330gtc

Would you get one as a special occasion car(e.g. garage queen) or one to drive regularly? It would be an expensive ornament and I doubt it would be very good to drive(sorry any owners-I'm just guessing).

I guess I'm too young for the ''heritage'' to mean anything to me?

 

But won't it handle ''like a truck''?

£80k+the £40k your TR is worth is very nearly F40 money, which is your wanted car, according to you profile.

 

Is this the one for sale in Petworth? I looked at it a few weeks ago, very nice!

Bernard

 

Its about 5 mins from my office, took a look a few weeks ago when driving past, he also had a Boxer on carb's that I was considering.

I love the 60's car's. When I sold my 360 I was thinking about getting a car from this era, but could not really find the right one. In the end decided on another 355 as I could not be with out an F' for too long!

The next one will defo' be a car from this period. The car in Petworth is very smart, has an interesting history but is not what I would call concours. Its well worth a look but in my opinion is priced at the top end for this model in this condition.

If you want any more details or photo’s I’ll happily visit them again and email the results!

Bernard

 

250GTEs are looking accessible and whilst I'm not in favour of the GTO conversions that are becoming the vogue you do get basically the same bit of history for a fraction of the price.

Surprised that there aren't 250GTO replicas readily available, like the GT40s, and despite not being real I think I might find one tempting. This on the basis that owning a real GTO seems an unrealistic dream.

I keep thinking of Nick Mason paying £37k for his, which seems like a ridiculous sum, but have to remind myself that I had to save up to buy a copy of Dark Side of the Moon at the time.

Steve

 

Steve,

It depends very much on your interpretation of concours? I believe to describe a car in this condition it should be as new or better than new, like Ray’s 348.

The 330 is very nice but it’s not as new! I’m sure it has had a resto’ but if its recent then its been focused on the paint & interior which are the best features of the car. The engine is clean the underside/chassis is good but not in my opinion concours. It’s a very nice car which I would be very proud to own at the top end of the price range for its condition.

I’m not a big fan of the rep’s especially the GTO’s, I looked at a 250 SWB rebody in Holland 2 years ago. It was a new build and perfect (concours!), that was tempting. It was about £125K. I decided it was not for me, it then took a long time to sell, so even at these prices perhaps they are not that popular?

I’m currently tempted by one of the 250 2+2 cars. With a 4 seater body I can take the family out which would be a bonus!

Check out Tom Yangs web site, there is plenty of info’ including a set by step guide on how to restore this model.

Bernard

 

Steve,

There were actually 29 RHD 330 GTC's made, with only 27 known S/no's, all were manufactured in 1967 & 1968, I have the full (27 RHD) list of S/No and the build schedule and body no.s too - If your interested ?

Regards,

Seb