You are right that 426 GTO is 55729, but if thats Eddie Irvine's car then he has had 2 GTOs? I was made aware that Irvine's car was 53307 confirmed to me by the man who bought it from Irvine (a friend of Irvine's for many years). If Im not mistaken 55729 is the ex-Patrick car that ran home from Maranello in 1985 on EE.023.AK plates in a trip covered by Motor magazine and subsequently featured in Performance Car... Nice calendar!
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This indication is on the calendar, printed by Maranello Concessionnaires. Picture taken by Duncan Hamilton in 2000.
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Perhaps one of your knows the answer, or can get close -enough... . on point with this thread....whats years did they produce the 288 GTO? i am correct they built them in 1984 and 1985? how many in each year? any material differences in the design/construction/spec of the cars in each of those years, if they spanned the 2 years? (i know this is a 288 thread but its in the same line of question)... how many F40s did they produce in 1990 vs. 1991 vs 1992? I believe i've heard that the 91 and 92 cars were pretty similar. and both of those a bit different than the 1990s. anyone care to expand on this one? thx in advance, Steve
Can't really help you on the GTO's, but the 90/91/92 F40's were all basically the same. Save maybe for a few MINOR changes under the skin.
Steve: Its hard to say how many 288 GTOs were built in 1984 and 1985 but figure half of the 272 (in fact slightly more) total production cars in each year. The production differences were things like whether the car was completed with all-black leather interior (VM8500) or red cloth set insets (in Daytona seat style of course), air-conditioning or not, power windows or not. Minor ancillaries such as the application of rear fog lights, radios and so forth were other considerations. With the USA F40s my notes go as follows: 1990 - 93 cars, 1991 - 58 cars, 1992 - 60 cars. The USA F40 thread deals with some minor differences. I only advise to find a good example of any model year.
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tbh this is a very different situation. the 288 was so different from the 3x8 - the mechanicals arent even vaguely similar, there was just a resemblance from the outside. the reventon however is JUST a bodykitted murcielago. what a lovely sentiment - i concur
Nice to see the British cars out in the rain, getting used whatever the weather.. Compared to The 'Boiled sweet' GTO in the lounge. WTH...Even the inside of the exhaust spats are polished. Its sacraledge to own one of these and not use it!
Found a few pics of a 288 engine, apart and assembled ready to install.... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Maybe thats because they hardly ever need to be rebuilt Seriously, FerrariOldMan has posted 58337's engine all apart being rebuilt...
To put it in proper perspective, in England there is a saying: "Rain doesn't stop Play". If one waits only for fair weather in England to drive one's Supercar, one might wait a long time! However I agree its admirable to see the cars being driven in all kinds of weather. I live in California, yet I have driven all of my F40s in the rain. BTW, I have to put your mind at ease and point out that the GTO pictured is indeed used. It had just been freshly detailed after a major service and was photographed whilst awaiting collection. You'll be relived to know that those megaphone pipes have now returned to their previously sooty state!
Sorry Joe. We are now at 62 action packed pages and counting. I forgot 58337's rebuild pics I must be getting old.
