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288 GTO in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Rex71

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  2. amenasce

    amenasce Three Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    I miss those shapes. Gorgeous car.
     
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  3. Tarek K.

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    It's a gorgeous car.........one of the most beautiful Ferrari ever built.
     
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  4. arezzo

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    Glad to see such a beautiful Ferrari with our Saudi brothers, unbelievable design and lines and it is in perfect condition Mashallah.

    S

     
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  5. Pav

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    Beautiful. Waiting for Joe Sackey to chime in...
     
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  6. intouch1

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    speechless....wouldn'thave thought any of these would be in our part of the world.....a real gem.
     
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  7. Ralph K

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    Very nice pics!!! Thanks for sharing Rex71 ;)
     
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  8. demo

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    nice car


    maybe its the one that was sold in al-ajda (x-ferraridealer )
     
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    Can you get your friend to get the chassis number?

    It might be the same car that was delivered new via Al Ajda Automotive wearing temporary plates '1456049'. Perhaps the current owner bought it from them.

    It looks very nice. Note the little rubber door-edge shields. Cute...
     
    joe sackey, Oct 25, 2008
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  10. Arvin Grajau

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    fantastic
     
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    No kidding!

    And driving along in regular taffic too! *drool*
     
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  12. abunawafff

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    thats the one.. i remember it when it was in the al ajda years ago.. at the time it was the only one in saudi. and i think still is.. al ajda were the lambo and ferrari dealership back then.. till they started chargiing too much and lost there experianced service staff

    if your freind ever wants to sell, im a buyer... these cars should never be left to rott away in some garage..never
     
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  13. Marcel Massini

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    Here are my photos again, taken at Sheikh A. Kaki's Al Ajda Automotive dealership in Jeddah 1988.
    I do believe it is S/N 55235 which sold new to Asmail Abobtaim of Ryadh. Can anybody confirm?
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  14. arezzo

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    You post some amazing pictures, love the LM002 in the back there, looks positively deadly :)

    S

     
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    a 288 was recently seen in Bahrain. I believe there are two of them there.
     
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  16. demo

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    what u saw in bahrain is another 288gto
     
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  17. Metamorphosis

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    Yes, that is what was implied.

    More classics needed around those ends. I do know there are quite a few in hiding. Too bad, the world would be a much more beautiful place with them. :)
     
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    masha'allah !
    there is many neglected classic cars here in Riyadh, before some days an Egyptian teacher i saw a countach on his student home and asked about it
    next day he receive it as a gift because its a "old car"!!
    of course its not 4x4 car so not many ppl is into it here ;p
    i saw that countach and god it was in perfect condition.
    Thanx for the pics of the 288 GTO
     
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    masha'allah !
    there is many neglected classic cars here in Riyadh, before some days an Egyptian teacher saw a countach on his student home and asked about it
    next day he receive it as a gift because its a "old car"!!
    of course its not 4x4 car so not many ppl is into it here ;p
    i saw that countach and god it was in perfect condition.
    Thanx for the pics of the 288 GTO
     
    348 TS, May 29, 2014
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  20. wang

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    Very nice indeed... I wish I could get my hands on one...!
     
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    Those old scanned photos are great. lol

    That's a "Private" plate.
     
    ffeverd, May 30, 2014
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    Joe and Marcel, thanks so much for being such great people, always have so much info to share with all of us. JOE, a lot of the guys who have these sorts of cars will not want to show that info but as Marcel mentioned, thanks again for sharing.
     
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    Hey I want a countach too where is this school! Haha
     
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    Beautiful car! I've never seen one in Jeddah...A Low-milage F40 just popped up for sale here though.
     
    nytrydr, Jun 29, 2014
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    whaaau !!! I know that car, was repaired by me, in 1988 (if I remember correctly), I have pictures I can upload the next few days
    What a surprise for me to see it .... took me back to 26 years ago
    (sorry for my english)
     
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