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288 Clone - anyone know what happened?

Discussion in '288GTO/F40/F50/Enzo/LaFerrari/F80' started by YellowMurci, Sep 13, 2010.

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  1. YellowMurci

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    #1 YellowMurci, Sep 13, 2010
    Anyone remember the website www.288gto.com? They had a pretty sick GTO clone on there - anyone know who built it or where it went?
     
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    #2 MAZ348, Sep 19, 2010
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  3. YellowMurci

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  4. TexasMike

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    #4 TexasMike, Sep 21, 2010
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    The car you posted photos of was owned by a guy I know here in Austin. He's also an Fchatter. Those photos were taken outside of his house. I thought Norwoods built the car. If I remember correctly it's now in Spain.

    Looked great in person & I heard it was a beast!
     
  5. TexasMike

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    #5 TexasMike, Sep 21, 2010
    I think my friend had that domain name when he owned the car but I think the company using it now is unaffiliated with the car my friend owned.
     
  6. YellowMurci

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    #6 YellowMurci, Sep 22, 2010
    Wow - do you know what it went for? He had a great site - shame the car left the country - I would love to know more about the car
     
  7. MAZ348

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    #7 MAZ348, Sep 22, 2010
    I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS MADE BY SHAWN AND NOT NORWOOD
     
  8. TexasMike

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    #8 TexasMike, Sep 22, 2010
    Who is Shawn? Which car? The one in the photos or the one on the website? I don't believe they are the same cars, but I could be wrong.

    BTW, turn the caps lock off. We can all read just fine.
     
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    #9 Jagbuff, Sep 23, 2010
    Mike is right, the pictures are not the car on the site listed above but I did have a site with description - www.ferrarigto.com which is no longer active. It was twin turbo water to air intercooled with correct engine orientation, Motec, 5 speed and 509 RWHP (per Norwood's Dyno). Very interesting to drive at speed and expensive project as the labor for the conversion was very significant. The car went to Spain, I believe Norwood is the only one that made mold from the original 288... I tried to buy them several years ago but the owner but he was not interested...
     
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    #10 speedy, Sep 24, 2010

    That's correct. Bob Norwood had the molds made from a real 288 GTO panels. At least that's what he told me.
     
  11. YellowMurci

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    #11 YellowMurci, Sep 24, 2010
    That car was awesome! I wish that site was still up! I used to always go to it and drool!
     
  12. Wade

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    #12 Wade, Sep 28, 2010
    Captivating video and some serious man-hours on the chassis, and that's just for the deconstruction...
     

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