"71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors" (adamprotter)
06/28/2015 at 23:51 • Filed to: None
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"71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors" (adamprotter)
06/28/2015 at 23:51 • Filed to: None | 8
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I think it’s a Testarossa, and not the 512 kind. Found in a very wealthy part of SoCal
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Initially I thought it was a replica of the 1959/60 250 Testa Rossa, but after close examination, it appears to be a 1959 Ferrari 196 S Dino, which was Ferrari’s attempt at a reliable V6 engined race car, and it’s genuine. Only 3 were made, and that one is the second one. Here’s another pic of it. Excellent find!
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phenotyp
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 00:01 |
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Looks like a 250TR... Of course my initial reaction is always that if you see it on the street, it's a kit, but still, daaaaaamn.
Dsscats
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 00:03 |
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Looks like a very well done kit!
AM3R shamefully returns
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 00:04 |
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Looks like an RX450h F-sport. Pretty rare in that color..
Just kidding, I’m not the biggest Ferrari aficionado but looks like a 250TR to me. Nice find!
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 00:05 |
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That would be a 250TR aka Testa Rossa, probably 1958-61. Only the 57 had Scaglietti bodywork with pontoon front fenders and a central engine nacelle. The front fenders got more integrated, and less separated, under Pininfarina and Carrozzeria styling, like the car pictured above.
If this is not a replica, it is a 15-20 million dollar car being parked on the street. Only 34 250TRs were built.
And a replica probably wouldn’t bother being right-hand-drive for a US customer.
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> phenotyp
06/29/2015 at 00:06 |
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Of course, you always assume it’s a kit, but I’ve seen original pre war Bugatti at the same Cars and Coffee, so you never know
stuttgartobsessed
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 00:21 |
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Fairly certain it’s a kit. Well done, but not an original. Something seems off with the panel gaps/wheel arches/dimensions.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 00:26 |
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I need to see the fittings and some stuff up close. Was it aluminum? In person you can tell if its a gel coated glass fiber or something easily, also the interior mechanicals and fittings are pretty hard to copy with patina etc.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 00:28 |
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Well there are very real looking replicas, could be, but still worth a couple hundred K or more for that kind of work.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Dsscats
06/29/2015 at 00:29 |
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Well there are these replicas, can’t call this a kit, but not real. Probably a Ferrari engine.
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Dsscats
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
06/29/2015 at 00:46 |
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Reminds me of a photo a Facebook friend posted of his 275
GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 01:16 |
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Initially I thought it was a replica of the 1959/60 250 Testa Rossa, but after close examination, it appears to be a 1959 Ferrari 196 S Dino, which was Ferrari’s attempt at a reliable V6 engined race car, and it’s genuine. Only 3 were made, and that one is the second one. Here’s another pic of it. Excellent find!
Source: http://www.conceptcarz.com/z24213/Ferrari…
904 GTS
> stuttgartobsessed
06/29/2015 at 01:19 |
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Originals NEVER had perfect panel gaps/wheel arches/dimensions since they were hand built. Seldom you would find left and right sides to be exactly the same. After all, they were just made for one purpose in those days - to be raced.
PERFECT beauty Queens are inventions of restorers, remember...
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904 GTS
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 01:54 |
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Question: Is it really every Sunday now? Some years ago, it was last Sunday of the month...
No wonder it looked familiar, that street. I come through there at least two or three times every late Summer but never Sunday. May have to make a special trip...
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> Dsscats
06/29/2015 at 02:04 |
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1959 Dino 246 Fantuzzi Spider Chassis No. 0778
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> GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus
06/29/2015 at 02:11 |
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That’s inconceivably rare, thank you so much for finding that.
bmil128
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 07:47 |
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It’s a 246S Dino, owned by Bruce McCaw
https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/vintage-…
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stuttgartobsessed
> 904 GTS
06/29/2015 at 11:24 |
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Right. I get that. But something just seems...off.
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904 GTS
> stuttgartobsessed
06/29/2015 at 11:46 |
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Trust you did see the subsequent post identifying the car correctly, at Pebble Beach Concourse of Elegance, no less. Since only cars with impeccable provenances get invited to those incredible greens, that alone proves the car is indeed real, no doubt.
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GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
06/29/2015 at 12:27 |
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You’re very welcome! I’m always glad to search the internet for 50s Ferraris.