Real 250 GTO on ebay

Is it a blue one?

Best, Peter

 

What would it mean to the GTO with the not genuine GTO Chassis ? How much less would it be worth?

 

Give Ferrari the chassis, that would make an interesting project for their new 'classic program'. Need a new block-no problem they will cast it. If you don't have a part they will make it...
horse fan

 

Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around...

 

cheers to shaking up the old guard

--dAn

 

Watching attentively

 

Very interesting developement but I have to wonder what use an orginal chassis is without the body, though I am sure a body can be created to cloth the body....

Wonder if the value of this chassis is in fact quantifiable, makes one wonder if one of the orginal cars is what it proports to be.....

 

Have a look at www.mototechnique.com Kev's team rebuilt a 250 Gto earlier this year and by the looks of it it may have been just as easy (for people of this calibre) to recreate a complete new body, not forgeting that a large number of gto's have been rebodied over the past 44 years

 

There was a series one car with a series two body that went from Piper to Medlin and then was sold by Cluxton. There was always a considerable degree of doubt about its' pedigree? I some how feel that there will be lots of Lawyers involved in this one. David

 

True forgot about the restoration but I also thought rather incorrectly that due to their rarity most GTO's were largely original body wise and hadnt been rebodied...(you can see I am newbie in the Vintage section cant you)

 

I assume the auction will be only open to pre-approved bidders? Otherwise, whats to stop bored kid from just jacking up the price? It'll be interesting to see what it goes for.

 

Shall be interesting to follow that auction!

 

Someone post a link when it appears. No reserve... But will there be a high opening bid set?

Will be very interesting to see what it goes for... Any guesses? Anyone think I'm crazy at suggesting $3M assuming it is the original chassis.

 

If it's been certified by Ferrari that it is one of the original chassis and as such is the only car allowed to use that chassis number then $3m sounds almost a bargain, after all as you can now have Ferrari build the rest of the running gear (or indeed as I suspect in this case the whole of the car bar the chassis) whats that going to run to $1-2m?

It'll be interesting to see if anybody from Fchat steps up and buys it

 

How much are current series I cars going for? What about series II? The only number that comes to my mind is the $14mm in the 80s (Japan). Those prices were too much like the rest of F-cars then so have prices fallen a lot more? Maybe 1/2?

Does the GTO with the other chassis have the original engine and body, but false chassis?

S*** has really hit the fan.

 

A some time ago I was discussing the apperent classic car price buble with a friend of mine and it was said that an incident like this, if misinterpreted, can bring the whole market down. I' m looking forward to see as the situation evolves

 

Might be a stupid question, but why do people put cars like this on ebay? I understand that it's usually just to get publicity out, then it is taken down just before selling. Just because the traffic through ebay I guess, but who searches for an original GTO? I have found myself searching from highest to lowest price with a blank search box and commonly find an Enzo as the first thing on the list.. along with motorhomes and limos.

Peter Hatch

 

Being the car that everyone recognizes most the series 1 is THE most valuable
Late 80's maybe $14 mil
Early 90's dropped to $4 mil
Late 90's climbed maybe $8 mil.
Now maybe $10 - 14 mil. again

Or maybe not, I mean how many change hands, and each car is judged by it's own merits and I guess an original would go for double a non original

 

My money is on chassis #4675. That being said if I own the chassis to a car and you own everything else who owns the car? If I take my chassis and have everything else built from scratch don't I own a replica or recreation? There are several D Type Jaguars and Type 35 Bugattis that suffer from this dilemma. I believe that there is a lot to be said for continuos history and who has held title to the car all these years.

 

I'm with David on which one it is. We shall see....

 

I am not at liberty to go into detail but one would be very wrong to think the frame could possibly have once been fitted to either 3445/GT or 4675/GT both of which have known original and well documented frames, histories etc...

I have spent ample time with both and niether has any type of frame issue whatsoever.

The bare chassis in question is from another well known car. The frame is the original first fitted by Ferrari but a well worn-out one that was fatigued during it period race career. A second frame was fitted during is rather busy life in period and the family retained the original after selling the car many many years ago. Both frames are original being both made and sold by Ferrari.

I believe the family sees Ebay as a way of achieving a fair and retail sale at whatever the market will bare.

At this point the only issues holding them up are the tax consequences which they are working to resolve.

Nuf said!

 

Thanks for the info Bill