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208 GT4 convertible?

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Any more info on this car? Makes me want to break out the sawzall and have one too.

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Interesting. Not sure I like it though.

Looks like it lost the rear seats in the process.
Interesting. Not sure I like it though.

Looks like it lost the rear seats in the process.

Oh I didn't notice the rear seats. I think it looks nice but i'd like to see more angles of it. It must be a 1 or 2 off promotional thing.
I bet it has the stiffness of a piece of cooked spaghetti. That top and rear quarter add a lot of stiffness to the overall structure. I would want to check door opening and closing very carefully.
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we sold it in our Gstaad sale of Ferraris some years ago.
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Thanks Quarryman. I may be in the minority but I like that side profile.
I like it! Seems cool but just looks heavy, maybe tortoise like :)
Is that an air intake just above the rear wheel? (I suppose it should be).
Is that an air intake just above the rear wheel? (I suppose it should be).

Looks like it since it would have lost the ones on the pillar on the coupe.
Somebody made a Mondial. Good for them.

Well , a 2.0 liter dino shaped one.
Somebody made a Mondial. Good for them.

I like it. Precursor yes.

I agree with Taz. Hope they reinforced the A portion and at least kept a back seat bench.

The only thing I don't like: Yet another car being cut up. But, it may have been on it's last legs.

Many a [50-60's] Brazillian car had their original engines jerked for a Corvette insertion and raced. no complaints from many there....go figure.
You couldn't pay me enough to do that to my gt4. But each to their own.
You couldn't pay me enough to do that to my gt4. But each to their own.

Oh I would never do that to my car either. I was being facetious about cutting mine up. But I do think that car is interesting to look at.
I gotta admit, that side profile is pretty sharp. If I remember my dates right... if they did this when the GT4 was new, the owner probably didn't know the GTS was coming out in a year or two. It would have been a very special (open-air) 308 at that point.
I gotta admit, that side profile is pretty sharp. If I remember my dates right... if they did this when the GT4 was new, the owner probably didn't know the GTS was coming out in a year or two. It would have been a very special (open-air) 308 at that point.

Right and judging by the wheels being before the 5 spokes, this may have come out in 73-74. Well before the Mondial was thought of so there would have been nothing like it for a while.
Oh I would never do that to my car either. I was being facetious about cutting mine up. But I do think that car is interesting to look at.
Oh yes if I saw this in person I would be checking it out. It is interesting.
Right and judging by the wheels being before the 5 spokes, this may have come out in 73-74. Well before the Mondial was thought of so there would have been nothing like it for a while.
But it's Ferrari badged on the nose so would that not mean its later than 73-74?
But it's Ferrari badged on the nose so would that not mean its later than 73-74?
Well spotted Barry, the catalogue entry records it as being 1975.

I like it, albeit no doubt it'd wobble like a jelly and be as rigid as a piece of wet string!
I bet it has the stiffness of a piece of cooked spaghetti. That top and rear quarter add a lot of stiffness to the overall structure. I would want to check door opening and closing very carefully.
+1, I would put it on a lift and watch everything sag.
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