FERRARI 288 GTO

Sorry Jason, what do you mean - gone? The Ferrari dealership is alive and well despite the folding of the holding company.


Onno

 

$748,000 all in for the 288 GTO at Gooding Auction tonight. Good price support for these wonderful cars.

 

Old TR's holding up nicely, too.

 

Took a couple pics of that bad-boy...
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Lol...

The crowd was jam-packed for that one. I bumped into a Fire Marshall who looked like he was about to call the whole thing off around $14.5M.

 

Seems like strong money in this economy. Cantera's cars are always good, though.

CW

 

Nice. Thanks for sharing. For whatever reason those alloys appear to have been speed polished.

 

Agreed. They are far shinier than the GTO wheels on my Testarossa. I thought it looked very sharp but I don't think I'd do it to my set.

 

Indeed!

 

Jason is referring to the badge being gone I guess..?

Gr. Martin

 

I see that prices go up never stop over for this great classic!

 

I'm no expert, but from my own observations of pricing, I'm not sure that they're appreciating all that much (certainly not lately, anyway), but they aren't falling drastically, if at all, either. The times of buying them for $250K may be gone for good, though.

CW

 

Uh-oh.

 

Never a truer statement spoken.

 

56343, a perfect car we sold to the current collector owner as shown at Pebble Beach this weekend.

Pic by GHG Photography
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Another awesome car we sold to the current owner out this weekend was 54805, Platinum Award winner at Concorso Italiano!

Pic by Flat 12.
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Awesome photos Joe!
I was wondering what the 288 would look like with lower side mirrors. Early 308 units maybe. Nice convex ones since I assume straight-back is nicely shown by the center mirror like the 308.
Looks a little less shouty, but probably would screw up the side intake airflow.

Interesting that Enzo went for the black A-pillars, like early 308s. Any reason for that?
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Lower mirrors would not afford visibility over the cars not inconsiderable rear flanks!

 

I'm sure, but oh what a view of those flanks that would be!

Here's the view from my passenger rear-view, taken on the morning of my wedding day last year....
And what I imaging the 288 might look like, looking down
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World record 288 sold this weekend $730,000, give or take. Owned most of it's life by the late Carl Cantera from Delaware. Great man, great collector. He drove this car with great spirit.

 

This is likely a world record at auction, but not for a private sale. Cars have sold privately at numbers in excess of $800k.

 

Back when I was at college in 1989/90 a stones throw from Coys of Kensington (very nice to see so many sweet cars every weekday), F40’s and 288GTO’s were changing hands at randomly escalating prices for GBP£700,000-1million. That didn’t last long, but they were up there, briefly.

 

You're welcome to stop by and see the car. You know how to get a hold of me. There is no F40 water pump in the car, an F40 water pump has never been installed in the car and it has never needed one. It still has its original 288 GTO water pump installed. Frankly, I'm not sure why he even would have asked for one. A 288 water pump works fine for the application. Heck, I'm not even sure if a F40 water pump would fit. If you have a beef with "335S", I would suggest you contact him. Or, you could have contacted me to see if I could arrange a meeting with 335S to discuss whatever beef you have with him. If you sold him an F40 water pump, and he hasn't used it on another car, he might still have it. While he hasn't worked on my car in a while, I still know how to get a hold of him. I sure wish someone would provide me free Ferrari parts though. That would help the wallet some.
I've never had a problem with my GTO after a track event, so I'm not sure where that information is coming from. Maybe from "psycho"? I do like the nickname though.

 

One recently tipped the scales at over $1M, or so I've been told by the person that sold the car. Low miles, one owner, etc., etc. obviously.
Another one in the Bay Area sold not too long ago for over $900K.
The Gooding & Co. auction car pretty much hit it on the money.
Joe has sold a lot of these cars and probably has a better feel than most, if not all, on the market.

Steve

 

Gentlemen, might I humbly suggest that this disagreement could be better dealt with through PMs, phone calls, or in-person dealings with the parties involved?