Ah, those are some truly stunning shots. Thanks, as always, Joe! Also: Your Amazon.com order of "The Book of the Ferrari 288..." has shipped! And, Amazon appears to be in stock still: In stock but may require an extra 1-2 days to process. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. The Book of the Ferrari 288 GTO: Joe Sackey: 9781845842734: Amazon.com: Books Can't wait!
"delivered to Niki Lauda in March of 1986" The plate writes 03 87, which means that the EE plate are valid until the end of March 1987?
Yes, the plates were issued upon collection @ Maranello in March 1986, and are valid for 12 months till 03 87.
Gooding is streaming their Scottsdale event and the 288 GTO will be the next lot for anyone interested: The Scottsdale Auctions | Gooding & Company >8^) ER
Thanks for sharing! 1.4m is where I'd want to be on that particular car. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Pics by Noel Skeats, I believe these are from circa 20 years ago in the UK. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Belated Christmas present from my wife in lieu of the real thing My second Joe Sackey book Image Unavailable, Please Login
Does anyone know what the 288 GTO in the Gooding auction in Scottsdale sold for today? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Joe, note the wastegate. I've seen the boost pressure adjustment bolt on some (very few) wastegates and not on others. You could tighten this bolt and increase the pressure on the spring to create more boost. I take it that this was someone down the line purchasing the adjustable one from Mahle and replacing the original, non-adjustable one? Not sure if it was a trend or a popular modification in the late 80's or what? Curious. Hope all is well with you and your family, Chad PS: My book arrived, nice work!
Chad, if anything, the trend is towards keeping the cars as they left Maranello, and this showed in what was bid on this car. Glad you got the book at last!!
Received my 288 GTO book yesterday and appreciate the work you did. Also have the Miura book which is also a great accomplishment. Hopefully your next project will the F40. Thanks again for your effort.
Thank you very much Paul, I appreciate your kind words, especially because authoring books is not even my business, per se! Its a side-thing, a hobby if you like, and Ive only managed to publish those 2 books by some serious burning of the midnight oil! That said, I did it because I felt the material had to be shared. The 288 GTO book has been surprisingly successful, due to the interest by many people here, and elsewhere. For that, I'm very thankful. Best,
It arrived last week but forgot to post it (I ordered 2). It took 1 year and 1 week since I ordered from amazon.com, but I KNOW IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT! Thank you for such a great book Joe! Image Unavailable, Please Login
