My First Ferrari 250 GT SWB One-Off 3269 GT

I wish you had not sold it!

 

Hi,

Fantastic thread, sorry to chime in late, but out of curiosity, what bands did you play in???

Or which artists, what sort of music?

Great shot also that one with Nuccio Bertone standing next to the car.
It does look a lot like the Aston Martin JET, most likely designed at the same time?
These things were meant to be driven, regardless of rarity and value.

I crave for old photos with surfboards on racks, girlfriends, etc.

Did you ever take a photo of your kit in the car? where did the bass drum go? I bet you didn't use two!

Big respect!

Cheers,

Pekka T.
Fin.

 

Thanks Bill, I pretty much thought so. Little difficult to see from the Gooding pictures, but some with rear window details seem to suggest the current one might even be made of (green) lexan instead of glass. I'll take a closer look up in Monterey.

 

'Sharknose' Ferrari 250 Expected to Sell for $15M USD | HYPE...

is it your ex?

 

The shift gaiter looks different and the door cards don't seem to have the same detail. It always surprises me that these obvious mistakes are made.

 

What a thread!!!! At least you can say you drove it, and regularly at that!

 

A fantastic car either way but you wonder.

 

Fantastic to hear Bill. It's a shame it'll never really be driven again, but at least you put some miles on the clock early on in her life!

 

As far as you know, #3269 was presented in CC in miami in 1997. Now probably you didn t know
but French Tv makes a wonderful programme about the meeting and the car was presented.

 

Perhaps it should be kept in mind these might not always be "mistakes" but instead specific requests by the person commissioning the work at the time. Nothing new or unusual, even with rare or historically significant examples.
Kind of like a specific car having originally been color "X" but during some recent re-paint the color "Y" was chosen due to preference by the person paying for it...

 

I don't begrudge anyone using his property as he sees fit but do we really think that someone asked that the door cards be configured differently or that the shift gaiter be taller? Perhaps, but more likely an oversight.

 

For a car like this, it can't imagine someone would worry about saving a couple of bucks on the interior finish. I would guess it was a guess to what was original.

Either way, to each their own.

Is the center tunnel a dark green, or is it just the way the lighting looks?

 

I was just on tour with Charles Lloyd and he talked about owning a 275 four cam that flying tigers would fly from the east coast to the west coast for him at $300 a flight! He said he loved the car but it was some trouble. I asked was the four cam that much more a car then the twin cam, oh yeah he said. I said that I'd heard it didn't make that much difference unless you were really on it. Got a big smile on that one. Wanted to ask if he ever saw your car Bill but since everyone is so big on pseudonyms I couldn't remember your name. He liked cars back then but sold the 275 for a custom bodied Rolls. Shame.

 

Charles Lloyd as in "Forest Flower" Charles Lloyd? If so, very cool!!!!

 

By M. Siedentop, I believe.

Bob Z.
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