The 296 GTS Picture Thread

I did not know painted shields were offered on a 296

 

I have painted shields on my f8 love the look and rarity

 

Love it, than you for this but… why do people take pics sideways?

 

too lazy to turn their phone sideways

 

Just arrived at home…
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On the floor at the local dealer.
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Congratulations!

 

Really nice !!! What color is it ?

 

It might be Giallo Montecarlo?

 

Yes - correct!

 

Congrats, such an early delivery!

 

Thanks,
I ordered the car on the day of the presentation (last year April) and was told to expect 12-14 months until delivery - seems to be the first for my dealer in Luxemburg…

 

Bronzo Cauley and Dino Orange.
The late 1960's flower power era with those fabulous colors was simply great. Remember Woodstock?

Marcel Massini

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True. And a coincidence.
Thanks to the color allocation for race cars had been reorganized in the 1930s and after.
Ferrari inherited the red from American race cars.
Could also have white/blue, the succeeding color on US cars.,l

 

There is some ambiguity there. Some say that the Rosso Corsa was established in the 1920s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_auto_racing_colours
Fascinating history stuff!

 

Could also be the case.
In fact, the red F1 cars after WW2 were by far not the first ones in Ferraris race car history.

 

The first Ferrari race car was in red.
Also the Alfa Romeos that Scuderia Ferrari raced, before building its own cars, were red, if I am not mistaken

 

Yes.
Found another link saying red (Rosso Corsa) was used by Italien race cars from the 20th. Alfa etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosso_corsa
Actually it is save Ferrari used it on all F1 cars from 1964 and most of other race cars (blue tdf as one exception) far back into the 20th or 30th.
Yellow which was the first official company coat most likely originated from the city coat of Modena, the first location of the company.
Rumors say, yellow was the most favorable color of Enzo because he was very much in fond of sunflowers…
PS: Congrats on the victory against the Spurs last weekend…✌️⚽️

 

cost of painted shields?

 

Around $12k.