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[Oneball]

A busy afternoon in the workshop on the 66 R16.
Straightened up the damaged sills from people jacking in the wrong places.
Rear wheel cylinders were seized and leaking.
Master cylinder leaking at the pedal but was saved after a strip down.
A full fluid change.
Headlights out and fitted later halogen ones.
Removed the front fog lights and won those from the customer.
Love working on the old stuff so satisfying.
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Theyve been shagging! When did the 3rd one arrive?

 

[philw696]

Theyve been shagging! When did the 3rd one arrive?

Third one on the lift is a customer car who found me and wanted me to go through his car so a paying job

 

[Tallman]

Only 4 built and all survive (although it’s complicated), must be one of the most beautiful Maserati's. Reminds me a bit of one of my other all time favourites, the Ferrari 250 SWB from this angle. Poise, aggression, elegance, power all at once.

 

[Oneball]

I’ve got a funny feeling they only did 4 like that after Enzo got uppity with Pinnifarina. Can’t think why!

 

[Tallman]

I’ve got a funny feeling they only did 4 like that after Enzo got uppity with Pinnifarina. Can’t think why!
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These are now so expensive, the only option is this for close to a Mil:

GTO Engineering - The Ferrari Specialist - Revival Series

The 250 SWB Revival and 250 TR Revival models are strictly enhanced, improved or rebuilt at the GTO Engineering UK headquarters, using the team’s extensive knowledge, know-how, historical technical drawings and industry insight.

www.gtoengineering.com

 

[Oneball]

These are now so expensive, the only option is this for close to a Mil:

GTO Engineering - The Ferrari Specialist - Revival Series

The 250 SWB Revival and 250 TR Revival models are strictly enhanced, improved or rebuilt at the GTO Engineering UK headquarters, using the team’s extensive knowledge, know-how, historical technical drawings and industry insight.

www.gtoengineering.com

I do like the early cars. https://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sal...etition_cars/ferrari_250_gt_pinin_farina.html

 

[Harry]

This one was next to me at Brooklands, they took it home when it started drizzling. The owner was nice and he said he doesn’t like trusting the seals!

 

[Oneball]

This one was next to me at Brooklands, they took it home when it started drizzling. The owner was nice and he said he doesn’t like trusting the seals!

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330 I think. Doesnt look quite right without the bumper.

 

[Harry]

Having looked in my “all the Ferrari’s” book, I think it was a 275 GTB, I was told and then promptly forgot the number. I know it had a major refurb. I wonder whether the little chrome bumpers that would have been either side of the grill(e) were taken off then and replaced with the wrap around lights under the head lights. Not that I know anything. I wish I’d taken more photos, but they’d gone by the time I went back to my car. I just remember the grill gives it a bit of a sad expression!

 

[Oneball]

Having looked in my “all the Ferrari’s” book, I think it was a 275 GTB, I was told and then promptly forgot the number. I know it had a major refurb. I wonder whether the little chrome bumpers that would have been either side of the grill(e) were taken off then and replaced with the wrap around lights under the head lights. Not that I know anything. I wish I’d taken more photos, but they’d gone by the time I went back to my car. I just remember the grill gives it a bit of a sad expression!

330GT


275GTB

 

[Zep]

I found this bad-*** mean machine lurking in the back streets of Naples at the weekend.

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Via Arco Mirelli. About 100 yards from my grandparents house.

 

[Harry]

330GT
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275GTB
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Ah yes, you are definitely right! I realised you can see the posts where the old bumper was attached. They aren’t machine gun barrels.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Via Arco Mirelli. About 100 yards from my grandparents house.

Your grandparents must have legs like tree-trunks and not wear Pirelli-soled boots. They'd be forever sliding downhill, losing grip on the corners and generally causing chaos on those slippery cobbled streets if they made the mistake of wearing Italian-soled footwear.

 

[Scaf]

These are now so expensive, the only option is this for close to a Mil:

GTO Engineering - The Ferrari Specialist - Revival Series

The 250 SWB Revival and 250 TR Revival models are strictly enhanced, improved or rebuilt at the GTO Engineering UK headquarters, using the team’s extensive knowledge, know-how, historical technical drawings and industry insight.

www.gtoengineering.com

GTO just up the road from my office, keep meaning to arrange a visit, and by coincidence a MK1 mini O once owned was restored by them for one of the sons.
I think their cars start at £750k

 

[Oneball]

Bob Bondurant passed away last week, often credited with starting more people off in motor racing than any other with his race school as well as winning the World Sportscar Championship

 

[Tallman]

Only 4 built and all survive (although it’s complicated), must be one of the most beautiful Maserati's. Reminds me a bit of one of my other all time favourites, the Ferrari 250 SWB from this angle. Poise, aggression, elegance, power all at once.

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For those interested in the story of the Maserati A6GCS, here is a link with pics of all of them in some guise or other (there were switches of bodies, conversions to spyders and extra chassis‘ / bodies made) as well as the story with the Pinin Farina /Ferrari conundrum - interestingly from a very well informed Russian site!

https://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1954_maserati_a6gcs_berlinetta/

 

[Tallman]

Bob Bondurant passed away last week, often credited with starting more people off in motor racing than any other with his race school as well as winning the World Sportscar Championship

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Sad, but what a lovely car, the Daytona Coupe. They make one here in SA now, I must say I have peeked a sneak many a time and been tempted. I once drove a replica Cobra with a 7.2l 3-speed (!). It didn’t really matter in which gear you had it with lower speeds, it bolted like lightning in any of them.

https://www.superformance.com/news-article/superformance-owners-tour-south-africa

https://www.superformance.com/

 

[Scaf]

Sad, but what a lovely car, the Daytona Coupe. They make one here in SA now, I must say I have peeked a sneak many a time and been tempted. I once drove a replica Cobra with a 7.2l 3-speed (!). It didn’t really matter in which gear you had it with lower speeds, it bolted like lightning in any of them.

https://www.superformance.com/news-article/superformance-owners-tour-south-africa

https://www.superformance.com/

Friend of mine has a SA super performance 427 Cobra - it certainly is an awesome bit of kit

 

[Oneball]

Sad, but what a lovely car, the Daytona Coupe. They make one here in SA now, I must say I have peeked a sneak many a time and been tempted. I once drove a replica Cobra with a 7.2l 3-speed (!). It didn’t really matter in which gear you had it with lower speeds, it bolted like lightning in any of them.

https://www.superformance.com/news-article/superformance-owners-tour-south-africa

https://www.superformance.com/

Superformance made the GT40s and Cobras for the Le Mans 66 film.

 

[philw696]

Some nice Cibie lights here in the workshop.