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Three of the World's rarest Ferrari's joined the impressive line-up at the 1999 Festival |
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Only 39 Ferrari 250GTO's were built, and chassis 3505GT is quintessentially the most famous. Finished in the pale green colour of BRP - the British Racing Partnership the colour scheme shocked true Ferrari Fans back in 1962. It was originally built for Stirling Moss but seasoned campaigner Innes Ireland went to Italy and drove the car back to Britain. |
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| This remained a feature of the car's history - it was almost always driven to races on the road by Ireland. This particular car won numerous races including the Tourist Trophy at Goodwood in 1963. | |
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Making
it's only appearance in the UK the second is a Ferrari
512S, one of the cars built by Ferrari in 1970 to try to win what
was then called the International Championship of Makes.
This particular car has a superb racing history which includes the 1971 Daytona 24-hour race where it finished second. |
| Last but by no means least is a 288GTO Evoluzione. There were only 3 of these cars built and they were the development cars for the famous F40. The tubular chassis has additional reinforcing made from composite materials to achieve greater overall rigidity and suppress accident damage. |
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| The suspension set-up has been completely re-calibrated, drastically reducing the car's ground clearance, and the striking body work has no fewer than 17 air vents is very light and made entirely of plastic. Power output was increased from the original 400bhp to a substantial 650bhp at 7,800rpm. In short high power and lightweight allow this awesome vehicle to reach an impressive 230mph. | |
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