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ABOVE An article
and cover shot to
cover the delivery
drive. Wow!
TOP The good life
- Sunday outings
in the Ferrari.
LEFT Someone
felt that an Italian
hottie just had to
be red.to 2650mm, together with a redesigned
interior, gave rear seat passengers additional
leg- and head-room, without any sacrifice to
that of the front seats.
Construction was standard Ferrari practice
for the period: large section oval main
tubes with substantial cross bracing, and
sub-assemblies welded to the main frame to
support the body and ancillary equipment.
The model had independent front
suspension, a rigid rear axle with leaf springs
and telescopic shock absorbers, with power
steering available in later examples.
The engine was a 4.0lt V12 with a single
overhead camshaft per bank that produced a
claimed 300hp. The engine was based on the
original Colombo short-block design, but was
slightly longer with increased bore centres to
provide adequate waterways with the larger
diameter cylinder bores.Total capacity is 3967cc with a bore and
stroke of 77 x 71mm, with outside ‘v’ spark
plug arrangement, a bank of three twin-choke
Weber 40 DCZ/6 or 40 DFI carburettors and a
twin coil and distributor ignition system.
The engine was coupled to a 4-speed, all-
synchromesh gearbox, with an electronic
overdrive fifth gear on most Series I cars.
The 330 GT 2+2 Series I and II were
produced from 1964 to 1967, then replaced by
the 365 GT 2+2. During this production run,
625 Series I and 474 Series II vehicles were
produced, which outsold the preceding 250
GT 2+2 model despite having had a similar
production life span.
This version of the 2+2 concept proved to be
very popular, and Enzo Ferrari himself is said
to have favoured the use of a 330 GT Series I
vehicle for some time.
Ferrari 330 GT #6203 arrived in Melbourne“ITS POWERFUL PURR AT IDLE
SUGGESTED IT WAS GOING TO BE
AN EXCITING CAR TO DRIVE”
READER’S RESTO