| Author | Message | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2009 Registered: 8-2002 |
Hi Izel, thank you. Gerald, it's listed as such in the description given on classicdriver: "couleur Ferrari yellow couleur int�rieure Black leather interiors conduite conduite � gauche type Coup� ann�e 3/1990 kilom�trage 9.616 km / 5.975 m Chassis No. 47649 prix prix :nous consulter ville Modena pays Italy" | ||
| izel k. (Ferrarist)
Junior Member Username: Ferrarist Post Number: 248 Registered: 3-2001 |
hi Wayne! i was away for a few weeks, now i'm back and see you as the "moderator". Congrats! | ||
| Gerald L. Roush (Ferrmktltr)
Junior Member Username: Ferrmktltr Post Number: 142 Registered: 5-2003 |
I believe this car is S/N 47649 and if so it is the 5th prototype of the 288 GTO. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1170 Registered: 10-2001 |
This car is a real GTO . There's now ay its a replica . Replicas dont look 1/100 as good as this . | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2005 Registered: 8-2002 |
Also, I believe this car is covered in Marcel Massini's GTO registry published in Ferrarissima #20 (1994), though I don't have a copy. Anybody else have one? | ||
| PSk (Psk)
Member Username: Psk Post Number: 552 Registered: 11-2002 |
Hmmm, I would want a very detailed confirmation from Ferrari or something like that before I bought this car. It could be, and looks like, something very special ... but it may not be as it seems. Whatever it is it looks very well glued together  Pete | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2004 Registered: 8-2002 |
I have it from a reliable source that this car is the real deal. | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 475 Registered: 6-2002 |
Nika- cool gift This might be legit, were screw style hose clamps peroid correct? All I know is, ME WANT!!! Best! Ben | ||
| Kendall Kim (Kenny)
Junior Member Username: Kenny Post Number: 223 Registered: 9-2001 |
Nika, Haven't seen you around in a while... It's nice to see you decided to rejoin the board.. | ||
| RacerNika (Racernika)
New member Username: Racernika Post Number: 2 Registered: 6-2003 |
I did buy a picture at a Maranello gift shop of a yellow 288 being built. I had it framed with a share certificate of FIAT I bought for a friend that really loved the car. | ||
| Michael Yurinko (Gage)
Junior Member Username: Gage Post Number: 57 Registered: 8-2002 |
I've seen that extra detail on the engine lid before. Some have it, some don't. Not sure what the deal is with it. The engine lid has soo many slots cut into it for cooling, I can't imagine what that box is for. Additional cooling that keeps water out? Anyway, I don't believe that's a sign of a fake 288. Maybe it was a Euro thing? | ||
| izel k. (Ferrarist)
Junior Member Username: Ferrarist Post Number: 247 Registered: 3-2001 |
LOL Michael ... And we have some careful friends here. I checked the pictures once more and yeah, we have an extra detail on the hood in the middle neighbouring the back window? | ||
| L. (Testaroja)
New member Username: Testaroja Post Number: 16 Registered: 5-2003 |
I compared the car to some close up pics that i have of 288 gto's and in the engine compartment I notice that the intercoolers where they contact the chasis for support with screws the chassis is rectangular looking and the yellow car is round tube like in a testarossa. Also the red wire that goes all around the engine in the yellow car is unique because no other 288got has that ugly out of place red wire hanging around, but everything else looks like a 288gto, maybe it is real that it was a prototype but I dont think it was the first one ever build unless the factory provides prove of it. | ||
| Frederick Thomas (Fred)
Member Username: Fred Post Number: 740 Registered: 2-2001 |
If test drivers are the only ones to rack up the 9616kms then you have to believe that they are 9616 hard kms. | ||
| Sean F (Agracer)
Junior Member Username: Agracer Post Number: 231 Registered: 2-2003 |
This car was at that Monza Ferrari festival (or whatever it was called). Someone posted pictures a few months back and I recall seeing it. It really stood out seeing as it was YELLOW (or an original Red on that was repainted). Either way, I remember seeing pictures of it a few months back. EDIT, HOLD ON A SECOND. The door sils are not correct. Look at the pull handle for the door. That's not what a 288 GTO looks like. On a production GTO, the pull handle stands alone, and the "pocket" has a door over it. | ||
| michaelthuber (Mikehuber)
New member Username: Mikehuber Post Number: 35 Registered: 3-2003 |
Izel, I'll start the bidding at $2.00. OOPS thought I was on ebay again. My mistake. | ||
| Jonas Petersen (Karsten335)
Member Username: Karsten335 Post Number: 461 Registered: 11-2002 |
I don't believe it. Probably a hoax to get the price up. But the customer can check with the vin. Nice collection in the background. I see a F512m, 456 gt and a 355 | ||
| Michael Yurinko (Gage)
Junior Member Username: Gage Post Number: 55 Registered: 8-2002 |
Sweet. I've never seen a picture of a yellow 288. At least not of a real one. Although red seems like the only appropriate color for that Ferrari. | ||
| izel k. (Ferrarist)
Junior Member Username: Ferrarist Post Number: 241 Registered: 3-2001 |
unique, interesting and very beautiful. so we can say 272+1 288 GTOs produced. I wonder for how much it will go. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1161 Registered: 10-2001 |
Not one of the 272 made apparently ! http://www.classicdriver.com/fr/find/4100_results.asp?action=simple%5Fsearch&lmanufacturer=10042&lmodel=%2A&whatbutton=Show&whatbutton.x=0&bsubmit=true&lmodelflag=10706&page=0&lCarID=1690830 |