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Daytona spider plates : GTS or GTB ?

Discussion in 'Vintage (thru 365 GTC4)' started by Pierre P, Oct 31, 2020.

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  1. Pierre P

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    #1 Pierre P, Oct 31, 2020
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  2. kare

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    #2 kare, Oct 31, 2020
    If I recall right US cars were sold as 365 GTB/4 Spiders to avoid evaluation by DOT as required for a new model.
     
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  3. Pierre P

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    #3 Pierre P, Oct 31, 2020
    OK. very possible, thanks !
    Maybe someone will confirm.
     
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    #4 ag512bbi, Nov 1, 2020
    Great question.
     
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  5. Pierre P

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    #5 Pierre P, Nov 1, 2020
    After some research, it seems that every US daytona has a GTB plate, even spiders.
    So I think kare is right : GTS or GTS-A are for genuine european spiders only.
     
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    #6 rossodino, Nov 1, 2020
    you are correct, that was the reason for the GTB designation on USA Spiders.
     

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  7. Il Cavalieri

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    #7 Il Cavalieri, Dec 3, 2024 at 5:07 AM
    First of all, thank you for having this question, I admit that I didn't know the reason.
    As for the GTB-A, the letter A was to indicate that the chassis was reinforced.
     
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  8. Pierre P

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    #8 Pierre P, Dec 5, 2024 at 2:04 PM
    Hello
    It occurs that the -A extension appears on the homologation sheet of the pop-up front end Daytona.
    So GTB-A could just be for pop-up versions.
    But it is not the case for the GTS since there are pop-up spiders with GTS plates...
     
  9. garybobileff

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    #9 garybobileff, Dec 5, 2024 at 2:52 PM
    The correct answer is that the A types used the Daytona spyder frame, which has a thicker wall thickness in the tubing for more strength, the extra weight difference is negligible.
    Gary Bobileff
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  10. Pierre P

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    #10 Pierre P, Dec 5, 2024 at 3:06 PM
    Thank you Gary.
    What could then be the difference between GTS ans GTS-A cars ? Did they put -A on both coupes and spiders as soon as coupes used spider frame ? Even if spiders had not changed ?
    What do you think ?
     

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