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I think the market for cars like that has effectively disappeared - companies like Vicarage were 're-engineering' Mk II's at huge expense back in the late '80's/early '90's but even then the number of potential customers was relatively small.

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You’ve got retropower doing similar stuff now but each project is different. The quality of the work seems excellent though - they’ve done an excellent coupe version of the mk2
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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I thought today's date - 22nd Nov - rang a bell for some reason ...

- it was this day 18 yrs ago today that my Giulietta Sprint was collected from the outskirts of Paris :


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That's a good-looking car Andy
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That must be for sale at Classic Chrome - they always photograph their cars on the towpath along the Thames at Putney/Mortlake ...

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And he walked away... :shock:

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https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxeY-liqCGEp ... UbatGpS9Qt
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Lightweight_911 wrote: Sat Nov 22, 2025 10:31 pm .

That must be for sale at Classic Chrome - they always photograph their cars on the towpath along the Thames at Putney/Mortlake ...

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I only googled for pictures but yeah you're right Classic Chrome.
There's one with just 29K miles at HR Owen Hatfield.

Harry's Garage made a good review about the model:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNImX4r2vPo

Just a shame the engine is transverse positioned instead of longitudinal.
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I've always thought that the GT4 represented good value for the money & have been tempted several times - but I couldn't live with the Morris Marina-style door handles (which have featured on & ruined many manufacturer's models).

I think that the fact that the GT4 was the only road-going Ferrari (at least until fairly recently) not designed by Pininfarina affects their perceived value ...


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