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52741. Spring 1988 heavily crashed near Brands Hatch, even the engine was knocked out of line. Restored by Foskers. Marcel Massini
What is the effect knowing this car was severely damaged 20 years ago? I assume there's nothing left to see of it, so it shouldn't be an obstacle, should it? Any thoughts? (I'm not buying, just curious.) Gr. Martin
It all depends on the job Foskers did. Knowing the accident history as put forth by Marcel, you have to have this one carefully inspected by a specialist.
52741 was sold new in Italy. The second owner was in England and it was his dealer who crashed it. It had 25'000 kms at the time of the accident. So far this car has had six owners. Newey bought it 11/98 and sold it 12/2005. Marcel Massini
Funny, Turbo-Car-Trade ask about 3 owners only.... 3 propriétaires: 1er Owner Italy-2ème Owner England -3ème Owner France. as Joey said: thanks for the clarification
Joe just by curiousity, i saw some pictures made by your wife and i was asking to me which material did she used?
cool...very cool, when i saw the details and colors i was really enjoy to see the pictures. the book 288 GTO will be nice to discover. GTO with Christmas tree will be grantly appreciated...
You learn something new every day...I just learned today that the body is carbon fiber. Is all the body carbon fiber, hood, doors, etc? Thanks. And the Evo? Was it all carbon fiber body also?
Robert: Strictly speaking, the 288 GTO's body is an assortment of exotic composite materials (state-of-the-art for the time) and this is composed of Kevlar-Nomex composite for the front hood, Nomex-GRP composite for the nose, roof, buttress and engine cover. Glassfibre is used for the doors, wings, sills and front and rear valances whilst the louvers on the front lid are aluminum. Composite materials are also used in the form of a glassfibre floor pan and the Kevlar-covered aluminum honeycomb cockpit and engine bulkhead. The removable central panel that allows access to the front parts of the engine from inside the cockpit, is made from Kevlar and Nomex composite, and it serves well to protect occupants from the engine's heat. The Evo also has an all composite body which I believe to be Kevlar-Nomex. I see the point of your comment though, because I have come across some who thought the GTO was an aluminum bodied car, and they did not realize that the F40 was not the first composite bodied Ferrari Supercar... Image Unavailable, Please Login
With all those composite sections, was there a dramatic weight savings over similar cars of that time period?
A significant weight savings. Additionally the 288 GTO is the lightest Ferrari Supercar by a considerable margin and there was a thread on this in which I lent mine to be weighed.
Except that the doors aren't made out of glassfibre. Glassfibre can't take up energy and it breaks, so it would be to dangerous for the passenger. Because the whole energy from an accident would be put one the passenger. So the passenger could die from a harmless accident. Steel is a better material for taking up energy and it doesn't brake like glassfibre. So it doesn't put the energy on the passenger. I think it wouldn't be possible to use glassfibre for the doors because of safety regulations to register the car. A friend of my father had a little ding in his door and a specialist pressed it out. If it would be glassfibre the door couldn't be repaired, because glassfibre is too hard and breaks very easily. The car is 100% original, so it's no repaired door. You can see it, if you remove the door panel. Sorry for my English, it's hard to describe such a technical thing What is the exact weight of the GTO? Without fuels 1160kg? And wiht all fuels?
First off, your English is better than many of the native English speakers on f-chat. You've done a marvelous job explaining the advantages that steel has over fiberglass. Most of the other discussion around Ferraris suggests the superiority of fiberglass only because it's lighter - although how much lighter, and what real-world advantage is gained, is the subject of endless argument. This is an interesting comment you made about doors. Didn't the original fiberglass 308s include fiberglass doors?
