Not sure I like how they CUT that 288 :(
I see the Japanese car, the black GTO and a 308 Wrong lights, missing the seams in the front panel, QV hood, wrong wheels, no rear side window vents and gererally incorrect shape. Mind you, tough audience here!
I wasn't sure on that one, but I'm not an expert on GTO's at all, only on the locations of a couple of them. I like the picture though.
Anyone have more information on the Mexican 288's in the pictures. The first one is in Monterrey and the second in Mexico City (not the one see in Maranello recently) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
What did you think, the owner had no money for repair and the car was parted out? : ) It would be difficult to replicate this paintfinish in a repair: Image Unavailable, Please Login
Probably old news to this crew, but Hemmings Sports & Exotic has a 288 GTO feature in the new issue. Kinda fluffy reading, but nice pics. (November issue) Image Unavailable, Please Login
Original 288 GTO Tool Pouch (top) compared to the 288 GTO Tool Pouch that Ferrari has been selling for years as a spare part (bottom). The differences are pretty obvious. Smooth brown grain on the original, pebbled black grain on the spare part. Root bear handled screwdrivers without the Ferrari logo compared to black handled ones with the Ferrari logo. The spanners are a bit different as well. I think the original ones are actually Utema wrenches branded Ferrari. (This educated guess is based on comparing the wrenches to the USAG, Utema, PolyTools and Everest wrenches Ferrari have used in this type of tool roll. This set is an exact match to the Utema wrenches.) The spare parts version is several different types of wrenches and the 17 is actually a combination wrench, not an open wrench. Oh, the extra item in the original is the emergency window lift wrench. This is not technically a tool pouch item. This would be in the pouch on the back of the passenger seat. I just keep mine here so I don't loose it. The bottom picture is off an original jack kit, including the original Champion A59G spark plugs. Steve Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yeah, It would be hard for a good painter to have a new pain job look so bad. I've rarely seen a worse paint job on a car from any factory than that on a GTO. The orange peel on these cars is truly amazing. I actually first thought it was shipping damage. But, no such luck, they all look that way. Then, if orange peel isn't bad enough, Ferrari used several different tints of paint on the same car so you can see the different Reds from the front, the doors and the rear. I never noticed until a Pebble Beach quality painter pointed it out. But, now that I know, you can't miss it. Steve
well i did think, obviously you didnt eg i was basically asking if it was repaired or was there unseen damage causing it to be written off
Actually for sold at Carugati (Plan les Ouates, near Genevra, Switzerland) :#53295 and #53791. But who's who ? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Steve, Somebody told me that GTO stands for "Get Tools Out" I see youre taking that quite literally.... Joe www.joesackey.com
Probably the tool I use the most frequently is the lead dead blow wheel hammer. The one I use is a 8 lb job. You can see where I've walloped the wheel nut wrench in getting the hex bolts off when I'm not around the garage to use the breaker bar and wheel nut socket. Every now and then, as with an F40 nut, sometimes it feels like one of the wheel bolts is welded to the wheel. (By the way, on GTOs, this is rarely an issue of the bolt threads. but where angled edge of the bolt rests against the wheel.) That's when you go right to the NASCAR air gun using a nitrogen tank and show that damn bolt, or nut, who's boss...... Hmmmm.... Sounds like I've been there, no? Steve
A 400000 car is not written of because some minor damage. Even the burnt GTO from the german dentist (pictures in this thread) was repaired! (or better rebuild)
And this GTO fits that theme... 56761. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
pictures 2 and 4 are very nice.like the leather in this color. i ve got somewhere in my videos a plates concerning the car of Jacky Setton are interested? normaly if my memory good it was 288 PF 75 (PF was his company Pioneer France) no pics but i saw it many times in Levallois Perret, where is the car today someone knows?
inside red and black, wonderfull aspect the last time i saw it, there many years. so as i know he sold his collection of cars and today i don t know where is it. i v got a film not pictures, i did this in Levallois Perret concession, Ch Pozzi.
thanks, in this period i didn t know the importance of the SN...too young. is it too much private to know who is the actual owner? the Gto in France?
