There was also this modified ATS with driver Giancarlo Scotti. Note the lower roof. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another one with the Scotti-ATS at the Mugello in 1965. Where is this car today? Image Unavailable, Please Login
I took this pictures in 2007 at the Salzburg Ring in Austria. At that time the car was owned by a certain Dr. Gerstl from Graz. There are some differences to the other ATS: the bonnet consists of one piece instead of a seperated bonnet and trunk lid, the dash has a different configuration and the front treatment varies also. I don't know the VIN and I do not have any information about the car's originality. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Looks similar to the red ATS 3000 auctioned by RM, but has different features. Do you think it is a 3000 ?
The same car in 1987 (photos from Auto-Capital magazine). Franco Scaglione was the designer for carrozzeria Allemano. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
thank you! It's part of my collection although I'm not a fan of brochures as very often they are only stored away in cases or something similar, and you don't see them (compared to books, pictures, autographs..)
You have to admire the artisans who hand formed these cars, thousands of hammer 'throws' have shaped those shapes over wood forms. (see post 24 pic) As a DeT fan I see where the inspiration might have come for the Vallelunga (Turin- Oct '63), and also a bit of that of the Bonnet Djet (June '62) from which the ATS (geneva- March '63) might have been also been inspired. Still amazes me that then, a studio could produce a full scale show car in less than a year and today with all the technology it takes 2-3 years Thanks for the thread. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
250LM was first shown at Paris Auto show - Nov '63 Profile is a bit different and engine access is totally different. I don't know about dimensions and have not had the priviledge to see one in person Image Unavailable, Please Login
And a front shot at the Targa: Tom Tanner/Ferrari Expo 2011-Chicago April 2011 Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes but the Djet AKA Matra was built prior to the Ferrari. I have seen all four cars and to my eye the Djet and Vallelunga look similar as does the ATS to the 250 LM. Interesting how many people think the Miura was the first mid engined exotic, but all of these cars proceeded the Miura. And now 46 years later Giugiaro suggests that it was his drawings that Gandini used to finish the Miura.
Back in the day, I imported from Italy 2 ATS's. The first was S/N 1001, a street model alleged to be the first one, and the second one was 2008, a "GTS" or sports-racing model. I got both from Francesco Nicola Cima, who was one of the principals and who got them when the company went upside down after a road accident wiped out their entire F-1 team. They were very different: The first was a very nice driver, plush, pleasant and a good handler. The GTS was harsher in every way, with no insulation and stiffer suspension, and went like stink with a 3-liter engine. However, the u-joints in the shift linkage were worn, and one never quite knew what gear would be found. I did visit the factory after the company folded, and they had a ton of parts. Here are more pix. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here are more; ignore pictures 1 and 3 from the first batch. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Fantastic photos Ed. This threat is turning into an amazing history of ATS. I wonder what happened to all those engine block and gearbox castings. It looks like they had enough to do 40+ cars total including the already finished cars!! Tom Tanner/Ferrari Expo 2011-Chicago March 19th 2011
