There are several '60s 250 GTOs and SWBs to be seen here: http://www.motorsport.com/photos/select.asp?Y=2004&S=VINTAGE&E=Monterey_Historics/Saturday_Ferrari_demonstr#
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:37:25PM -0500, graywolf wrote: > Not to mention one of the best looking cars ever built. A red 250GT SWB > Berlinetta tearing up Telegraph road in the middle of the night at > 135mph. Memories are made of things like that. > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > >On Mar 31, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Christian wrote: > > > >>A friend had a 1985 Testarossa. Fun car, but it really ruined the > >>Ferrari mystique for me. While it sounded amazing and was awesome to > >>drive, the fit and finish was no better than my 86 Hyundai. The > >>interior finish was absolutely atrocious. I understand they are > >>better now, but I've not been able to drive a newer model. > > > > > >I don't know about that, Christian. Ferraris, at least the old ones, > >were never all that well finished in terms of upholstery and paint. > >They put all their money on the mechanicals and attended to the > >interior with casual "it doesn't make it go any faster" panache. My all > >time favorites, the 1961-62 250SWBs, were little more than racing cars > >with a couple of leather seats and a floor mat, road lighting. Forget > >air conditioning, sound deadening, and all that rubbish. > > > >But, man, they were fun to drive! > > > >Godfrey > > > >
