330 GT 2+2 One Off Barn Find, Help Identify?!

I quite like it and also much prefer the 4 headlight S1 330 GT 2+2 over the twin headlight S2 car that is more characterful imho. I might like this particular car even more if I knew that somebody highly regarded converted the nose on this car.

 

Nope. Not at all. Even in its found condition with the horrible color, it wasn't offensive. It was just VERY different.

My eyes saw angles and lines on the front end with the standard rounds and curves of a 330 in back. It didn't really flow for what I was used to seeing, but as mentioned above, if we were all the same...

I am hoping that the body shop and restorer have cleaned up the metal work and the fitment of the grill, light covers, fender liners, etc.

Regardless, she's a unique machine that will tell her story when she is ready. Or maybe she won't. Who knows? Who cares? I'd love to see her now. That blue is beautiful.

 

Interesting car, I understand why it was kept, and in my eyes that was a mistake. It is authentic in its own right, yet not good enough to keep completely. A small modification to the grill openings will do wonders - if 1/2 to 2/3 of the underside is shaved off and that little bumper added, I think you're already there. It is then still unique and still very authentic, with added desirability.
Only disadvantage I can think of is that some people may then think it is a BMW...

 

Russo and Steele Scottsdale 2016 - Consignment #5073.

 

This 330 was at that on-line quasi auction Rick Cole thing in Monterey this past August. They were looking for $300k, but couldn't move it anywhere near that. Offers were in the $150k region. It is a strange looking beast in person. Perhaps Russo will connect w/ someone's sweet spot.

 

Their website saying it was sold

 

In principle, is it any different than a one-off commissioned by someone who wanted something other than a production car?

 

Sorry to revive a very old thread, but the fact that somebody made a model of this one-off 330, in all three of it's color over the lifetime of the cars, seems interesting enough to warrant a post.

metallic burgundy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/176325293952?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=5cf32303d1ae46e994a705463bd6875f&bu=43138513505&ut=RU&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20240410013841&segname=11021

blue: https://www.ebay.com/itm/315278149805?itmmeta=01HV5A1B50TXTHSAWG2B0Q3TR6&hash=item49680ac8ad:g:JP4AAOSwZtdmEr9M&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4P%2BmPzZWfKtCytNnmknn01q4r7QE05tPAMrcZ%2BIuJvU%2BHySYjKVACN%2B5sNsc8Lypjdvs72xaN64HdQ2%2FLrySLCzA%2F9sFg3QwAujO%2BWhop9jfWYa8%2FpfhbZrnhE%2F%2BHDpdKkGymYSM3mCi%2FekqacrM%2FlD6uGdBbNdik7GGBnKg6HP0zmW7JiJQu%2FJzupNbNCZklMA2rd%2BL0YvMBwhCTLGsdpjas83obmmcmm8vPtu1dV%2BS5vJWSnwHzsFOnaznW3sgTG%2BATct3SfieDjM837loHlHdm%2Ffm3zYlIYkQQ9g4KOoj%7Ctkp%3ABFBM3LKFqtlj

red: https://www.ebay.com/itm/315034985835?itmmeta=01HV5A1B5080NTX6ZS0N1Q6Z1X&hash=item49598c656b:g:YOgAAOSwsUdlfZqH&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4GfHZ9rK6PAzfJfhUoskjrhxQjY%2FAIX8ZM90ynbltTB0qX8cjFxzg5eR0GxMG99MvUt7eZRHFMv3vjDQ%2BIfBGDRKD%2Fd7dLKJbNXVMqpdfHWUUQQPJsGGDarFGGce3zAPKQmcj7rxgw4cDm25uS2MVzO3GSA3VNiT0ChCxEC5CV5%2FehKo2m6VMfpcnZp1uCGHbqWo7Trri8HNq0gaD11n7bylHeqTSnXG3%2FyW1wjwGu%2B8CGkqkQ%2BIAap56Z4b36i4ABRun6mElro4bDD%2FcKKpDZ%2FDpl9EOdhTWvN6RYlL1alW%7Ctkp%3ABFBM3LKFqtlj






And in Blue:



And in Red: