The 275 GTB/4 was the penultimate of the '275 GT' vehicles Ferrari built between 1964 and 1968, at it's heart was a 3,286 cc / 200 cui V12 with 2 valves per cylinder but with twin cam heads to operate them, making 4 cams in all hence the /4 suffix. Fuel was fed through 6 carburettors as standard giving the engine a 300 horsepower rating.
Designed primarily as a road car, featuring cast magnesium wheels in place of the older wire wheels, the Scarglietti body work of the 275 GTB/4 could be powered up to 165 mph. Only 280 examples of this type were built.
Hope you have enjoyed your 165 mph Ferrari edition of 'Gettin' a lil' psycho on tyres' and that you'll join me again tomorrow to look at the Austrian influence on a very British sports car. Don't forget to come back now !
OK...I'll try this again.......Whoa-oa-oa. Now THAT'S a luxurious stocking stuffer. It has James Bond written all over it...The spke rims would look nicer but who can see that at 165 mph?.......=)
ReplyDeleteBy the time this baby came out wire wheels were passe, mags were the thing to have and that is what she got :-)
ReplyDeletePotentially one of the sexiest cars of all time.
ReplyDeleteSergio Scaglietti should go down in history as one of the greatest!
That was about 100hp./litre. Not a lot of new cars can do that.
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