Here's a pic of the GTO with 5 sisters from the same collection. The F50 is there, too! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Maybe that mechanic thought about the people who had preceded him, 24 years before. They had created pieces of art such as the Tour de France, the SWB, the 250 GTO... IMHO, yes; even when the car was new, it was easy to understand how great it would be in 2009.
Your probably right. I am sure he thought about each of those and with a little pride thought "Just maybe, this one will be in the same circle."
The GTO was more of a Ferrari factory "insiders" car than the rest of the Supercar series. It was introduced with less fanfare, and was aimed at 'sporting' VIP customers known to the works, without any attempt to provide a USA legal version. In fact, I am aware that certain perennial customers were called up and simply told: "We are sending you a great new Ferrari that Enzo has named GTO". But of course. The factory simply wanted to place 200 GTOs with their most loyal customers so that they would have a car to join the Killer Bees (Group B as it was affectionately know to some!). Even the car's low initial price is suggestive of the fact that this was no commercial venture, but rather, a sporting endeavor. The same cannot be said of the rest of the Supercar series. The Ferrari 288 GTO was received with great anticipation, and was very very special from day one. Thats why it was the first non-competition Ferrari to wear the prancing horse shield on its front fenders...
It was a much more "sporting" venture than any of the other Ferrari Supercars, to include the close but not quite there F40. But I would say the relatively low key intro had as much to do with the fact that we did not have the WWW or even wide spread cable TV at the time, as it did with any intentions of the marketing team at Ferrari.
Miles S' ex-Alboreto 288 GTO is doing well... D.Munns image copyright Image Unavailable, Please Login
You're welcome! Here's a picture of the GTO with 4 Ferraris owned by the same collector. I'm sorry for the bad quality, but it was a much bigger picture. I cut the part I was interested about. Image Unavailable, Please Login
hola thanks again...he owns all divas, luky man! i imagine beautifull pictures all together, must be incredible.
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Finally uploaded this one for the faithful... Copyright Martyn Goddard/Joe Sackey Classics http://www.joesackey.com/Galleria/Fiorano April 1984/
In the smoking images the photographer tells me he had to have great faith in Dario Benuzzi having the skill to ensure he didn't get run over! He also tells me they did many laps around Fiorano, the whole time Dario was listening to a rock-disco cassette! (this was 1984)
This question is completely off topic, but just out of interest Joe, as you like exactly the same cars i do from 'our' era. The Miura, countach, 288. I wondered what modern Exotics you hanker after?
