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[joe twyman]

Hi there,

I am looking for photographs of the Ferrari GTO that belonged to David Piper (3767 GT). I am particularly interested in photographs of the car when it was painted in "BP Green". If they are colour, even better....

Many thanks in advance!

JT

[RWB]

Joe
"Ferrari 250GTO" by Keith Bluemel and Jess Pourret (Bay View Books 1998) has several pictures of the car including two in colour.
Good hunting. Robert

[joe twyman]

Thanks RBW, I have seen those two and I also have a Goddard shot showing the car in that livery with the yellow nose band..

[cstlhn]

This is not the highest quality photo I have but I hope it is of some assistance!



Cheers, David

[ralt12]

Um..the old course at Sebring??

[Tweddell]

here with the later lowered roof 1964 at montlhery, 1000km de paris.

[joe twyman]

Thank you for these photos, they are perfect, any more would be much apreciated. I think I will speak to Pipes for a paint code, I believe BP have changed their green since the 60's!!

[marlondylan]

Originally posted by Tweddell

here with the later lowered roof 1964 at montlhery, 1000km de paris.

This is serial numer 4491GT, like 3767GT, once owned by David Piper.

[RWB]

"Motor Racing Team Colours" says Piper used a special ICI mix just known as BP Green. Closest is British Standard Colour 228 Emerald Green.

[D-Type]

I think I read somewhere that Piper's green was a Ford (presumably UK) colour 'Modena Green'. Or was that the brighter green he used later?

[Arjan de Roos]

I asked David Pipers mechanics once at a historic racing meeting at Zandvoort. They told me: BP green is the color.

[Barry Boor]

On the subject of green GTOs.....

I recently bought this nice little model of a dark green 250 GTO. The number is not relevant, but can anyone tell me if such a car, in such a colour, was EVER raced?

If not, it's going straight onto Ebay!



I do know it is not a Piper car - I've already got one of they.

[Edington Mains]

good site to brush up on GTO Knowledge...
http://www.barchetta...67GT.250GTO.htm


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[SWB]

I recently bought this nice little model of a dark green 250 GTO. The number is not relevant, but can anyone tell me if such a car, in such a colour, was EVER raced?

Peter Sutcliffe raced a dark green GTO, the ex Piper low roof line car 4491GT. This car started out BP Green, and as I have made quite a few models of it, would go along with 'Ford Modena Green' as a good colour match for Piper's cars. I think the films colour cast in the two yellow noseband photo's is a fair way off the real thing. In Sutcliffes colours it was a 'traditional' BRG.

[Barry Boor]

Excellent. Thanks, SW.

Now I need a specific race and a specific number.

[SWB]

If there was another dark green GTO I can't find it, but the Sutcliffe did win the GT class as #33 at the Spa 500km in '65. Given your model hasn't got a low line roof, or a roof bulge over the drivers head, and is left and not right hand drive, this could be deemed close enough for the model company.....oh, and it had red wheels......

[Edington Mains]

These where taken on the recent 40th anniversary tour in California..
That is the Piper car.. (owned by APB, his 64 car was there also, seen in the lower pic)