I took delivery in the early 1980's of a used 1961 Maserati 3500 GT Vignale Spyder at the Concorso Italiano in Monterey, CA. After the event I proceeded to drive it home north up I5 to Vancouver B.C arriving in an early evening hour two days later. As I was driving along a downhill grade on Granville Street prior to crossing the 8 lane Granville Bridge into downtown I thought I heard some sort of a distance clunk but car was running fine so kept on. Within downtown Vancouver I was proceeding around 30 mph toward a red light about a block away and as I braked for the light I noticed a rather nice Borrani wire wheel driving alongside and then ahead of my car. YIKES - that is from MY car. I gently braked to a stop and watched the wheel cross the intersection bounce up the curb and come to rest against a street lamp post. Needless to say I got the car flat bed towed to the shop from that point. Went back the next day to try and find the Borrani three eared spinner with no luck at all ! Regards, Colin
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