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October 24, 2024

VIN: the Walter Wolf Kremer K3 Le Mans chassis 000 00018

October 24, 2024/ Ben Tyer
VIN: the Walter Wolf Kremer K3 Le Mans chassis 000 00018

Chassis 000 00018 was a bare 911 bodyshell delivered direct from Porsche to Kremer Racing in Cologne. It became one of ten brand new units built up to Kremer K3 trim. In addition, ten existing…

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October 24, 2024/ Ben Tyer/
Porsche, Porsche 935, Kremer, Kremer K3, Kremer VINs, Kremer K3 VINs, Walter Wolf, Cars of F1 Men, Angelo Pallavacini, One Offs, Oil Men, Porsche 1980s
November 10, 2019

VIN: Mahdi Al Tajir's Lamborghini Countach LP400 S chassis 1121352

November 10, 2019/ Ben Tyer
VIN: Mahdi Al Tajir's Lamborghini Countach LP400 S chassis 1121352

Chassis 1121352 was one of 82 Countach built to Series 3 LP400 S trim. Compared to earlier iterations, these Series 3 variants had taller ride-height (raised by 30mm) and no central roof tunnel…

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November 10, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Lamborghini, Lamborghini VINs, Mahdi Al Tajiri, Oil Men, Arab Lamborghinis, Lamborghini Countach LP400 S, Lamborghini Countach LP400 S VINs
September 12, 2019

Bio: Mohammad Pahlavi - last Shah of Iran

September 12, 2019/ Ben Tyer
Bio: Mohammad Pahlavi - last Shah of Iran

Mohammad Pahlavi’s father, Reza, was an Iranian army general who seized power in a 1921 coup d'etat. Two years after the coup, Reza Pahlavi installed himself as Iran’s prime minister and, in 1925…

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September 12, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Biographies, Shah of Iran, Oil Men, Cars of Royalty, Rogues
June 27, 2019

Bio: Walter Wolf

June 27, 2019/ Ben Tyer
Bio: Walter Wolf

During the 1970s, Walter Wolf made a fortune trading oil cargoes and providing technical services to the oil industry. Born in Graz on October 5th 1939 to Austrian-Slovenien parents, Wolf spent his…

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June 27, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Biographies, Walter Wolf, Lamborghini, Oil Men, Cars of F1 Men
March 04, 2019

Bio: David Thieme, Porsche & the Essex affair

March 04, 2019/ Ben Tyer
Bio: David Thieme, Porsche & the Essex affair

David Thieme was the enigmatic American owner of Essex Overseas Petroleum Corporation, an oil spot trading company that, for a short time in the late 1970s, was rumoured to be making profits of…

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March 04, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Biographies, David Thieme, Rogues, Oil Men
February 06, 2019

VIN: the Willy Keck Day Ferrari 375 Mille Miglia chassis 0460 AM

February 06, 2019/ Ben Tyer
VIN: the Willy Keck Day Ferrari 375 Mille Miglia chassis 0460 AM

William Keck was a pioneering American oil entrepreneur who, in 1921, founded the Superior Oil Company of Coalinga, California. Beforehand, he had successfully worked as a speculator for several…

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February 06, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Ferrari, Ferrari 375 Mille Miglia, Ferrari VINs, 375 Mille Miglia VINs, Keck Oil Family, Oil Men, One Offs, Willy Keck Day, Ferrari pre 1960
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