Identify this car, who built it and when - for 1 point:
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Jaguar based?
Experts?
Arista JD Sport'1964?
An Arista has a longer bonnet and a square-shaped grill ...
OSCA?
Fiat?
European?
Abarth Simca 2000?
Ferrari?
Surely it isn't a 250 GTO, is it?
Drogo Ferrari 250 GT SWB?
Quote from: Delorean on September 03, 2012, 04:14:03 AM
Surely it isn't a 250 GTO, is it?
No, it's not a 250 GTO..
Quote from: Iluvatar on September 03, 2012, 04:47:01 AM
Drogo Ferrari 250 GT SWB?
..but it is based on a 250 GT variant, though not the SWB and nor is it by Drogo.
250GT Berlinetta Speciale bodied by Pininfarina from 1962 - the forerunner of the GTO
Quote from: D-type on September 03, 2012, 11:11:22 AM
250GT Berlinetta Speciale bodied by Pininfarina from 1962 - the forerunner of the GTO
No, not that. Not by Pininfarina.
1963 250 GT Lusso?
1964 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso Competition Berlinetta by Williams & Pritchard, serial # 5521GT
Sold in 2002 for $189,000 at Barrett Jackson auction
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on September 03, 2012, 12:49:26 PM
1963 250 GT Lusso?
1964 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso Competition Berlinetta by Williams & Pritchard, serial # 5521GT
Sold in 2002 for $189,000 at Barrett Jackson auction
Yes!
I've been a Ferrari nut for nearly 40 years and had no idea there was a 250 Lusso bodied by Williams & Pritchard until I found this!
This puzzle taught me a lot, about people having 330LM noses put on their 250GT's. Some even had it done by Ferrari.
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on September 03, 2012, 04:08:34 PM
This puzzle taught me a lot, about people having 330LM noses put on their 250GT's. Some even had it done by Ferrari.
Yes, I believe the factory only actually made a small handful of 330 LMBs, four at most although two of those are thought to have perhaps been 250 Lussos with a 330 LMB nose grafted on. No doubt there are at least a dozen now doing the rounds of the auction houses...!
How anyone could desecrate a 250 Lusso, which I consider one of the most beautiful cars of all time, is beyond my comprehension..!
A couple more pictures plus the blurb from when it was auctioned by Barrett-Jackson back in 2002:
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CUSTOM LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM BODY BY WILLIAMS & PRITCHARD IN THE STYLE OF A 330LMB. FULL UNDERTRAY, ROLL CAGE AND FULL INSTRUMENTATION. LEXAN SIDE AND REAR WINDOWS. FULL 250GTO 'PLUS' SPECIFICATION ENGINE THAT DEVELOPS ABOUT 300BHP. 6 TWIN-CHOKE WEBER CARBURETORS, HIGH LIFT CAMS, HIGH COMPRESSION PISTONS AND MODIFIED BIG VALVE CYLINDER HEAD. FULL DRY SUMP LUBRICATION SYSTEM WITH REAR MOUNTED OIL TANK. COLD AIR BOX, ALUMINUM RADIATOR. FUEL CELL AND TWIN ELECTRIC PUMPS. FERRARI 4-SPEED GEARBOX WITH COMPETITION 2-PLATE CLUTCH. ZF LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL. 5 BORRANI ALUMINUM 15" 1964 FERRARI GTO WIRE WHEELS WITH HIGH SPEED PIRELLI TIRES, TOGETHER WITH 4 16" ALUMINUM COMPOMOTIVE RACE WHEELS AND PIRELLI P ZERO RACE TIRES. SOLD NEW IN APRIL 1964 BY MARANELLO CONCESSIONAIRES (ORDER # 141). MIKE MCQUAKER, THE SECOND OWNER, PURCHASED IT IN 1968. THEN FOLLOWED 20 YEARS OF RACING AND CONSTANT DEVELOPMENT. THE CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT RESULTED IN MANY WINS AND GOOD RESULTS WHILST RACING IN EUROPE, INCLUDING WINNING THE COVETED MARANELLO CHALLENGE FOR FRONT ENGINED FERRARIS IN 1986. THIS LUSSO IS PERFECT FOR HISTORIC RACING, AND IT IS ALSO SUITABLE FOR MANY OF THE WONDERFUL TOURING EVENTS THAT ARE NOW ORGANIZED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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