Ferrari Mailing List: Fwd: Ferrari 308/288 GTO/GTU Race Car (January 9th, 2012)

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

another one.

Robert W. Garven Jr.

rgarven [at] gmail.com

 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few." Enzo Ferrari

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Noon <billnoon [at] symbolicmotors.com>

Subject: Ferrari 308/288 GTO/GTU Race Car (January 9th, 2012)

Date: January 9, 2012 1:53:27 PM PST

To: <rgarven [at] gmail.com>

Reply-To: billnoon [at] symbolicmotors.com

Year        1981
Make       Ferrari
Model      308/288  GTO/GTU
Type        IMSA  Race  Car
VIN          ZFFAA02A7A0033183
Eng. No.  01955
Engine     Tipo F105C  (3.2-liter, V8)
Milage     TMU (Race Car Only)

Are you ready for some ridiculously fun  on your  favorite  track.... If
the answer is no... delete this email  and  don't  even  bother  wasting
your time reading it further.

If you are a fan  of well  documented,  historically  accurate,  Ferrari
Factory Team, Classiche Certified Period Race Cars... then this  also is
not going to be even remotely of interest to you.

If you do however love to race and play on the track, wish  to  do so in
a Ferrari and are looking for maximum fun at minimal cost...  then guess
what... this just might  be  worth  looking  into  a bit  more  closely.

Thirty years ago this Ferrari started out life as  a normal  production,
road-registered and titled "street" car. Today except for still  being a
"titled" vehicle, it is a mere shadow of  it's  original  configuration.

33183's early ownership and history are unknown and  even  if  they were
it would most likely be impossible boring  and  hardly  worth  repeating
anyway.

Construction and conversion work as a  race  car  started  in  the early
1990s. It was built at the time to the IMSA GTO/GTU rules that  required
stock chassis,  suspension,  engine  block,  heads  and  silhouette body
work. You could basically add or delete  just  about  anything  else and
reinforce where  needed  plus  add  in  the mandatory  safety  features.

The body is  based  on  the homologated  288GTO  program and
extremely beautiful giving  the  car a  clean  and  clear  appearance of
going 200+ mph while standing still!

The design and construction of this car went all out but  the  work took
far too long and when done in the mid-90s, rules  changes  made  the car
obsolete and the new owner, ArtSports stored  the  car  with  occasional
track use during "club" days only.

Not long ago the  car  was  updated  with  a  new  3.2-liter  engine and
programable MOTEC fuel-injection, dash  and  engine  management  control
systems.  The brakes  were  upgrated  to BREMBO   double-pot,   floating
caliper systems  with  dual  circuits  and  fitted  to cross-drilled and
ventilated calipers at all four corners. 18-inch wheels and
massively-wide  tires  now  fill  all   four   wheel-arches.   Hydraulic
actuation for the brakes and clutch  is  by Tilden  with  a lock-out for
parking as well as cockpit  controlled  balance,  both  fore  and aft. A
full compliment of safety  features  including  fire-supressoin  system,
race seat and belts  as well  as  front  and  rear  tow-hooks  have been
carefully integrated  into  the car's  construction.  A  full  roll-cage
which is rigidly welded and  integral  with  the  car'  s frame  ensures
maximum safety as well as stiffening of the car's handling
considerably.

The programable MOTEC fuel-injection and digital dash monitoring  system
are state of the art and both easy to use and  extremely  reliable. Body
work is fully-modular and can be completely removed and refitted  by two
people in less than 10 minutes! The car has no accident damage  and very
little indication of the limited track use it has had in years  gone by.
The motor  currently  has only  set-up  and  dyno  time  and produces in
excess of 300bhp at less than 7,000rpm!  A compression  check  just last
week produced perfect results with individuals  cylinder's  ranging from
180-190lbs cold! The original build cost likely exceeded  many  hundreds
of thousands of dollars but today, just $99,000 will see  it trade hands
if it meets your needs.

What do you get for your  money....  some  serious  track-side  fun that
simply cannot be duplicated with any other Ferrari  for  even  twice the
price anywhere ever!

This is clearly  the ideal  candidate  for a  variety  of  historic race
sanctioning groups as well as obnoxious  fun  at the  next  Ferrari Club
track gathering  where  you  are  guaranteed  to  have  the only  one in
attendance!

The following are also available at this time for  inspection,  purchase
and word-wide delivery:

-1954 Alfa Romeo 1900CSS
-1954 MG  TF  Roadster
-1960  Cadillac  Series 62Fleetwood 2-door Convertible
-1960 Chevrolet Impala 2-door Convertible
-1961  Jaguar  XK150SE  FHC
-1961  Mercedes    Benz 220SE "Ponton" Cabriolet
-1964  Chevrolet  Corvette  Roadster
-1971  Mercedes Benz 280SL
-1972Ferrari Dino 246GT
-1984Ferrari 512  BBi
-2006  Ferrari 575 GTZ "Zagato"

As always, please feel free to email me  if  you would  like  additional
information and full sets of comprehensive  inspection  photos  for your
further review on any of our vehicles.

Of course, please also let me know  if  you  no longer  wish  to receive
these periodic email updates. If  you  do, simply  reply  to  this email
with the word "delete" in the subject line.

You are also welcome and warmly  encouraged  to forward  and  share this
email and the information it contains with anyone you wish.

Warm regards always,

Bill Noon

Symbolic International
Symbolic Motor Car  Company
7440  La Jolla Blvd.
La Jolla, California 92037 USA

Phone 619 840 7811
Email bnoon [at] symbolicmotors.com