288GTO on Ebay s/n 56761

Were the red dash inserts an option?

 

I believe so. The only history I could find is in 1985 it was at Auto Toy Store and that the current owner is Jim P.? The things I found just by looking at the pictures was painted bumpers, stereo system added, and I think it might have a Tubi. Good luck bidding on it.

 

Yes, they were.

Steve

 

Jeffrey,

The owner of this one also wants tall money. I cant blame him, so lets see how it fares... it is the first of the 72 post-homologation cars. Ive seen it, inspected it & driven it. Circa 1,800 km on the clock it was built to order for Lee West/Newport Imports.

Joe
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Jim is just acting for the seller.

Joe
www.joesackey.com

 

Painted bumpers is wierd, plus as I look at the interior pictures they don't say 1863 "Miles" to me. My car still has its km odometer, so if this truly has an mph speedo its been changed at somepoint. (mine has mph readings as a transfer on top of the original km speedo).

 

seems a correct price, no?

 

probably in one week it will grew up quickly, in this moment there s not a lot of 288 for sell.
so i will come here to see the final result.

 

More than $600k. He wanted $700k.

Nothing negative about it Im aware of.

The odometer is in fact in Kilometres. The Ebay report as miles is erroneous.

The pics are very poor and do not represent the interior properly (its very nice actually with no flaws).

I dont like the red bumpers either.

Joe
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The factory did paint the front bumper red on at least one very early GTO but they left the rear bumper black. The Canadian 1985 GTO that went back for the factory auction to be sold was better than this one. How come practically nobody cleans the floor mats when they are trying to sell a car?
CH

 

Good observation, says a lot I think.

Joe
www.joesackey.com

 

Joe,
Can you explian to me, cause i dont understand.

Why would the numbers click up in KMs but the travel be up to 200 Miles an hour though ? Has ferrari done this with other cars ? Is this normal.

Thanks for the clarification

 

Joe, what does 72 post Homologation mean? My vin is 56783. i guess mine will fall into that also, yes?

 

I believe Vandagriff's (spelling?) received the red front bumper treatment.

Steve

 

I believe Joe means any car built after the required 200. Joe?

Ferrari kept on building them because people, from Dealers, Rockstars, Race Car Drivers, Rich Boys, etc. were still pissing and moaning to the factory that they wanted one. So, Ferrari kept building them, some from spare parts. Ever wonder why GTO parts seem to be made out of unobtainium?

Then there are the post-production GTOs built for oil-rich. Those cars are not included in the 272.

Steve

 

Steve Hill will be best to clarify this one. Steve? Over to you... [I have an idea but...]

Joe
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First 200 cars were the Homologation requirement of 200 cars for 'Group B'. Then there were 72 post-Homologation cars. The EBay car was the first of 72. Interesting.

Armen your fantastic car is indeed one of the 72 cars that received Enzo Ferrari's blessing to accomodate the Kings, Queens and Racing Drivers. LOL.

Joe
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Yes it did. It was the 5th car from the end of production, now with that fine gentleman in Colorado.

Joe
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I beleive this was the case with cars imported into the USA such as this EBay car...

Joe
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On the Speedo that's correct. As I'd said below, my car has an mph faceplate but KM odo.

 

what do yo mean the cote must be different concerning first and post homologation? is it specified somwhere in the manual,
the cote change?
Thanks in adance