Early History on 3223

to complete my 39 owners
250gto list i am looking for this owner :

04/nov - J.B., PA, USA - paid $10.6mio via Gizzi/.../.../Hamilton

you can see my list on my blog :

250gto.over-blog.com

 

please confirm name of #3223
thanks

http://250gto.over-blog.com/article-3921457.html

 

Some pics of "Nunzio"s GTO and 333.
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I used to work at a restoration shop in SoCal in the early 90's. During this time we performed some work on the car. The engine was correct/original then. The owner even took it for several laps a Laguna Seca.
IIRC, about a year after the car was shipped to Japan, I believe it received some minor damage in an earthquake that was centered near Kobe.

 

Stephen Pilkinton is no longer the owner of 3527......

 

hi
I should like to know how you found this information?
is it by chance or you know Steve Pilkington personally ?
please can you continue to update my list when you will know
a new owner
thanks very much

 

Irvine Laidlaw

 

A few more pics of 3223
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Bonjour nunzio828

I am very proud to speak to the owner's first true GTO.

i read in car collector:
The first true GTO(serial#3223GT) was shown to the public and press in the
factory courtyard on February,1962.Although it debuted without the now-
customary spoiler across the tail, by the time the car made its first racing
start less than a month later at Sebring,Florida,a spoiler had been riveted on.

by Alan Boe

best regards from France
Gerard

 

"39 owners 250GTO list" ??? Not 39, but 36 250 GTO !!! if you want speak french, no problem...

 

Bonjour Etienne
very pleased to read you
c'est bien la 1ère fois que je lis 36 GTOs !
Quels sont donc les 3 # de mes intrus ? les vraies '64s ?

 

Pas du tout : si on parle de 250GTO, tous les ouvrages sérieux te donneront 36. Mais si tu ajoutes les 4 litres à carrosseries GTO dites "330GTO"...
Dans les 36, tu as les carrosseries type 62 dont 4 recarrossées en version 64, les 3 vraies 64, et 4713GT, la seule 250 GTO à avoir une carrosserie style 330LMB. Il y a eu une 37ème 250GTO pendant quelques années, je te laisse deviner laquelle...

 

Toutes mes excuses pour avoir stupidement écrit dans mon blog :la liste des 40 "250GTO"
pour moi c'était simplement pour que mes profanes lecteurs ne confondent pas avec 288 !!!
Sais tu qui a eu cette stupide et saugrenue idée de la baptiser 288GTO ?
c'est un peu comme horizon TALBOT ou mini COOPER au mazout !
c'est défigurer des noms ou sigles prestigieux.

tu le laisses deviner :#3539 ?

 

et bien non...

 

On pourrait continuer en francais mais c'est mieux en anglais. Mercie.

 

je suis tres impatient de connaitre cette bonne new !
allez vas y !

 

OK : 3765LM is a 4liters, but in 1965, it was received a 3 liters (from 0796 TR), to be committed as a 250 GTO in Italy . In 1985, its owner recovered an 4 liters to give in the car: thus, during 20 years, it was the 37th 250 GTO.

 

but i am sure it is 3387 Sebring '62

 

I confirm what 250 GTO wrote. It is 3387GT in Sebring 1962.
The first race of 3223GT is Double 400 in Bridgehampton, September 16, 1962.

 

Tout à fait d'accord avec 121 LM
(Ed Hugus/Charlie Hayes #57 avec Scuderia Bear)

 

Hi guys. I am working on creating a collection of sports liveries. I miss some events from the life of 3223gt.
I would appreciate any help, especially photos that I don't have:
???? 1963/jul/28 - Marlboro 6h Charlie Hayes/Gene Hobbs/Alan Patterson - #7
???? 1966/sep/04 - SCCA Daytona Larry Perkins - #?

Maybe I missed something, please correct me!

Best regards,
Anton.

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You are missing some stickers on the body flanks and the group letter "D" as well re Bridgehampton 14 September 1963.

Marcel Massini

 

Thanks for the note!
Bridgehampton'63 is also a weak point of my list, because I have only one photo.


Apparently, in this photo, the process of sticking stickers was just captured.

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As this thread is about 3223 GT's early history, I believe it was the 250 GTO production prototype that Willy Mairesse crashed while testing the car on the Bologna to Firenze Autostrada, as described by Ing. Forghieri in the Davide Cironi video, starting in the link HERE that led to the Watts Linkage being added to the GTO's specification, as well as the reduction in the metal thickness of the helicoidal springs on the rear shock absorbers. Make sure the subtitles are switched on for the English translation.