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  1. 400iGuy

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    #1 400iGuy, Oct 26, 2004
    Anyone have photos of the coupe body Chinetti had Fantuzzi put on the 1962 Le Mans winning 330 TR/LM 0808? There has been plenty published about this car but I haven't seen photos of it as a coupe.
     
  2. El Wayne

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    #2 El Wayne, Oct 27, 2004
    The body is now on 250 PF coupe chassis 1087GT as seen here:
     
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    #3 GTE, Oct 27, 2004
    I almost bought an AMR-model of the Fantuzzi-car last week, but I just don´t care enough for its looks.
     
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    #4 400iGuy, Oct 27, 2004
    Wayne, thanks for the photo. Do you know if 0808 now has it's original body re-installed (if that's the right term) or is it a re-creation? In either case, it's an awsome car.
     
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    #5 134282, Oct 27, 2004
    Original Fantuzzi Spyder bodywork...? i would think so... Hopefully someone will know more...
     
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    #6 vince308, Oct 27, 2004
    i dont think 400iguy was talking about this world known car, but about a body mounted after le Mans 62.

    I would love to see pictures of that body..............
     
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    #7 Ed Niles, Oct 27, 2004
    This car has had several bodies. When it was offered to me from my friend in Rome, it had an open body with hoop ("roll bar") but came with a spare coupe body (the one shown). When Pierre Bardinon got it, he restored it to "original". I don't believe this si the original body; I think Pierre had it built to replicate the original. But I never asked him, so could be wrong.
     
  8. Bob Zambelli

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    #8 Bob Zambelli, Oct 27, 2004
    I recall hearing about a 330 TR with a coupe body that was owned by a photographer in NYC - the car went to Mr Bardinon to be rebodied to the original open body version.
    Truth or fiction?
    Bob Z.
     
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    #9 Napolis, Oct 27, 2004
    Yup
    Hisashi Okada.
    Alberto aquired the car for him, serviced it and sold it on to Pierre B. on his behalf.
     
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    #10 BigTex, Oct 27, 2004
    The Forza article on Spiro's car noted it was a faithful repro, and ran a photo of the original one on the Back Page.............

    The original one, of course, bore the hammer marks and rivets of it's fabrication a little more noticably, and IIRC there were some windshield mods as the LeMans rules called for framed glass.
     
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    #11 PWehmer, Oct 27, 2004
    Can anyone identify this body? Was it worn on 0808 at one time?
     
  12. El Wayne

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    #12 El Wayne, Oct 27, 2004
    Vince, see my earlier post, #2.

    In his follow-up to my post, he then asked about the body the car is wearing today:
    Carbon responded by posting photos of the car as it appears now.
     
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    #13 El Wayne, Oct 27, 2004
    0794TR of Peter Sachs. Going by the title of your photo, I'd say it was probably taken at Mid Ohio in 1990.
     
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    #14 dretceterini, Oct 27, 2004
    The coupe body = a new candidate for ugliest Ferrari ever! (OK, not he worst, but certainly a top ten)
     
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    #15 vince308, Oct 28, 2004

    OK,

    greetings, vincent
     
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    #16 400iGuy, Oct 29, 2004
    Thanks for the responses. It's cool to be able to 'pick the brains' of folks all knowing of Ferrari History. I find the history of these cars so very interesting.

    I have pretty much the same photos Carbon posted of the 0808 today that I took at the same events. What I was wondering was is the current body a re-creation or is it (or some part of it) the body run at Le Mans in '62? I know there was an earlier body (or bodies) on 0808.
     
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    #17 Boudewijn, Oct 29, 2004
    #0808 's last race was Le Mans 1963, where Pedro Rodriguez, whilst running third, lost control in the midnight hours crashing of the road into a clump of trees, heavily battering the body. Luigi Chinetti send 0808 to Modena for repair and commissioned a one-off coupe body to be fitted to the then old racer to turn it into a road car. Fantuzzi, the original body builder, got the commission.
    In 1974 Bardinon bought 0808 and send it back to Fantuzzi to be rebodied to the 1962 configuration. One may assume a brand new body was constructed.
     
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    #18 400iGuy, Oct 29, 2004
    Boudewijn, thanks!
     
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    #19 bigodino, Oct 30, 2004
    Sadly they didn't do the windshield properly like it was at Le Mans. The original one makes the car look much more aggressively. I even doubt if it ever had the type of windscreen it currently has.
     
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    #21 dretceterini, Oct 30, 2004
    Thanks for the great detail shots. The extension on the top of the door is unusual and interesting...
     
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    #22 134282, Oct 30, 2004
    Hey, aren't those pictures copyrighted...? :)
     
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    #23 El Wayne, Oct 30, 2004
    Carbon, please don't chase him away.
     
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    #24 134282, Oct 30, 2004
    LOL...! i'm just trying to be fair... What's good for some members is good for others... & i'm pretty sure those pictures are copyrighted... :)
     
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