Thanks for posting this image which is a great comparative image of the 288 GTO Evoluzione and the F40. And thanks F40 Carlo for trying to share images with us! Bravo on your "pair". I definately approve what I consider to be a collection unto themselves. Joe www.joesackey.com
Vasco, Wow, thanks for coralling all those images and sharing them with us. I like the driveway shots because the "EE" plates are still on the car (anyone who takes them off should be....). Also I will leave it for the owner of the LMC car to chime in if he wants... Joe www.joesackey.com
I love stories like this: Lord Mexborough purchased the 212th GTO built, chassis number 56769, then proceeded to use it as his daily driver for years.... he still has it. Joe www.joesackey.com
Here it is. The owner was (or still is) a dentist. 250000 Mark is the original price when new, equivalent 125000 Euro. By the way, I have read that a substantial percentage of GTO has burned. Is this true and how many are lost due to fires? How many are lost in total/how many do survive? Image Unavailable, Please Login
A picture taken by me about 20 years ago at Motorshow Essen Germany. Auto Becker Dusseldorf was (1 of 2?) Ferrari importer for Germany but went bankrupt some years ago. I once went there to get parts for my 308 in jeans and shirt in my old Alfa and was ignored more or less, they advised me to go to another place for parts for the old cars. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another pic of the Auto Becker GTO scanned from an about 1995 german magazine Image Unavailable, Please Login
Prototype badged "288 GTO". Picture from "Auto Motor und Sport" 1985. They tested a GTO and complained the car wouldn't start after a wash so after they wrapped the engine in plastic before washing. They did high speed testing and had to reconnect a hose between turbo and intercooler 7 times, however they reached a speed of 303 km/h. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another. Notice there is no indent for the scuderia shield, also a red front bumper. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Pictures taken by me Motor Show Essen 2003 Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Lauda taking delivery of the last build GTO, or was it an extra GTO specially build for him. In the book from Jurgen Llewandowski is a nice story about how he picked the GTO up from the factory and drove it home. He praised the Ferrari though he preferred BMW's. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Lauda's "EE.304.AK" registered car appears to be a post-production GTO. This image helps verify this as the factory's final production car (58345) wears the registration "EE.200.AK" and Italian EE plates are issued in date sequence so we know Lauda's car was a post-production "special". Perhaps Marcel can correct me if Im wrong. It has been told me that it was simple matter of the favored Ferrari F1 pilot letting Enzo know that he wanted one and the old man granting his wish with a "make one for him" wave of the hand... it helps if youve won a few formula One races for the Commendatore I can tell you that ex-Ferrari F1 pilots do not pay full price for their Ferraris either.... Thanks for posting Bert! Clearly today our GTO cup runneth over. Joe www.joesackey.com
Do you know wich of the Evo's it is adn where it is now? I've allways assumed it was the Swaters car. Was it for sale at Munsterhuis (Dutch Ferrari dealer, specialised in F40's), because it was wearing Munsterhuis stickers?
Disagree. The EE license plates for Tourists (EE = Escursionisti Esteri) were NOT issued in date sequence. Besides that, not all 288 GTOs were built in order (sequence). The highest EE plate for a 288 GTO I have in my 288 GTO Registry is "EE 99789" for Eddie Cheever's car. I also have pix of a 288 GTO with "EE 650 AK". All much higher than the so-called Lauda 288 GTO "EE 304 AK". His was NOT the last one built and it is not a post-production car. Besides that, the last 288 GTO built was #58345 which was delivered by Scaglietti on 12 July 1985. The date on the certificate of origin is 23 September 1985. The car entered the United States of America on 14 November 1985. It went new to Ron Tonkin in Portland/OR, and he still owns it today. Marcel Massini
Auto Becker began importing Ferraris in 1957. In the early 1980s they lost their exclusive. A second German importer company was then founded: Autexpo, based/headquartered in Bolzano (Bozen), headed by Romano Artioli (later of "Bugatti" fame, the factory wasn't happy when they found out that he was behind the Bugatti project). Auto Becker was now responsible for Northern Germany, whereas Autexpo became importer for Southern Germany. A few years later (1992) the factory installed their own Ferrari Deutschland GmbH headquartered in Wiesbaden (and responsible for the entire country), and both Becker and Autoexpo lost their contracts. Marcel Massini
Re photo in post #278: This is #47711. It has a raised section on the engine cover just behind the rear window between the compartment opening and the central grill. Note also the exterior rear view mirror painted black instead of red. It had a nameplate "288 GTO" on the right side of the rear panel and also had a provision for a rear license plate. It is the 6th prototype built. It was later sold to somebody in Bergamo, Italy. Marcel Massini
Two photos of 288 GTOs (from 1986 and 1988) I have so far been unable to identify by chassis number or owner's name. Please note that the two photos do not show the same car and were taken at two totally different locations. The one showing the rear license plate was taken at Sheikh Samir A. Kaki's Al Ajda Automotive dealership in Jeddah/Saudi Arabia in 1988. The one with the Monaco license plate was taken in May 1986 in front of the Hotel de Paris in Monaco (note yellow headlights for France). Chassis numbers anybody? Thank you. Marcel Massini [email protected] Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
