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On the build sheet for 0136E, it states that the motor seized while on test. Is this the motor that turned up later in Italy, whilst a second,...
I just saw a photo of my old 212 Barchetta at Pebble Beach Concours. Why was it restored with such glaring mistakes? I checked out the history...
I owned my 212 Barchetta for about 20 years, and it was a great little useable car, and unlike this replica, it was almost pretty. It was also...
What a waste of time and energy. It looks like a good job, but there was never a left hand drive Barchetta !
My old GTO leaked like an old bucket. In 1982 when we took part in the 20 years of the GTO event at Mas Du Clos, the members of the French FOC...
THanks El Wayne
In the early 70's, when I restored my 2 212s, I painted the panels in the engine bay a shade of semi matt black. Several "experts" told me that...
Hi, I have these available at $200.00 the pair, including mailing. These are better than the originals, as they are engineered to stay up when...
Some time in the Early 70's, I tried to track down an Ex Filipinetti 512M, which I thought would go well with my Ex Filipinetti 250GTO and 250LM...
I just saw the thread ! It's my old car 3527 in Paris AGAIN. I was last there with the car in 82 for the 20th anniversary of the GTO. I...
I think that you will find that there were more than 3 of these cars made. I remember at least 2 of them being for sale at one time in England....
A scary experience. On my own 212 Coupe, I found that the best brake lining ( unless it was like my Barchetta, which had 1950's disc brakes...
Take a look at javansportscars.com The Javan R1 is as quick as an Atom, is a more sophisticated and well sorted car. How do I know? I have...
Having driven my GTO and LM on the street for many years, and enjoyed every moment, this thread brought back earlier memories. When I was 12, my...
If you'd lived with a real GTO in the garage for many years, as I had, and seen all of the other genuine GTOs at various times, It is very easy to...
I had to smile , when reading the comments about how the 250 GTE motor is lacking in torque. This may be true when compared to today's hi-tech,...
Hi Marcel, As you know, Pierre De Siebenthal bought my old 275LM #6119 from Filipinetti. Robbie Box told me the story about how Pierre had agreed...
Nice to see my old car #3527 on the cover. I haven't been able to find the book yet though.. Don
I used my old GTO for going to work, taking kids to school, raced it, hillclimbed it, vacationed in it, and if I had to park somewhere on the...
Just to add a little more gas to the fire ! When I was assembling my Ferrari collection in the 70's/80s, I was fortunate to own 2 ex Filipinetti...