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FERRARI 288 GTO

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  1. highlineautobroker

    highlineautobroker Rookie BANNED

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    If you email me what's been done to it for service owner's and miles and paint work storys or not I will tell you JJ..
     
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    Can you find it now?

     
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  3. joe sackey

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    I think you are speaking of a car that sold a couple of years ago and is no longer available.
     
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    I wasn't aware Bill Cosby's GTO was missing?

    My understanding is that it is still very much owned by him, still not for sale, and still has not much more than 350 miles.

    Hope this helps.
     
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    I was reading the 288 GTO Buyer's Guide in the June 1999 Forza and noticed this picture.

    Very interesting rear end. One of the prototypes? Which one?
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    Its just a USA compliance hack job...
     
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    Hi John, wouldn't it be fair if you were to become a sponsor on fchat and help support the site since you're using it to make money? It's also fair to the other guys like Joe who pay to have the rights to buy/sell via fchat.

    You're not event subscribed! Let alone a sponsor...
     
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    User highlineautobroker permabanned for non-sponsor advertising.

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    Returned to normal by now I hope.
     
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    Yes, that's what I have observed through images.
     
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    Thanks.

    Thank goodness.
     
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    This car could possibly be 56209 which I sold new to Mr Jan Darmadi. Mr Darmadi and I flew to Italy to collect it in Modena. We drove in one day up to the Brenner Pass, back down to the outskirts of Rome, returned to Modena and flew home to Hong Kong next day. The car was well run-in. I recall he didn't drive the car at all and was quite content to sit in the passenger seat smoking his crackling clove cigarettes! When being shown around the factory, testarossa were on the line and mighty impressive they looked at the time. Mr Darmadi was in awe and I said to him: " No problem Jan, you can afford to buy one while we are here" He had a sense of humour: "But Andrew, with the GTO I only have to buy one because only one colour, with testarossa, too many colours to buy !"

    When the car eventually arrived in HK we did a few customising jobs as per his request, the rear grille, colour coded front bumper and a yellow stripe along the sides. This car was later photographed for Hors Ligne magazine some years later when he moved to USA, taking the car with him.

    Good days back then.

    AT.
     
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    Thanks.
    I'll sleep better now.
     
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    That's a nice story Andrew - thanks.

    In the Forza article, the photo shoot included two 288s and one of them did indeed have the yellow stripe around the belt line.
     
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    That was on the 19th September 1985.
    Factory invoice #3904.

    Marcel Massini
     
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    Great story Andrew.
     
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    Or maybe he had.
    I've known people who have driven the F40 but still prefer the GTO.
     
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    True.
     
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    I am certainly one of them. But in all honesty I think those of us who prefer driving the 288 are a small minority!
     
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    There is indeed a group who prefer the seminal shape and sublime handling/performance of the 288 GTO.

    Being behind the wheel and knowing that this is where the Ferrari Supercar series all began is a nice feeling too. Its rare, its beautiful, its fast, whats not to like?
     
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    Witnessed this regal beauty at the this week's Cars and Coffee in Houston. She was with her younger sister.
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    Ex-Otis Chandler, sourced by myself, belongs to a good client of mine.
     
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