Great audio on a great car. . I was 8 years old and saw a light metallic blue version of this car as I walked to school. I will NEVER FORGET that moment. It was the first Ferrari I ever saw. Love this car!!
750 out of 1,000 is a good survivor-ship rate. Considering there are cars that were made in the hundreds of thousands and there are less of them in existence. These 250 GTE's are pretty good value for a vintage 60's Ferrari. You can get a nice one for less than $500,000 USD.
Closest I came was polishing the Borrani's of the GTE, owned by Hans Hugenholtz, the track designer of Zandvoort, Suzuka and Jarama, to name a few. He was a friend of the family, so he asked me if I could polish his wheels, because he wanted to sell the car. Took me a couple of days to get the job done, but somehow it felt like an honor to work on those beautiful Borrani's.
I was lucky to have owned a series II 250 GT/E #3597 from 1982-1988 and it was modified with covered headlights (ala 250 GTO style, and a very nice addition). I understand it was one of two that was probably modified in Italy by Tom Meade in the 60's, but not by Ferrari or Pinin Farina. It was, at that time, a entry level Ferrari and I enjoyed the short ownership as my first Ferrari. It is now a Vintage race car in Europe and has appreciated quite well. dt.
40mm webers were standard, until they figured out the 3-litre engine puts out equal performance with cheaper 36mm. Ferrari did not actually offer "power packs" - when they figured out how to improve the engine, the improvements were made standard. That's one of the things that make these cars so great!
Although I like the GTE very much, in my opinion the SWB and Lusso are masterpieces, styling wise. I'm not sure how their fender and dash could be interpreted as strange looking.
yea me too, but the SWB look's funky from certain angle's,and the lusso is the same way. too much in the front, but not enough in the back to make it look right. not porportioned right, look at the lambo 400GT,,, clean sheet. not too much either way, balanced look and good line's. Pininfarina was into this rounded teardrop look.on the Lusso Ive always seen this on thart car. and the SWB was wide squat, and rounded on the back end.
this car is wayyy better the line's are way better than the lusso or the 330 Mk 1, better looking than a lusso and alot more rommy and less strange looking in the fender's and dash than the SWB, or lusso. clean simple line's are what makes this GTE so likable, you can use it it's functional and your not feeling like it's a guided missle like the mid engine car of the 70's, Ill take a dk green one with biscuit interior, and the crommodora disc wheels with the small hole's in them.
The 275 GTB was like that too. bulbous. wide and no room for the driver. Portly looking from the front,with no line to the wheel well's, they look like they were just cut out with tin snip's. 275 GTS, Dino Daytona, GTC-4,Boxer are all better looking, and more thought out.
all i see is old guys and snob crowd around ferraris, its soo fake and phony its rediculous, tired of all the bragging and snog attitude around these car's, Ive been a Nut on them for yrs, but not to listen to this junk at show's
Great audio on a great car.
. I was 8 years old and saw a light metallic blue version of this car as I walked to school. I will NEVER FORGET that moment. It was the first Ferrari I ever saw. Love this car!!
I could watch this video days on end!
This is a very special Ferrari for sure!
750 out of 1,000 is a good survivor-ship rate. Considering there are cars that were made in the hundreds of thousands and there are less of them in existence.
These 250 GTE's are pretty good value for a vintage 60's Ferrari. You can get a nice one for less than $500,000 USD.
One of my favorite ferraris! i hope to find one in a barn some day
Closest I came was polishing the Borrani's of the GTE, owned by Hans Hugenholtz, the track designer of Zandvoort, Suzuka and Jarama, to name a few. He was a friend of the family, so he asked me if I could polish his wheels, because he wanted to sell the car. Took me a couple of days to get the job done, but somehow it felt like an honor to work on those beautiful Borrani's.
hi guy you are right on in talking about it,
I was lucky to have owned a series II 250 GT/E #3597 from 1982-1988 and it was modified with covered headlights (ala 250 GTO style, and a very nice addition). I understand it was one of two that was probably modified in Italy by Tom Meade in the 60's, but not by Ferrari or Pinin Farina. It was, at that time, a entry level Ferrari and I enjoyed the short ownership as my first Ferrari. It is now a Vintage race car in Europe and has appreciated quite well. dt.
Very nice. What chassis # is that?
Mr. Barnabuy brokge sorry if I spell you name wrong do you build cars for a living if so I have a 1960 Ferrari 250 gte
40mm webers were standard, until they figured out the 3-litre engine puts out equal performance with cheaper 36mm. Ferrari did not actually offer "power packs" - when they figured out how to improve the engine, the improvements were made standard. That's one of the things that make these cars so great!
Although I like the GTE very much, in my opinion the SWB and Lusso are masterpieces, styling wise. I'm not sure how their fender and dash could be interpreted as strange looking.
That's what I thought too, that it had a longer wheelbase than the SWB.
Only slightly because of the trunk, which is why he said “it’s basically a SWB with a trunk.”
yea me too, but the SWB look's funky from certain angle's,and the lusso is the same way.
too much in the front, but not enough in the back to make it look right. not porportioned right,
look at the lambo 400GT,,,
clean sheet. not too much either way, balanced look and good line's.
Pininfarina was into this rounded teardrop look.on the Lusso Ive always seen this on thart car.
and the SWB was wide squat, and rounded on the back end.
And longer wheel base.
this car is wayyy better the line's are way better than the lusso or the 330 Mk 1,
better looking than a lusso and alot more rommy and less strange looking in the fender's and dash than the SWB, or lusso.
clean simple line's are what makes this GTE so likable,
you can use it it's functional and
your not feeling like it's a guided missle like the mid engine car of the 70's,
Ill take a dk green one with biscuit interior, and the crommodora disc wheels with the small hole's in them.
The 275 GTB was like that too. bulbous. wide and no room for the driver.
Portly looking from the front,with no line to the wheel well's, they look like they were just cut out with tin snip's.
275 GTS, Dino Daytona, GTC-4,Boxer are all better looking, and more thought out.
thier just raydot mirror's no big thing,
all i see is old guys and snob crowd around ferraris, its soo fake and phony its rediculous,
tired of all the bragging and snog attitude around these car's,
Ive been a Nut on them for yrs, but
not to listen to this junk at show's