- The first Ferrari (the exact VIN, not just the model mind you) I was ever lucky enough to drive can be seen in this photo. Anyone care to guess which one it was?

Happy Birthday, Mr. Ferrari

The Petersen Museum hosted it's annual celebration of the birth of Enzo this weekend. This year I was there to check it out.

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Early this morning, the sound of V8s, V12s, and even a V6 or two rang out as owners and enthusiasts of the cars that bear Enzo Ferrari’s name descended on Los Angeles to celebrate his birth. I’ve wanted to be an attendee of the annual event for several years now, but until today I’d not had the chance. So, at 5:30 this morning I was up and by 6:00 I was out of the house and on my way to meet up with a good friend who had been generous enough to invite me to drive his 2007 599GTB up to the event alongside a number of other local Ferrari enthusiasts. All told we had 20 Ferraris, two Porsches, and an F Type banded together for the drive to the museum. A drive during which we of course never even dreamed of exceeding the posted speed limits.

Upon arriving at the event roughly half an hour before it was due to begin, we were greeted by an already forming traffic jam. But unlike most traffic jams one comes across, this jam was almost entirely made up of Ferraris. When we finally made our way up to the top floors of the museum’s parking structure we were greeted by the sight of an entire row of Ferraris. A good sight to see by most standards, but over the course of the next hour, more and more prancing horses entered the stable until the entire third floor was full and the partial fourth floor had to be used. Of course, there were a few party crashers that didn’t arrive in products of Maranello, but nobody was objecting.

The next few hours were spent viewing, enjoying, and discussing the cars that brought us all together. Towards the end of the show awards were given out to different cars on display. Amongst the winners were a classic Autobianchi Bianchina, awarded the people’s choice award, and a modified gated manual 360 that won the children’s choice award. Other highlights from the turnout included a caravan of four F40s, Bruce Meyer’s 275 GTB/4, 250 SWB, and 250 Testarossa, a white 250 California Spyder, multiple Daytonas, and the new F8 Tributo.

All told, over 180 Ferraris were in attendance to pay tribute to the man whose name they bare. I’d highly recommend this event to anyone in the Los Angeles area that loves Ferrari – the passion for the brand present at the gathering was second to none, and the cars on display didn’t leave one wanting for more either. The Petersen also hosts monthly cruise-ins in the same location (top of their structure) on the last Sunday of every month – an event that gets a great turn out of I hope you enjoy the photos I took this morning, and I’d love to hear in the comments what everyone’s favorite Ferraris are, and which of the amazing prancing horses that were on display was your favorite.

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Comments (6)

  • I tried my best to find the 125S in that picture, but man, it's hard XD

    You're definitely a lucky man to have a drive in one of those.

      1 year ago
    • I do have some very nice friends 🤣

        1 year ago
    • Can you give a hint on where it is?

        1 year ago
  • The Peterson is a museum where any car lover could spend many hours blissfully reading, staring, sighing, grinning, and drooling. All who haven't been should go.

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