Question on the color of Ferrari 275 GTB/C #09063

Does the model have 3 or 6 carbs?

 

See post #5 by Marcel Massini here.

 

All of the 275 GTB/Cs originally had 3 x 40 DFI 3 carbs with an air cleaner installed, including #09063. However, according to 275 GTB expert Dyke Ridgley, 09063 was converted to 6 carbs by Chinetti in the fall 0f 1966, so not as left the factory with 6 carbs.

The question is then, would you prefer the model to have 6 carbs, as it raced, or the original spec 3, as it left the factory?

 

See video in link here.

 

09063 had to be built back to 3 carbs for the red book factory certification by Classiche.

Marcel Massini

 

09063 could have gained Ferrari Classiche certification as a Ferrari of Historic Interest (White Book) with 6 carbs as it raced with them in period.

Has 09063 actually been converted back to 3 carbs to gain the Red Book?

 

As I said "HAD TO BE BUILT BACK".
It WAS built back to 3 carbs.

Marcel Massini

 

Either Classiche are more strict on competition cars, or the fact that none of the 275 GTB/Cs as a model were built with 6 carbs prevented 09063's certification as such, as roadgoing/street 275 GTBs have been certified where they have been changed to 6 carbs with a note in the Red Book of the original 3 carburettor configuration.