GTO "Tribute" car

Judging from ongoing F-chat logic, this would therefore be a REAL car. Other cars have non-original bodies, questionable chassis with no clear origin, and assorted vintage parts and they are heralded as being REAL.
Yep,.....that's a real 250GTO.

 

I'm going to pretend Arlie didn't reply and just post some pics from this thread:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60273

It's as close as you can possibly get to the real thing, and no one is pretending that it's something it's not. 650K for a ground-up replica is worth it, IMHO.

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Bob Smith? Really I didn't know re did reproductions???? Any word on if that is the case???

 

Fantastic car!


$650K ? Are they freaking CRAZY? Thats not only way off what I think market value for such a car would be, its absurd. I have seen other "duplicate" quality GTO replicas sell for between $150K and $275K.

I will be shocked if that car sells for anywhere near that price.



Terry

 

Let's see.......$650K for a genuine 275GTB/4, or $650K for a......REPLICA?

 

Actually may have more original parts than some real GTO's floating around. Arlie has no idea when he stumbles upon wisdom.

 

I'm with Terry on this one. Thomas Hamann has one built by David Piper listed for $249k. Here's the link:

http://www.hamannclassiccars.com/listing/1963_Ferrari_330GTO_Recreation_(ex_David_Piper).html

That said, asking prices for older V-12s of all types are going through the roof. It's as if they take asking prices from a year ago, double them and then add a few more hundred grand for good measure. Buyer beware.

 

Id prefer the one for 250K, bc id drive it! and they are ferrari parts..might as well have made a GTO; if the history of ur car matters, guess its not for u...

 

Even a blind squirel finds a nut every now and then.

 

You got the squirrel part right
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Fchat needs a built in spell check...

 

For that matter, for $650k you could get a 500 Superfast (1 of 36) with enough change left over to buy a 360CS or two for the track days.

Or a 365 California (1 of 14)!

 

I wouldn't spend that amount of money on a reproduction, but they did a beautiful job.

Given that a perfect reproduction was not able to meet the 300k reserve on ebay a while ago, I'd think the market is not willing to pay these amounts.

 

even if it is true that all the assembled bits are from Ferraris, this would be deemed an "unauthorized rebody" of a Ferrari 250GTE under Rule 10 of the IAC/PFA concours rules and would therefore not qualify to be judged (as either a GTO or GTE); it could be in a "display only" class, however.

 

Interesting. You indicate that it would be an "unauthorized rebody" of a Ferrari 250GTE. What if the car in question was an "unauthorized rebody" of a frame that had no actual Ferrari identification marks or serial number stampings at all? What would the "officials" call that car, and how would they classify it? Wouldn't it basically just be a fake or a kit car built with some Ferrari parts?

 

Give it up Arlie. Same section, different thread for what you're getting at.

 

I only research sports racers from the 1950s. There are more or less 10 places on such a car where various numbers are located that I would use to verify a car. The telaio plate is only one of them. I have no clue where such stampings or other identifiers are located on a Ferrari race car after 1960.

While I understand the intention of rule 10, its application sometimes provides unhappy or unsatisfying results as in the case of the Breadvan technically not being eligible for class judging. At the very least, however, well-known cars such as the Breadvan, other Nembo and Fantuzzi re-bodies, and certain Meade creations should always be welcome w/ open arms for display.

 

Hello,


650 K for a replica !!!

I'll let this one go for 275 000 €, built by Terry Hoyle and never used.

http://www.florentmoulin.com/web/vehicules-en-vente-_00.01.02.00.0000_topfiche_2.html


Florent MOULIN

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http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=134908230&postcount=7

 

Oh brother.

If he does not want to sell, then why is the car consigned and advertised?

Sure, you can vintage race it with groups like HSR, or other very loose organizations but they would also let you vintage race a 280Z based replica if you pay the entrace fee! Goodwood Revival? Monterey? Cavallino? Ferrari Historic Challenge? I think not. Why do you think the original owner sold it after his lie was discovered?

Provenance? LOL! I am literally laughing my butt off at that one! Modern vintage race history, gained as the car was used under a LIE, is not "provenance".

"Tribute" car? And that is different from "replica" in what way? A GTO replica built from a properly cut and modified GTE chassis is at least a real Ferrari. Its a rebodied GTE. This car has NO Ferrari serial number at all.

There are a good number of GTO replicas built to just as high a standard by shops equally skilled and using the same quality and type of parts that can be purchased for 50% of this cars price.

Hey, I am not knocking the car. I REALLY like the car. I would love to own one and if I did I would race it. But asking $650K for this car would be like me asking $450K for my Daytona simply because its a REALLY NEAT Daytona and I really like it. Thats all fine and dandy, but it does not change market reality.


Terry

 

This car was on "display only" at the Century City FCA show a few months ago. It is, indeed, gorgeous, but that having been said no different from several others of its ilk. $150k to $300k seems to be the market.

 

Terry and Rob,

Well said; you're both exactly right.

I'm always amused at the spin used to describe a fake, er, pardon me, a "tribute" car. (That's a new one for me. It's still a fake.)

O.F.