Ferrari 330 GTC Official Picture Thread

1957 Chrysler New Yorker Convertible.

 

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Verde Scuro 19394 with Arancia VM 3104 leather interior is spectacular.
Thanks for the pic.

Marcel Massini

 

Found the Pininfarina pieces have two different assembly numbers 278 & 282. Interesting!
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282 belongs to 10265.
Both 10255 (278) and 10265 (282) were originally painted Argento 25090 A and both delivered new in Italy.

Marcel Massini

 

Could be the beginnings of a great mystery novel?

 

Please keep taking pix of all the numbers you discover, it's so much fun.
THANKS.

Marcel Massini

 

Perhaps all you have to do is try establish contact withthe owner of the “other” car to see if it has same panels/pieces matching to the one you’re working on.
I’ve seen similar instances on Daytonas I’ve worked on and ended up deducting that the “non-matching number” pieces were probably mixed already at the Scagliettis during the original construction of the coach work for the given car(s).

I currently have some pieces which appear to be from a three digit VIN road car in my possession and I’m trying locate the car they belong to so that I could hopefully re-unite them with it.
Making this research a bit more difficult is that apparently the given VIN got swapped (by Factory ?) between two cars when both were new or near new.
I’ve already found one of them, but it became quickly apparent these items don’t belong to it, so the search continues…

I’m also in possession of a stack of parts appearing to be from a historically significant racing/winning two digit VIN example and also working on re-uniting them with that car…
… although it really doesn’t need any of them since it’s completely/extensively/thoroughly restored and has already won highest accolades at all top shows around the globe, featured in magazines, etc. even though these pieces seem to suggest not necessarily quite authentically/correctly.

 

The mid 1960s were difficult times at Ferrari. I'm sure you are correct about the Scaglietti pieces wondering from one assembly cart to another. I believe there was a strike and some lean times for the workers, keeping such things orderly was probably not a high priority.
Like MM points out, this is just for fun and general interest, gives us old guys something to talk about.

 

Engine assessment
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At RM Sotheby’s last night #8727 sold for $967,500

 

its all about the rarity.

 

Marcel, I have been watching GTC's since just before I bought #10581 in June 1978 and I have never seen that paint before.

 

heartbreaking

 

You sure did!

 

In another thread about 250 GT Europa, I posted photos of that model that was exhibited at the stand (a sort of lounge space) of the organizers of the Milano Autoclassica 2019 fair.
And I remembered that I also had photos of other classic Ferraris which were there, including a beautiful 330 GTC black. I don't know its chassis number.
Here they are

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All the internals of the transaxle cleaned and ready for non destructive metal testing
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I took this in about 1985 in Emeryville, CA/USA.

Marcel Massini

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Marcel, seeing that green GTC took me back forty years when I was driving my 365GTC speciale,#10581, Leopoldo Pirelli's former car, with Lyle Tanner down to Bill DeCarr's shop for a complete bare metal painting. Lyle asked me what color I was considering; I replied I'd always thought a deep rich British racing green would look splendid. Lyle said, it probably would, but if you ever want to sell a Ferrari, green is poisonous. It went deep rich bordeaux.

 

Not a 330 GTC but a 365 GTC, soon to be back in the original color Blu Tourbillon.
Taken today at Cremonini's in Lesignana near Modena.

Marcel Massini

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Are there more than 3 Miuras in the shop?

 

About 6 or more.

Marcel Massini

 

The actual color would appear to be marrone colorado. But also blue tourbillon is very beautiful ..
Thank you for posting these photos.

 

This 365 GTC was born Blu Tourbillon 2.443.607.
Not Blue with an "e". That is English.
Blu is Italian (without the "e").
Tourbillon is the name of the French race horse/throughbred born in 1928, after which Pininfarina named this color.
PF did so with many special colors in the late 60s and early 70s:
Gladiateur, Le Sancy, The Tetrarch, Gainsborough, Man O'War, Blanford, Colorado, Ortello, Blenheim, Hyperion, Bahram, Mahmoud, Nearco, Bull Lea, Nasrullah, Caracalla, Ribot, Kelso, Molvedo, Seabird, Sir Ivor, Vaguely Noble, Nyjinski, Ortis, My Swallow and Acapulco, to name some of these thoroughbreds and their names used for colors.

Marcel Massini

 

Thanks Mr.Massini for this clarification.