FERRARI 288 GTO

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Marcel Massini

 

Thanks Marcel.

 

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Nice car but the passenger carpet needs to be vacuumized.

Marcel Massini

 

I took care of it

 

What a relief.

Marcel Massini

 

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I found this interesting. In the owners manual they illustrate and mention a rear fog light (F) yet I don’t recall ever seeing this light on a 288 GTO. I’ve looked at all the photos I’ve personally taken of 288’s and also looked at a variety online. I don’t see a rear fog light on any. Does anyone know why?

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The rear fog-lights are actually on a number of GTOs, mounted in 3 different positions, left (driver's side), centrally, and right (passenger side).

Here is an example with the rear fog-light mounted on the right, a UK GTO when owned by Lord Mexborough

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Here is an example with the rear fog-light mounted centrally, Mishal A's car

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Here is an example with the fog-light mounted on the left, meanwhile there are a handful of other examples within this thread.

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Thanks for the pics, Joe. No doubt there are cars with the fog lights. Still, I do find it interesting how so many don’t. I’m assuming the cars came from the factory with the lights mounted, particularly given that there is a dedicated switch for the light on the central panel. Anyhow, just a unique observation.

 

IMHO, this (center) looks like the best location of the 3 choices.

 

I think application depended on the mandates of a particular transportation authority.

Even though the switch is there many cars were delivered without the rear fog-lights, just as, even though the wiring and dedicated GTO-badged speakers are there, many cars were delivered with no radio and just a blank-plate affixed.

Agreed, but I prefer them without any rear foglight, as is the case with most cars.

 

Original FAF Motorsports (later Ferrari of Atlanta) keychain from 1986

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A beautiful Sunday

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Saw the same car in Munich downtown:

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Winter be at our doors.

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The late Michele Alboreto with his impressions of the 288GTO.
Essentially referring to it as a "great" GT car.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPx2AihT0t/

 

Interesting. There seems to be a variety of interpretations of what exactly a “GT” car is. Where I think of the 288 GTO as a sports car, some refer to it as a GT. I wonder if there is actually a definition of both that clearly distinguishes them apart. To me a “GT” is a front engine car with greater latitude for comfort and luxury, such as a Lusso, 365 or 812. I also think of mid engine cars as always being sports cars where some front engine cars can be sports cars as well as GT’s. Just my interpretations.

 

Agreed.

I think he used the expression GT loosely, to me in contemporary times it stands for Grand Tourer as in a engined luxury sports car.

 

Another GTO fitted with rear fog-light, this car delivered to France

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