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AFTER THIS, NO MORE FERRARI FETISH

Yes, Thorsten Veblen is surely rolling in his grave. But you know what? He’s been spinning for years. One more taste of the Hamilton Jewelers-sponsored fleet of Ferraris event in downtown Red Bank on Sunday isn’t going to significantly boost his RPMs.

Alright, we’re rationalizing. Still, the above video will be of interest to some, as evidenced by he turnout at the event it depicts. That’s good enough reason to post it.

The video is credited to “ALT Films… home of the production company ALTproductions, and Michael Altino Films.” Don’t know who they are, but somebody from Altino Films operation posted a link to the vid in a comment this afternoon, which is how we found it.

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A. H. Fisher Diamonds Red Bank
  • Very cool video!

    I have also posted some videos of the event to Vimeo:

    http://vimeo.com/1215311
    http://vimeo.com/1215356

    There are also some photos of the cars on Flickr at:

    http://flickr.com/groups/redbankferrariday2008/pool/

    If anyoe else has photos on Flickr, feel free to add them to that pool!

    Posted by: Tom on June 24, 2008 at 3:15 pm | Permalink
  • Thank you so much for posting the video. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

    Thanks Tom.

    Great site you guys are running here, I'll be checking back for sure.

    Posted by: Altino Films on June 24, 2008 at 3:29 pm | Permalink
  • over 50 comments about undici and only 2 comments about something so cool in red bank typical

    Posted by: a little weird on June 25, 2008 at 7:22 am | Permalink
  • and while were at how cool is that new marc ecko store in red bank and so affordable for a change

    Posted by: a little weird on June 25, 2008 at 7:25 am | Permalink
  • heres a comment ……………. the girls from coco pari were much hotter than the cars…………..especially the ones in the red and yellow dresses

    Posted by: veryexciting on June 25, 2008 at 7:30 am | Permalink
  • I'm curious, does anyone know how many cars actually showed up? We came by at 330 PM to see them, and there were 5 cars left. For an event that was billed to be from 1230 to 5, and with 75 to 85 cars, we were pretty disappointed. They were supposed to be on Broad from Front to Harding, and down Monmouth to Drummond, and not one car made it onto Monmouth. So much for Ferrari owners supporting charity.

    Posted by: Red Banker on June 25, 2008 at 10:30 am | Permalink
  • i don't know how many cars came but there were a lot. unfortunately, i was in my office all day working, but could see the cars outside my window. most of them headed out by 3pm. it was supposed to rain all day, but the rain didn't come until late afternoon. i think that the threat of rain kept some ferraris home and also was the reason that they left early.

    Posted by: linda b on June 25, 2008 at 10:49 am | Permalink
  • there were 60 cars there at 12:00pm

    Posted by: Anonymous on June 25, 2008 at 12:00 pm | Permalink
  • they got there before noon there was almost 80. it was amazing when they roared into town they left around 330…… because of weather forecast… it was a great event and the police were great !

    Posted by: fyi on June 25, 2008 at 2:21 pm | Permalink

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