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The Tool Kits and Accessories of the Icons... 288GTO, F40, F50 & the Enzo

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  1. 275GTB

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    #28 275GTB, Feb 14, 2021
    Spanners/wrenches - as pictured below.

    With one very distinctive feature, the 15mm/14mm spanner is a different style from all the others - this is consistent across almost every 288GTO tool kit I have inspected.

    These I believe are the factory correct spanners for a 288GTO.

    Below are several different sets from different cars, I have highlighted the "odd one out" spanner.

    This is a great start to telling if your 288GTO tool kit is the real deal!

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    #29 275GTB, Feb 14, 2021
    Well, that took a bit longer than I thought!!

    Hopefully that is a good start with the 288GTO tools, on reflection it is actually a very comprehensive tool set.

    I will let everyone digest this, I look forward to any corrections, confirmations or additions - every day is a new day at school!

    I will return with GTO luggage, manuals, media & sales publications.

    Then we can move on to the F40, give me a few days I will be back, need a rest after that!

    cheers Mark

    PS if anyone needs any help with a tool set for one of the halo cars, or is missing any individual tools please drop me a PM and I will do my best to help.
     
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    #31 Rossocorsa1, Feb 14, 2021
    What a fantastic thread. Thank you for serving-up your knowledge. It’s a fascinating topic. The ancillaries for these cars are so cool.
     
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    #33 iohead, Feb 14, 2021
    Shouldn't this be 236 instead of 235?
     
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    #34 275GTB, Feb 14, 2021
    Thank you, you are absolutely correct, well spotted!

    my old eyes are tired after trying to do all the info in one hit, please see correct photo showing 236
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    #35 Edward 96GTS, Feb 14, 2021
    mark did you have a 275 gtb yrs ago? what did its orig tool kit look like?
     
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    #37 Edward 96GTS, Feb 14, 2021
    i remember that great thread.
    you say you habe worked on and driven many ferraris, are you in the trade?
     
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    #38 275GTB, Feb 14, 2021
    no, not as such. I have been around cars my whole life - father and grand father both engineers - grew up with race cars and rally cars everywhere around home, cars were my dads business and put food on the table. When I was a youngster I served my time/apprenticeship on the tools, normal cars at work, crazy cars at home. Then I moved on, in a different direction with life, but never could get the oil out of my veins, so have been around Ferraris ever since. I am now just enjoy life, my cars and working on all sorts of fantastic machines - all at my own pace and leisure.
     
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    #39 275GTB, Feb 15, 2021
    Joe, would it be possible for you to post the 288GTO tool kit photos from your book? it has always been a great resource and reference to me, it would be greatly appreciated.

    thanks Mark
     
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    #40 JackCongo, Feb 15, 2021
    Wow, thank you Mark for taking the time to share so much information with us. That is fascinating. The bad thing now is that I will have to dive into my cars to check where I really am with regard to tools and ancillaries !
     
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    #41 VetroresinaNL, Feb 15, 2021
    Great thread! Thank you, I thought this was the correct hammer, thinking it share the identical with the Testarossa, just like the STAFOR tool.
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    #42 275GTB, Feb 15, 2021
    Hi Elder, That one has a nice patina!
    It is the correct hammer as I stated, yellow head, grey and blue shaft.
    Yes the Stafor wheel wrench tool is shared with the TR
     
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    #43 275GTB, Feb 15, 2021
    thanks Jack, a lot more to come - including Enzo!
     
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    #44 MirageJHU, Feb 15, 2021
    Thank you for sharing such a careful, detailed write up. I can't wait to see the rest :)
     
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    #45 275GTB, Feb 15, 2021
    Hello again, just to wrap a few 288GTO items up...

    the space saver spare wheel.

    I have seen them with Gold labels, Silver labels and Red labels - not sure of the significance of the different colours used?

    But all the labels have GTO on them if it is the correct space saver wheel for the car....

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    #47 275GTB, Feb 15, 2021
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    The stunning and very rare 288GTO luggage, so beautiful.

    The luggage was an option and not standard, back in the eighties few people took up the option and as a result Schedoni made less than 100 pieces of luggage for the GTO run of 272 production cars. This makes it a very rare item to have with the car, it is now very coveted and collectable.

    The GTO luggage only came as one piece, as pictured below.

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    #48 Edward 96GTS, Feb 15, 2021
    got any luggage for a 2005 superamerica?
     
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    #50 275GTB, Feb 15, 2021
    Hi Edward, no sorry I don't.
    But I recall seeing some for sale recently, I will try to remember where I saw it.
    I have a new 575 superamerica toolkit, looks very similar to a 575 toolkit, but a few small differences make it unique to the superamerica.
     
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