1963 FERRARI 250 gt    


 

      Specifications    

Car type    Street Body design    
Year    1963 Engine design    
Make     Engine type    
Model    250 GT Berlinetta Lusso Built by    
Colour ext/int     Total built    351
Serial number     Built in period    xx/Jan/1963

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  xx/Aug/1964
Launch date  
and place   		 xx/Oct/1962 at Paris Price    
Building date    xx/xxx/xxxx Version    Europe/US/
Presentation/Prototype/Japanese
 Engine  Dimensions
Nr. of cylinders    12 Length    4410 mm
Arrangement    V in 60 degrees Width    1750 mm
Bore    73 mm Height    1290 mm
Stroke    58.8 mm Wheelbase    2400 mm
Unitary and  
total capacity   		 246.10 cc
 2953.21 cc		 Track front  
Track rear   		 1395 mm
 1387 mm
Position    front longitudinal Wheels make  
and type   		 
Cilinder block   and head    light alloy Wheel size front  
Wheel size rear   		 
 
Compression   ratio    9.2 : 1 Tyres make  
and type   		 
Max power   output    240 bhp at 7500 rpm Tyre size front  
Tyre size rear   		 
 
Spec. power  
per liter   		 bhp/liter Empty weight  
Kerb weight   		 kg
 1020 kg
Spec. weight  
per bhp   		 kg/bhp Maximum  
weight   		 kg
Max torque    Nm at ... rpm Engine weight    kg
Max revs  
(red  line)   		 ... rpm Fuel tank    114 liters
Timing gear    2 valves per cilinder
 SOHC		 Fuel tank   placement    
Fuel feed    3 Weber 36 DCS carburettors Weight distr.  
front / rear   		 ... % / ... %
Lubrication        
Ignition    twin coil    
 Electrical   system        
Cooling system        
Sparkplugs        
Transmission Body and chassis
Wheeldrive     Body frame    
Clutch    multi-plate Chassis type    Tipo 539, elliptical section steel
 tubes
Gearbox    4 speeds + reverse Number of seats    
Differential    conventional Suspension front    independent, double
 wischbones, coil springs
1st gear ratio    ... : 1 Suspension rear    live axle, semi-elliptic leaf
 springs
2nd gear ratio    ... : 1 Brakes front    
3rd gear ratio    ... : 1 Brake size front    mm
4th gear ratio    ... : 1 Brakes rear    
5th gear ratio    ... : 1 Brake size rear    mm
6th gear ratio    ... : 1 Steering    
7th gear ratio    ... : 1 Hand drive    l/r
Reverse gear   ratio    ... : 1    
Final drive  
ratio   		 4 : 1    
     Performance    
0-60 mph    ... seconds 0-100 kph    8.2 seconds
0-100 mph    19.5 seconds 0-200 kph    ... seconds
1/4 mile    16.1 seconds 0-1000m    ... seconds
1 mile    ... seconds Fuel   consumption   overall    ... liters/100km
top speed    241 kph    
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Type of   championship     Driver(s)    
Event     Car number    
Date(s) event    xx/xxx/xxxx

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The 250 GT Lusso was the final model in the 250 GT series in pure road car form, which made its debut at the 1962 Paris Salon, and continued in production until the latter part of 1964, by which time 350 examples had been produced. It was the direct replacement for the 250 GT Coupé, as although there was a “Lusso” street version of the 250 GT “passo corto” berlinetta, this didn’t have an excess of interior or luggage space. The body styling from Pininfarina (production cars were constructed by Scaglietti in Modena) won immediate praise, and featured a front-end design with a wide low egg crate grille similar to the 250 GT "SWB" berlinetta, but with a three-piece bumper arrangement, that had a horizontal bar below the grille and a small vertical bumperette cradling the side/turn light on each front wing, with inbuilt circular driving lights between them and the grille. The front wing line curved over the wheelarches to fall gently through the door panel, with the rear wing line running from the door shut line, skirting the base of the rear quarter glass, before falling in a long curve into the Kamm tail panel, which had a shallow aerodynamic lip to its upper edge.

