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Originally Posted by AFC-911
I don't like the idea of taking a good running Ferrari and picking it for parts.
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Agreed. Leave them alone.
That is what happened to these GTE's in the first place. Its a crying shame. But as it's said, once someone buys a car, they are free to do what they want.
As an aside, I was fortunate in that my parent's neighbor restored a GTE, mostly in his garage, in the 1980's. It was an expensive hobby then, but nowhere near what it would cost today. IIRC he got the running car (with rusted running boards and other issues) for ~$30k.
I'd hang out over there all I could. It was through that experience that I got the confidence to wrench on my own cars.
I got a number of rides in that car, and I have an undying love for Ferrari V12's because of it. The noises! unbelievable!
Around town it would make this incredible gearbox whine. When you hammered it the gearbox whine would be overcome by the most amazing induction noise through the triple 4-barrel Webers. I can still hear it - 25 years on!
That car was sold somewhere in the mid 1990's I think. He had other cool cars over the years, but I think he feels he should never have let that one go.
I digress. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I just don't think you could get anywhere near that with the flat-crank Chevy. It would probably be way too much power for the vintage chassis as well.
That said, I'd respect anyone who would get that chassis moving again in some non-destructive way. It could allow for the eventual return of the 3.0L Ferrari V-12!