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My First Ferrari 250 GT SWB One-Off 3269 GT

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  1. wbklink

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    #101 wbklink, Oct 1, 2009
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    Hi All, not great quality, first is from May 1969 I was invited to do a lap before the first GP they tried to have in Vegas....
    second is a photo from Art Center the day I spent there so they could take pictures, had to scan it also is not so good, it's from the book Ferrari The Sports and GT cars by Warren w Fitzgerald & Richard F Merritt.
    One thing from my earlier photos that I posted is the Bertone badge did not seem right to me from when I owned the car.
    check out the badge and then look at it when I had the car...
    it has been changed ??? anybody know why?
    still looking for more photos.
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    #102 wbklink, Oct 2, 2009
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    see my post about about the bertone badge these pics have what I call the new one not the one on the car when I had it.
    also the bronze horse is not there on the driver side grill.
    Bill
     
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    #103 f308jack, Oct 2, 2009
    Maybe I mis-understood, but didn't the Cavallino in front start out on the diver's side front grille?
    On the press photo's it is under the crease of the nose (the only detail of the car I never understood, together with the odd (Corvair?) tail-lights)
     
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    #104 wbklink, Oct 3, 2009
    yes.. but it had a bronze horse on the driver side grille.
    I still have it.
     
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    #106 Cornbread, Oct 3, 2009
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    I saw you open for Ratt many moons ago. Luckily my musical tastes have evolved. :D

    Also read all the Micael Morcock books. The idea of the eternal champion was cool.
     
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    #108 Randy Forbes, Oct 4, 2009
    Nice picture, hadn't seen it before.

    I guess those guys all had big warehouses, I mean, considering this buck was only used once... ;)
     
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    #109 swift53, Oct 4, 2009
    Quite nice, overalls and a tie...definitely other times.
    Lovely car, way ahead of its time. I had the privilege of having it seen in person.
    Regards, Alberto
     
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    #110 VIZSLA, Oct 4, 2009
    Only once, what a shame.
     
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    #111 wbklink, Oct 4, 2009
    Thanks for posting it.... the very beginning of the car I loved and drove for over 10 years !
    Bill
     
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    #112 PAP 348, Oct 9, 2009
    Cheers mate! :):)
     
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    #113 Latsyrc, Oct 9, 2009
    Such an interesting and developing thread. FChat never seizes to amaze me. :) Congrats on the car, Bill, and thanks to all for sharing the stories/pictures with us.
     
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    #114 krasnavian, Oct 10, 2009
    I, too, was in that parade lap in Las Vegas. Is it possible you have a photo of a silver blue Lusso with a damaged left front fender taken on that occasion?
     
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    #115 wbklink, Oct 10, 2009
    Sorry, don't even know who gave me that one.
    I just found it in a desk drawer with some old passes I had from the 1977 GP monaco.
     
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    I am very glad to have found Fchat.
    It was a pretty crazy story.....
     
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    #119 Pete Wall, Oct 12, 2009
    Beautiful car. Great thread, thanks.

    Especially stunning back in '62.
     
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    #120 wbklink, Oct 12, 2009
    Thanks for the great photo, I have said the the badge that's now on the car is wrong.... and there is the proof !
    That's the badge you will see in all my photos.
    so glad to know I'm crazy...lol
     
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    #121 Miltonian, Oct 12, 2009
    The picture in Michiel's post above is not from the 1962 Geneva Show, where the Bertone 250GT SWB was introduced. His picture is from the 1962 Turin Show, a few months later. I believe the badge that is now on the car is the correct, original style badge.
     
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    #122 wbklink, Oct 12, 2009
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    I could ask why would they change it and then change it back...
    but when I bought it... that was the color and that was the badge.
     
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    Daytona seat inserts?
     
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    #125 Randy Forbes, Oct 13, 2009
    Thanks Ed, it's just gorgeous in burgundy.

    How lucky (is Bill) to have had that for a daily driver(?)!

    What was the state of the engine tune, compared to contemporary SWBs; mild, wild, or somewhere in between? Axle ratio?
     
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