The prototype of the series, chassis # 3849 GT, shown at the Paris Salon and also featured in the sales catalogue, had a small central vertical bar to the grille on the hood intake, 250 GT 2+2 style door handles, no driving lights in the front panel, and separate circular reflectors, rear and turn lights in the tail panel. The production cars had a plain mesh to the hood intake, with a large circular combination rear/turn/reflector light unit on each side of the recessed tail panel. This light design was also used on the succeeding 275 GTB series of berlinettas. A wrap-around chrome-plated bumper was fitted below the recessed tail panel, which had a pair of registration plate illumination lights on its lower edge. The cabin was a five window design with very slim roof pillars, and the large curved rear screen was at a shallow angle flowing into the boot line. The whole shape was a statement of sweeping elegance, with a hint of aggression from the competition model derived radiator grille.

The bodies were constructed from steel with aluminium opening panels (doors etc), and mounted on a 2400mm wheelbase tubular steel chassis that had factory reference number 539/U, and all were numbered in the odd chassis number road car sequence carrying a "GT" suffix. The chassis construction was along the same lines as that of the concurrent 250 GT "passo corto" berlinettas, i.e. two large oval section longitudinal members with cross bracing, but with the engine mounted further forward in the frame to increase cabin space and, like their stable mates, were available in right- or left-hand drive form. Similarly the mechanical components, like suspension, brakes, and steering were to a design analogous to that model.

The engine was a derivation of the single overhead camshaft per bank 3-litre V12 Colombo designed "short" block unit, with factory type reference 168/U, of the outside the vee sparking plug design, of 2953cc capacity, with a bore and stroke of 73mm x 58.8mm. It was fitted with a bank of three twin-choke Weber 36 DCS carburettors, with a twin coil and rear-of-engine mounted distributors ignition system, to produce a claimed 240 bhp. The engine was coupled to a four-speed + reverse all-synchromesh gearbox, with final drive through a propeller shaft to the rigid rear axle, for which two alternative ratios were available.

The interior was leather trimmed with a pair of deep bucket seats for the occupants, behind which there was a luggage platform with leather straps and a diamond quilted cover panel to the top of the parcel shelf. The instrument layout was unusual in that the two main dials - the speedometer and the rev counter - were housed in a pair of large circular binnacles which protruded from the top centre of the dashboard, and were angled towards the driver, with the supplementary gauges in a horizontal panel directly in front of the steering wheel.

In 1963 a 250 GTO, chassis # 4713 GT, was constructed with an all-aluminium body based on the 250 GT Lusso styling, albeit with a GTO-style nose section and a pronounced rear spoiler, and four 330 LM berlinettas were also built in a similar form during the same year. Battista Pininfarina had a special example built for himself on chassis # 4335 GT, which initially featured only subtle differences, like the rectangular lever door handles, the omission of the quarter light on the driver’s door and the driving lights in the front panel, a tapering hood bulge without an intake, plus a more pronounced lip to the Kamm tail. In the middle of 1963 it was provided with a modified front end which had echoes of the 250 GTO nose shape, although the ellipse was deeper and wider, like that of the 400 SA model, bounded by chrome-plated quarter bumpers with vertical overriders. The headlights were recessed in the wings with Plexiglass covers, and small flush-mounted horizontal oval side/turn lights were provided between the headlights and quarter bumpers. The dash layout on this car was more conventional, with the pair of main instrument pods for the speedometer and rev counter mounted directly in front of the driver, as they had been on the Paris Salon prototype. A further example, chassis # 4385 GT, was provide with special features at the request of the client, who had originally wanted a 250 GTO. The changes included a GTO-style nose section incorporating covered headlights, a six carburettor set-up with open intake trumpets and high lift camshafts.

Although the 250 GT Lusso was designed and built as a high performance road car, some owners took them into competition. The model made appearances in the Targa Florio in 1964 and 1965, finishing 13th overall in the former year, and one achieved the same result in the Tour de France the same year.
 
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