Official 250 GT SWB pictures thread

That’s interesting. Than you for sending the link!

 

there is a 3 parts article in the Ferrari Belgio magazine numbers 10-11 and 12 with pictures of the car before and during the restauration when Vincent Gaye bought it .Also an article in Cavallino magazine 202.

 

Hello nico308,

I tried to find these Belgian magazines on eBay, but I failed…

I am collecting all the books and reports about the 250 SWB in English and French since 5 years. Some in Italian and German as well. I have quite a collection so far.

Could you imagine making pics or copies about this 3 parts article and send them to me by mail...?

 

At the valet parking at BICE restaurant tonight on Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida

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1757 GT.

 

old italian license plate? I wonder ! ! !

 

It is a not so good reproduction, not the genuine old plate.

Marcel Massini

 

So this here is not 1757 GT after all, or are you just referring to the plate?

 

My post 507 is referring to the license plate.
It is my answer to the remark of "turbo-joe", who asked about the "old Italian license plate" (his post 506).

Marcel Massini

 

Thank you very much for the clarification.

 

Maybe this is a controversial question but if you didn’t make the money to buy this car and it was given to you/inherited, is it more likely you will drive it around town at night and leave it parked on a street where a drunk octogenarian in a Rolls Royce might crash into it?

 

In broad terms, this is a Monteverdy interesting question.

 

Perhaps more importantly, at least in my mind, regardless how they obtained one, why would anyone bother using (or wasting ?) something like this for going to dinner in the city ?
Weren't these all intended and made for long distance, high speed leisure travel (= Gran Turismo) type driving with occasional racing in between ?


And low & behold, should some collision happen in any of the aforementioned cases, isn't that what proper insurance coverage/policy is for ?

 

I took these about 45 years ago at Willow Springs/CA.
Ed Swart's 2035 GT.

Marcel Massini

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Is that a chrome strip around the grill or just paint?

 

Chrome strip.

Marcel Massini

 

looks more like polished aluminum like the bumpers.

 

I find this question interesting. Part of me thinks if you’ve legitimately got the money to have a swb you should drive it without reservation. Even if it were hit the damage would be repairable and as much as these cars are rolling art, they should be driven and enjoyed. But the other part of me is aware to a much lesser degree (modest collection of cars) in how an owner cam feel responsible as a custodian of the car and it’s originality. Truth be told that dilemma is what keeps me from buying something like a comp 275 or even a F40, let alone a swb… I’d want to drive it but I’m not sure I could get past the concern of having it damaged while I owned it which may ruin the experience of attaining said car in the first place.

 

Interesting pov. I agree with your 1st one. If I worked my ass off to the point I was able to spend $10m for just one car, I would definitely drive it as much as I could. Bring on Tour Autos, Modena Cente Ore, Spa classics, Cavalcade etc. Chances are the car is no longer original anyway so if it crashes, it will be rebuilt in Modena or by Motion Products etc.

 

Marcel you must have been 3 years old when you took these pictures. You don’t look old enough to have taken pictures 45 years ago!

 

my pov, if you are worth $50m then its the same as if you were worth $1m back in 1963.
so do what they did and drive the hell out of it and enjoy life before your wife lets Mecum auction it.

 

There is a lot of room between not using it and trashing it. Not using it does not serve the purpose of owning an automobile - literally speaking, it is a moving object- unless you are a static museum owner. Trashing it does not serve the purpose either , unless you are Monteverde and winning at all cost is your goal.
You can use your car on the road , you can take it to events on the road or on the track, and I believe the risks are slightly lower than with a modern super car as the risk of the car being stolen is reduced as demand and ability to resell are reduced.
I did 12 MM, had one broken engine (424/564MD) one bang ( 310MM, in Florence , at a traffic light, car behind - a KIA- was hit by car behind it and hit me standing. )Small damage but 60 k euros for full repaint as the car was out of full repaint! Paid by their insurances.
Did 15 tour auto, two broken engine , 7781GT ( valve dropped at le Castellet) and 2563GT, poor engine preparation for the car I had just bought,,,
MCO one broken engine in Lancia Stratos which had done 3 TA before and some other races,,those blocks don’t age very well under high revs stress. Le Mans classic (5x with multiple cars each time) one engine in 300S Maserati, as we lost oil through a defective plug .
So lesson is that the risks to use the car is very limited if you are not over doing it, and I am talking of probably more than 100,000 km done with classics cars , Ferrari and others. The mechanical risks are inherent to using the car, specially if you are racing them or pushing them to what they were designed for.
I remember meeting some American participant at the first ( and only !!) 275 tour in 2004 who was complaining his car was misfiring, but also told me he never went over 3500 rpm. Told him I am running engines to 7500 rpm and they are clean. But they need rebuild from time to time. My Alfa GTA engines ( I have 2, Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login twin plugs, built by the wonderful Facetti brothers, both in their eighties,) develop 170 bhp, up to 8500 rpm but need rebuilt every 15-20 race hours depending how much you rev them. Driving it at Mugello next week,,,with some other cars,,,

 

Fantastic post, thank you.

 

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