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3387 has an interesting provenance. It's the second car built, and raced at the 12 hours Sebring in 1962, winning its class running for Ferrari's US affiliate, the North American Racing Team.It was driven in period by some fine drivers- Phil Hill, Olivier Gendebien, and Bob Grossman. Wrecked at Daytona in 1964, it's then-owner had a new body built for the car by Scaglietti, so the bodywork is more indicative of a later GTO rather than the very early ones.
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It maybe have been rebuilt but the body is the 62-63 not the later 64 of which only 3 were built. Some of the early ones were rebodied, but the 62 design is still the best looking.
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Definitely not the 1964 body, but there were evidently some changes between the original early production body and the later ones. For those wondering about the 1964 body....
www.motorsport.com/vintage/phoβ¦
This car was done to death in period by Monogram and recently as well in 1/32 scale for slot car racing.
What those exact changes are from the early bodywork to the later iterations, would be known to the hardcore Ferrari people, my guess is that it's similar to the various Tuckers, where they tweaked some things as they went along and you can note them if you look hard. My guess is some changes were made from racing experience.
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None of the 39 cars were exactly the same to start with, there were subtle differences from car to car, this video by Stephen Mitchell who used to own a GTO shows some of them at a reunion in California.Β youtu.be/U-5JNxVVkDA
for me the 62-63 versions are the best looking and like some of the other 250 Series Ferrari are works of art and race cars at the same time! Knowing that Enzo loved the E-type Jag which i think influenced the design of the GTO 
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Yes- each car was built with various improvements as time went on and specific things asked for by the owners. All I know is that they were incredibly expensive in this time period and that each first owner had to be approved by Enzo himself.
My guess is Chinetti vouched for Bob Grossman, who had some previous success in Ferraris- or that after Sebring he just wanted to sell the car to who would have been a good customer.
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Well Chinetti was very big factor in sales of Ferrari in north america, my friend Tom Frasca worked for him and his Nart team. to think that in 62 when the GTO was 19.000.00 dollars would have bought a very nice home in the day and now sell for 35 to 50 Million now is incredible, Nick Mason used his for 50 million collateral against the loans for Pink Floyd's last tour. Too bad the Ferrari cars and races cars of today which are interesting but are no where near as beautiful as they were from 55 to 75. Β Keep those shots coming nice to see the classic ones still on the go!
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I've talked to the people at Simeone, who seem to be really tight with Luigi, Jr., who is now in his seventies- I've told them if his health is good, I know many people would love to ask him about his father- he's the reason Enzo went into auto manufacturing, and he was obviously a very fine salesman, driver, and team manager at NART.
I didn't realize Mason sold his GTO- I know I read a nice Road and Track article about 30-35 years ago when they road tested his Aston-Martin Ulster and said that it took time for people to realize and respect he was really serious about his cars and his vintage racing, but they came to understand he really meant it.
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No Nick did not sell his, he just put it up as collateral on a loan, he is one of the longest running GTO owners,most have changed hands many times. Nick was also smart in that he rents his exotic collection to the movie and TV industry so the pay their way! Β The Chinetti family did a lot for Enzo, who needed to sell road cars to keep his racing efforts going.
There are many characters from car history in general that would be great to talk to.
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