30 years.

Sure, like any other car-fanatic of the type, he started off with the likes of Corvettes, Pontiacs, and little British cars. He opened the shop in 1967, but it was only in 1983 when he’d discover the Italian exotic. The first was a 1984 Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole, and here’s the story around it:

The car struck a chord with me, so I ordered one in 1984 through the Ferrari dealer in Nashville. I wanted a yellow one because I thought there were too many red ones; I wanted to be different. I ‘tricked’ it as much as I could at that time by ordering the black ‘Boxer bottom’ and the Euro front spoiler,the collector told Forza Mag.

Several other exotics followed, with a rate of an approximately one new car per year. Two things remained constant with Bachman’s car shopping: he likes them yellow, and preferably the last example of their kind built. In terms of favorites, the Ferrari collector admits it is difficult to opt for one, but he did mention 1967 275 GTB/4, 1975 365 GT4 BB, and 2003 Enzo.

He also owns a Ferrari FXX, which we all know, was offered to elite Ferrari collectors in 2005. The good part is that he’s also driving it full gear, having had the chance to hit the F1 race tracks world wide throughout the years.

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