What happened to the Knightsbridge Safety Deposit Testarossa

[cgt2]

Valerio Viccei was arrested in it on Bayswater Road in 1987, and this later photo suggests the windscreen which was shot out by the police was repaired and it went to BCA.

Early single mirror Testa in black, lovely. My friend's Dad had a very close reg on his Blue Sera one just a few numbers out so Maranello supplied I think.

Here is some background info, Viccei was trying to export the car to Colombia

https://www.documentarytube.com/articles/the-knigh...

Anyone know what happened after that?

Edited by cgt2 on Sunday 3rd April 20:51

[TR4man]

Interesting that it is showing on the Govt. MOT website although has yet to have it’s first MOT. Wonder if it is parked up somewhere awaiting restoration?

[cgt2]

TR4man said:

Interesting that it is showing on the Govt. MOT website although has yet to have it’s first MOT. Wonder if it is parked up somewhere awaiting restoration?

There's basically no information about it on the internet. I remember seeing the newspaper photos after the shootout in 1987 then nothing.

There were reports that the reason Viccei risked staying in the UK and thus got caught was that he loved this car so much he was exporting it. He'd been on the run for months before and not been caught so the car could well have been the reason for his downfall. Other than the BCA photo above which I've only recently seen, the only other pictures of the car are from the shootout which were in all the papers.

[rat rod]

cgt2 said:

Valerio Viccei was arrested in it on Bayswater Road in 1987, and this later photo suggests the windscreen which was shot out by the police was repaired and it went to BCA.

Early single mirror Testa in black, lovely. My friend's Dad had a very close reg on his Blue Sera one just a few numbers out so Maranello supplied I think.

Here is some background info, Viccei was trying to export the car to Colombia

https://www.documentarytube.com/articles/the-knigh...

Anyone know what happened after that?

Edited by cgt2 on Sunday 3rd April 20:51

Great thread ,would be nice to find out more,

Remember it well, It was in all the papers and the News for weeks ,

This heist was part of British crime history ,having the Italian connection

makes it a little more intriguing then throw a Ferrari in the mix ,made a nice change from

the usual Jag,

Edited by rat rod on Monday 4th April 12:41

[cgt2]

Crummy Michael Winner dramatisation with the wrong year Testarossa

https://youtu.be/ULSrlIU5ZLY

[yellowtr]

We are well overdue a catchup!

Check these posts here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKkR_Akl1ab/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmQ8XyF5lq/

[cgt2]

yellowtr said:

We are well overdue a catchup!

Check these posts here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKkR_Akl1ab/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmQ8XyF5lq/

Columbo yellowtr solves the mystery!

[tomtom]

Funny this came up. I recently discovered a vague family connection to the guy and then spent that afternoon tracking down the car with some far fetched idea of trying to buy it.

As above I believe it's in south-east Asia.

[Katzenjammer]

cgt2 said:

yellowtr said:

We are well overdue a catchup!

Check these posts here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKkR_Akl1ab/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmQ8XyF5lq/

Columbo yellowtr solves the mystery!

When I saw the first post on this thread immediate thought was “Robert Westall will know”

[Robert W]

Why thank you!

[slow_1]

I remember it well as I was the underbidder on the car at BCA - I seem to recall I bid £89k and it sold for £90k but was put in by the police and bidding started around £27k. It needed the wing repaired and a new windscreen and I later recall it up for sale in the Sunday Times a few weeks later for around £120k with a garage called Bramshaw or Bradshaw.

[slow_1]

I also later found that I had a photo of that very car I had taken in the late 1980's when it was originally up for sale with Bramley Cars so I suspect that was possibly where it had originally been purchased by Valerio Viccei

Edited by slow_1 on Tuesday 25th July 17:14