4053 . 250 Lusso Prototype

I wonder if this car was built on a different buck than the production. The tail section appears longer. Also, the nose seem to be more upright.

john

 

In the mid 1970's this car was in France in a very sorry state, although I don't have a picture it was reported to be fire damaged. Lovely to see it all back together and looking so splendid.

 

And 4053 was yellow originally.

I doubt the owner would be stupid enough to paint the car in silver colour...

 

3849 was the Pininfarina prototype
4053 was the Scaglietti prototype

 

It is 4053 GT.

Paul

 

Maybe the owner just thought it looked better in silver?

 

Silver seems to be the predominant color for protos/show cars in those early days. Many pix exist of silver cars on that terrazzo floor at PF. Incidentally, I visited Scaglietti during the Lusso run, and was told that the stamped panels came from Torino, and were assembled in Modena (after sitting outside long enough to acquire the mandatory coat of rust!) They were not all identical, however, as I learned to my regret when I married a LF fender from one wreck to another wreck, and was left with a sneering grill. If you are the custodian of 5073, my apologies; different times.
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What is the difference in dashboards between the cars?

 

Do we agree this pic is from the same photoshoot than the colour picture posted by Wayne in post #13 ??

Did 4053 have these bigger rear lights originally ??

Thanks in advance.
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Assuming the car shown in England is 4053, did they restore it with tachometer and speedo in the centre, or SWB style in front of driver?

 

Wayne,

the yellow Berlinetta Lusso at the 1962 Torino Show (4053) had :

- standard dashboard (instrument cluster in middle), like the production,

- bigger rear lights than the production (see rear pic on post #19).

So, if the car on post #1 is really 4053, the dashboard is OK.

But the current owner is stupid enough to :

- paint the car in silver (the car was yellow originally),

- put small rear lights like 3849 (big error as only 3849 had such rear lights !)

Furthermore, the body of the car today is completely wrong. Looks like a replica !!

Conclusion : one of the worst restoration I've ever seen !
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Notice that in the rusted out picture of 4053 that Wayne posted earlier, it appeared to have 4 tail lights (some configuration it appears to have now). So that choice may have been made earlier.