The Ferrarimania thread

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Richard wrote:If you believe the hype, this is a Ferrari 275 GTB in Paris in 1976 ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbe2JrD2FqQ
J.A.W. wrote: ..that's a poorly synchronised over-dub of a raspy racing machine sound track..
Lelouch himself stated: camera mounted on a 450 SEL 6.9 (because oft its hydropneumatic suspension), engine sounds overdubbed
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Bertone only got one shot at Ferrari, I wonder why?

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With a Rothman's sticker still on the helmet, huh? :roll:

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I had heard that this was all but a done deal. The only thing missing was the signature.
Not the engineer at Force India

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#24 Ferrari 330 P4 - 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans - Team: Equipe Nationale Belge - Drivers: Willy Mairesse - Jean Blaton

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Here is a take on Ferrari history - by US mag Motor Trend..

http://www.motortrend.com/features/112_ ... f_ferrari/
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"

Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).

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Not only the most beautiful Ferraris ever these 2, but also (to my) the most beautiful cars ever...

288GTO

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Ok probably the 288 needs a small diffuser at the back :wink:
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Mario Andretti, Ferrari 312 B2, Kyalami 1972;

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I LOVE the studio photos of that old Ferrari's! They sure knew how to present the car in most sexiest way!

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Regazzoni leading from pole at Silverstone 1971 in a 312B2, notice Forghieri's sublime aerodynamic devices;

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Here's a decent cutaway of the 288.

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It looks better in white, if you ask me. (I know that's a bit sacrilegious.)

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