Those 288 GTO's have to be IMHO the most beautiful Mid Engine Cars ever produced.
Easiest is the 308 large rear hatch! But also the drivinglamps are wrong, front spoiler underside wrong, no seams in the front nose panel. And a regular QV front hood with only 3 slots, GTO has 5.
As much as I love the GTO I'd have to say the Mangusta (dog that it is as a car) holds that distinction.
A very good question actually. No there isn't a public registry available - yet. I plan to change that and post it on my website and make it accessible here. But meanwhile, this thread represents the most comprehensive internet study extant of the individual cars, with many of the chassis numbers noted. Over time, most of the cars will be noted as most of them still exist. Private registries which are very detailed are held by Marcel Massini, Paul Harris et al, and as you can see they graciously share whenever they can right here. My own private registry is a bit disorganized and it is moving from scraps of paper and old notebooks to an organized format, and once that is complete I will share it so that it can be added to. But yet still, there is nothing like a thread where reams of images can also be shared as a wealth of information for enthusiasts and future restorations. As far as volunteers go, there are plenty right here, as anyone who identifies a car and posts it is doing exactly that job of volunteering concise information...
Tony, I would classify it thus: The 288 GTO is the most beautiful mid-engined car Ferrari has ever produced. The Miura is the most beautiful mid-engined car ever produced...
288s supplied to Germany had these unique mesh screens fitted to their air intakes, to satisfy German TUV regulations I think. This is the 120th GTO built owned by Hans-Albert Zender in Germany. Chassis number 55163... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
+1 Joe that actually works for me, do you have the EVO Magazine with the Car Stylist that picked the Miura as the most beautiful car ever built?
Amerispec's Dick Fritz was responsible for this iconic poster from the period... Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Oh merde! you re wright i don t pay really attention thinking this angle was good for me only... i can t realize that i put a fake here....
Thanks Joe, Checked your site, impressive cars available and a very nice gallery. Meanwhile, I have no more pics to post of other GTOs, just more of the same ones. But I am posting them just little by little, in order not to run out of pics too quickly Non of them were published before on the internet, just some in the club magazine of the FCN. Oh, just found another one from that benelux event, one of the Belgians. Copyright Benjamin van Bavel Image Unavailable, Please Login
328s from Germany, like mine, also have the mesh screens, never knew why. More bugs? Wonder if it affects the perfomance. More drag, less flow of air into the intakes. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Maybe to prevent the hand or arm of a pedestrian standing to close getting caught in there while you pass by, with nasty results.
It's true. MIURA is the most beautiful and sexy car car of the world . To Admire. Only to admire. But MIURA is not the most beautiful car of the world to drive. Is a winter car. Too hot and quite impossible to drive at summer. And the lovely MIURA dont brake , only desacellerate. And the rigidness of the chassis is approximate. All inside its approximate. Instead the whole GTO is beautiful. Very beautiful to see and drive. Technically almost perfect. Very easy to the drive, braking very well and transmiting tons ans tons of emotions. Another world.
Good point! But seriously it could be to prevent kittens from mistaking it for a nice warm sleeping place, and thus to protect both the kitten and the engine from overheating. (They do say ferraris attract *****)
German law mandated minimal sizing of intakes. It is the basis for the Testarossa having the side strakes. Originally the TR design had big open holes direct to the radiator.
