Ferrari 250 GTO in Paris

[abruno_sousa]

Not exactly from today, but here are a few pictures of a Ferrari 250 GTO 1962 (1963?) and a Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic 1937 (probably a replica) arriving to an auction house in the Champs-Elysées. These are from about a month ago. It was quite amazing to see the quintessencial Ferrari drop right in front of me!

The high res pictures can be found in:
http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/asousa/Paris-Ferrari
or by clicking in the medium sized pictures below.

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There are also some low quality movies with the engine running in:

http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/asousa/Paris-Ferrari/IMGP0226.AVI
http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/asousa/Paris-Ferrari/IMGP0227.AVI
http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/asousa/Paris-Ferrari/IMGP0228.AVI

[SilviaEvo]

wow who's the owner?

[TT]

The 250 is simply stunning!! great sighting!!!

[DjPtsatsot]

it is very stunning! but how could you be sure its not a replica? How much did it sell for? More info please! So cool! 8) 8)

[Mopsdrops]

very nice !!! 250 GTO's or so great looking. very special moment of seeing such a car on the roads :P

[Chaos in 1983!]

wow!...stunning...that's truly the best sightning this site has ever had...very very special...!!!

...sorry for saying this...but I think that bugatti looks like it came out of a dr seuss story... :?

[mindgam3]

beautiful, both of them, espcially the 250 ;)

[TT]

BTW, I just notice you are not located in France.. so it was even more incredible!! You were in Paris just for some days/weeks I guess for holydays and you find such amazing car???????? LUCKY!!!

[Darkel]

The Bugatti is a replica, but I don't really remember if the GTO is a real one; a friend of mine also took pictures of those cars in Paris and he said something about the GTO, I'll try to find it back

Edit : found; the Bugatti is a replica with a 3.8 Jaguar engine
The GTO is a "Favre" based on a 1964 330GT with a 4 liters engine with GTO spec :|

[budagboy2]

250 gto is just :shock: :shock: even if it is fake , nice pics thanks

[sameerrao]

Seeing both these cars would qulaify for a religious experience. Good job there

[Ian_yamaue]

:shock: Damn you're lucky, see those 2 marvelous machines in the same day!
Replica or not, this is a sighting that can put me down on my knees to pray.
Oh, I almost forgot, nice shots. The pics are greate.

[abruno_sousa]

I was pretty sure that the Bugatti was a replica after seeing only six exhaust pipes when the type 57 engine was the traditional straight 8 with a lower displacement. I had my doubts about the 250 GTO. The big hood hump would indicate a 4 liter engine as in the two 330 GTOs, but the air intake in the car I saw was too small. I did not think it was a Favre replica because the detailing in this car, interior and exterior is exquisite. The 250 GTE based Favres I've seen look rougher, for instance:
http://www.historyofcars-f.com/items/2473615327.html
They can still get north of $200 000 in auctions! Little shy of $16.6 million of the real GTO, which is only 2nd in money to Fangio's Mercedes W196 at $24 million. Anyway, I was leaving Paris in 3 hours and had bought my Pentax Optio 2 weeks ago. I was very glad I did! :D It was really a lot of luck to see in the flesh and the metal (I concede probably a replica of) my favorite car since I saw a 1:18 BBurago model 20 years ago...
I don't think the driver is the owner. In fact he almost smashed the back of the car against the trailer you can see in the last pictures. If anyone knows how much these cars were auctioned for, I would be interested to learn more about it.
Well, replica or not, glad you enjoyed it!
:)

[komotar]

Both cars look great.

The curves on the 250GTO are sooo cool.
Do you have any more pics?

High res. maybe?

[Erez]

:shock: joy!-> :cry:
a... a... *speechless!!* :shock:

[Toronto]

Amazing :D :P

[abruno_sousa]

Komotar, if you click on the pictures above a new window will open with a 2304x1728 version. That's 4 Mpixel, as much hi res as my camera will go. Not much I can do about the awkward lighting of the pictures as it was around noon and somewhat overcast. Don't have time for photoshopping, really. :?

[T-Bird]

ah yes the 250 GTo very nice sadly not the most expensive car found on this site once stated as a replica.

[komotar]

My bad. :oops: THX!