Ferrari Replica 250gt not pontiac things
Discussion
Having completely fallen in love with Ferrari's some time ago and with my 355 that I am never likely to sell my thoughts have turned to buying another one to add to the 355 an the other toys.
This would again just be a toy I am not looking for something fantastically fast but really love the 250's but here is the rub witha a real one ( matching numbers ) being 300- 800k and me not wanting to tie that up ina nother car I have seen some replica's knocking about i.e. 250gte's converted into 250 gt swb or old 330's converted into 250's or 365's
Are these a real no no ? and do they drive like rubbish ?
Are they as bad as a fiero testarossa interms of peoples views ?
They still seem to be about 100k + but are they worth it any advise welcome
This would again just be a toy I am not looking for something fantastically fast but really love the 250's but here is the rub witha a real one ( matching numbers ) being 300- 800k and me not wanting to tie that up ina nother car I have seen some replica's knocking about i.e. 250gte's converted into 250 gt swb or old 330's converted into 250's or 365's
Are these a real no no ? and do they drive like rubbish ?
Are they as bad as a fiero testarossa interms of peoples views ?
They still seem to be about 100k + but are they worth it any advise welcome
Funny one this regarding old style replicas. Although in my list of forums that appreciate the pre-1969 Ferraris (when Enzo sold to Fiat) this forum would not be in it. Heres my take.
I saw a 250 GTO at Donnington 3 months ago at a Ferrari owners club meet. There was a lot of questions regarding whether it was real or not because certain things did not sit right. I even asked about the car to the Ferrari specialist who was being clearly cagey and said that it was a real one. But another guy who is an expert in the old Tipos said that certain things were missing, only small yes but missing.
I have seen this before when i went down to 288Forza and was shown what i was told by the owner of the company that it was a 1957 Testarossa variant. But after running the numbers by certain classic experts......it was a fake.
My point in my ramblings is this. If even specialists are trying to pass of replicas of old Tipos, then there must be acceptance in the Ferrari community.
To go talk seriously about this i would go to .www.ferrarichat.com in the vintage section.
I saw a 250 GTO at Donnington 3 months ago at a Ferrari owners club meet. There was a lot of questions regarding whether it was real or not because certain things did not sit right. I even asked about the car to the Ferrari specialist who was being clearly cagey and said that it was a real one. But another guy who is an expert in the old Tipos said that certain things were missing, only small yes but missing.
I have seen this before when i went down to 288Forza and was shown what i was told by the owner of the company that it was a 1957 Testarossa variant. But after running the numbers by certain classic experts......it was a fake.
My point in my ramblings is this. If even specialists are trying to pass of replicas of old Tipos, then there must be acceptance in the Ferrari community.
To go talk seriously about this i would go to .www.ferrarichat.com in the vintage section.
Favre 250 GTO recreations seem to come up for sale on a reasonably regular basis - JK had one. Last one I saw was about £120K. As to the details well, from what I've read (just saying here) every single real one is different in some way. I also read a nice quote somewhere along the lines of "Of the 39 250 GTO's that were built, 150 still survive" 
Edited by smash on Wednesday 16th July 12:19
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