Bachman started his auto dealership business in 1967,
but didn’t buy a Ferrari until 1984. ‘I certainly wanted one, but I went through the Corvette syndrome first,’ he says. As a GM dealer, Bachman also owns an array of American cars, including Pontiac Firebirds, Fieros and seven like-new Cadillac Allantés.
Bachman’s first Ferrari was a 1984 308 GTS Quattrovalvole. That car came in handy when he and his wife, Martha, had to make a speedy dash across town – to the hospital, where their son, Phillip, was born soon thereafter. ‘He was almost born in that car,’ Martha Bachman says.
That first 308 was yellow, thus establishing a theme in Bachman’s future stable of Ferraris. ‘Anything that we’ve bought new since ’84 has been yellow, if it was available in yellow,’ Bachman says. ‘But some cars, like the F40 and 288 GTO, were only available in red.’
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