Pics of vintages I find/see on the net.

In the slums.

Marcel Massini

 

12735, back in its original Nocciola 106-M-27 (from 1976 to 2018 it was re-sale red), owned since a couple years by a Swiss car dealer.

Marcel Massini

 

No, wrong wheels.

Marcel Massini

 

RW 4301?

 

Both the Fleetwood and the Kadett are kool.

Marcel Massini

 

Do you need glasses Marcel ?

 

Yes, quite. I for one refuse to believe that Marcel Massini himself is ignoring the elephant in the room: in the foreground of that photo there is an Aston Martin DB4 convertible(!).

 

in Monaco you need a Cabriolet and not a Coupe

 

What's 'up' with the windscreen wipers?

 

Can we assume he's ignoring the GTO because it's a replica ?

 

Replica GTO's did not exist back then, they were just beat up obsolete racing cars.

 

And therefore about to be rebodied!
Here's 4091 GT again, at the same place. Slightly better view than in post #6334, and taken a couple mins later.

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Oh! My favorite GTO (along with 5575GT which I had the privilege to drive of course!) before its rebody, never seen it like that, so very, very early in its life....photo is a few years older than I thought (I believed later in the sixties).

 

Yes, and here's another view of the original 4091 GT at the stairs to Hotel de Paris in Monaco.
Glad you like the pix.
Please enjoy a fabulous weekend.

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I presume GTO uses the Lucas 6WA unit like other Ferrari cars at that time, where a contact problem will disable parking of the blades. Contact problems were common as Italian male bullets were forced into English Lucas female connectors and they are quite different. When the parking manouvre does not work you can just turn the system off when the wiper arms reach the farthest position in their normal operation range - which is quite high up. Fixing the issue was not very easy as they there are 6 wires and the ground connection is missing in the wiring circuit. Very useful system in a fast car as in normal operation wipers do not need to force them all the way down, which would make them work very slo-o-ow in high speeds.

Photo would hardly be taken in the 1970s as the Kadett introduced in 1963 is the newest car that can be identified. Coupe de Ville is a 1960, Peugeot 404 was introduced in 1960, TR4 in 1961... Makes me wonder if that would be a brand new car photographed before its racing career...

 

Rome to Monaco in a new GTO, that is the spirit of grand touring!

 

The Cadillac was waiting for an open berth in the harbor.

 

1807 GT. Love it- hello old friend.