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Discussion in '348/355' started by Nuvolari, Oct 20, 2025.

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  1. Nuvolari

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    #1 Nuvolari, Oct 20, 2025
    This appeared in another thread but it is pretty buried and deserves to be in the 348 section. Fellow F-Chatter 4CamGT posted the following image that he drew and contributed to Sports Car International back in 1989 when the 348 was released.

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  2. JLF

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    #2 JLF, Oct 20, 2025
    That’s cool thank you.
     
  3. copterjon

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    #3 copterjon, Oct 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
    Would love a reprint or litho of this. Very cool!
     
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    #4 4CamGT, Oct 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
    I truly appreciate it!
     
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    #5 4rePhill, Oct 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
    Funny to read: "Dark sill treatment reduces aesthetic mass", when you realise that part of Ferrari's 348 "facelift" was to make the lower sections of the bodywork body coloured, instead of black.

    That was a clever, money and time saving "refresh" for Ferrari, because on the early cars, the lower panels were painted red, and then black paint was added on top of the red paint - To do the "facelift", they simply didn't bother doing the black paint part of the process!

    (The previous 328 GTB's and GTS' also had black lower sections that started off red and then got painted black on top)
     
  6. NeuroBeaker

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    #6 NeuroBeaker, Oct 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
    I like the black. I've sometimes thought that if I got a later car, I'd paint the lowers black like the original Pininfarina design.

    All the best,
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