Ferrari 250 GTO Evocazione Recreation 1969
General description :
1969 Ferrari 400i Speciale
Chassis number: F101CL23457
Registration Number: 2SXY
Coachwork: All alloy.
The 400i Speciale offered here is not a replica and it is not a re-creation, it is a fully fledged racing Ferrari ibased upon a 400i chassis & ffitted with a more modern 601HP V12 Ferrari engine from a 575 Maranello along with its associated gear box.
This beautiful & fearsome car has a hand-made sports style aluminium body, widened 4 inches to fit the shortened and stiffened Ferrari 400 chassis. Powered by a 2002 575 Maranello engine / transaxle. Individual throttle bodies and a well designed exhaust manifold lifted the power to 601bhp @ 8000rpm measured on the dyno – twice as much horse power as an original colubmo V12 engine.
Since the eighties Will Tomkins and his team of passionate engineers have been building and restoring historic and special road and race cars to release their utmost potential and style
After three decades of ownership the owner has decided to allow someone else the opportunity to own this special car.
The classic oval tubed Ferrari 400 chassis frame was shortened and built into a stiffened space frame, gas welded using traditional methods.
The body is 4 inches wider then the cars of the 1960's so should not be mistaken for a GTO as it is NOT a GTO, the extra material inserted in the wings giving the car its very distinctive and exciting appearance.
The original design incorporated the Ferrari 400 chassis, the solid bush suspension and splined hubs from a 365 GT4 and a dry sumped 365 4-cam engine with its centrally mounted five speed gear box. Exciting though this was the owner realised that he could take the car to a whole new level if he could find a way to fit the lighter and more powerful 575 engine.
Some fifteen years after its original incarnation the new engine was successfully fitted together with its six speed trans-axle. Amazingly the transplant saved 80kg and improved the weight distribution to its current 50/50 providing even better handling characteristics.
The remarkable feature of this car is that it can be used for popping to the shops or driven to the circuit where it will show a clean pair of heels to almost anyone.
The car is finished in Giallo Fly with black minimalist but comfortable racing seats inside & four point racing harnesses. The car is set up for racing with all the mods one might expect of a race car.
It is difficult to comprehend the performance of this car. We have had nothing quicker other then a La Ferrari. It is ferrociously fast being a true 200 MPH car & way way faster then the 1960's Ferraris ever were. The acceleration is relentless with what ever gear is currently slected seeingly making no dent in the performance. The is also beautifully balanced & in skilled hands on track can be drifted though the corners.
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1969 Ferrari 250 GTO Evocazione Recreation is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Grays by Vintage Prestige for £655000.
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Car type : Car Make : Ferrari Model : 250 GTO Evocazione Recreation Engine size : 0.0 Model Year : 1969 Sub type : Coupé Location : Essex
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About Ferrari
The first Ferrari road car was the 125 S introduced in 1947 and powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine, right? Well it's not quite that simple, Ferrari did in fact produce e Tipo 815, in 1940. Tipo 815 was designed by ex-Alfa Romeo engineers Alberto Massimino and Vittorio Bellentani and by Enrico Nardi under Enzo's company but legal issues with the former associate Alfa Romeo prevented Ferrari from launching the Ferrari marque at that point.
Enzo did produce a series of fine road cars in the 50's and 60's but they were merely to finance his true passion racing, wheather GT/Sports car or Grand Prix. The 50's saw the birth of Ferrari's most memorable cars, 250 GTB (tour de France) 250 Testa Rossa, 250 GT swb just to name a few.
Under the surface tension was growing though. In November 1961 long-time sales manager Girolamo Gardini made an ultimatum to Enzo: if tensions continued, he would leave the company. As a result, Gardini was ousted, as well as Scuderia Ferrari manager Romolo Tavoni, chief engineer Carlo Chiti, experimental sports car development chief Giotto Bizzarrini, and a number of others who stood by them.
Without Chiti and Bizzarrini the development of what was to become the most quintessential Ferrari and today the world's most expensive car, 250 GTO, was at a pivoting point. 250 GTO project was saved by a young engineer Mauro Forghieri and long-time racing bodyman Sergio Scaglietti who stepped in and took over the program with known results.
In addition to 250 GTO, Ferrari launced such master pieces as 250 LM, 250P, 275 GTB, 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" during the the 60's
By the late 60's Ferrari's prototypes' success came to a sudden halt by a new competitor, GT40. Ford turned to Lola to produce a Ferrari beating long distance racer after Enzo had cut the deal off with Henry Ford II making the latter absolutely boil with fury. The collaboration between Ford and Lola created the mighty Ford GT40 that gave Ferrari some heavy hits in Le Mans 24 to come.
By the end of the 60's FIAT purchased 50% of the company, starting a development that has led to a new mass-produced era of Ferraris.
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