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By: Take to the Road

Take to the Road — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:40:29 +0000

Thanks for the information there! Interesting and useful. Haven’t seen one of these in the flesh, as in a real one so with this it was hard to tell. It can be easy to dress up one and make it look like a Gordini. From what I remember it sold not long after the article went live.

Yours sounds cool, especially with the dual Webers. Would love to drive one.

If I come across another for sale and plan to feature it, I will check with the Aussie Frog community! Thanks again for the comment and the helpful details!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 02:25:13 +0000

Not a genuine Gordini by the look of it. Most production R8’s are kitted out to look like the gord with out much of the guts. I’m not expert (the guys at Aussie Frogs know everything, though), but I own a gord and it is a 5 speed, 1100 cc (1296cc now), with dual weber side draught DCOE’s. Mine is a 1970, so they may have made improvements toward the end of the run, but I would be suspicious of any 4-speed “gordini”. IIRC, the regular R8 gearbox is a bad match for the gord engine since it has less meat in the differential (2 planetary gears instead of 4).

If you have questions I can dig deeper or take some photos for ya, but I would suggest tapping the expertise of the Aussie Frog community for proper confirmation…. oh just noticed the plug location; that doesn’t look like a gordini head either.