{"product_id":"1962-ferrari-250-gto-cavallo-by-mienchic-passion-24-x-36","title":"CAVALLO by MIENchic — Ferrari 250 GTO 1962 | 1-5 Series - PASSION | 24\" x 36\" Poster","description":"\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\" data-streamdown=\"strong\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE WORD\u003c\/strong\u003e. THIRTY-SIX CHASSIS. ONE SOUL.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col class=\"my-1 gap-0\" start=\"1962\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe world still believed racing cars were built with slide rules and wind tunnels and cold mathematics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThen Ferrari unveiled the 250 GTO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGran Turismo Omologato.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eHomologated for Group 3 GT racing. Thirty-six chassis. That's it. Thirty-six.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eNot a production car. A\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eprayer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emade of aluminum and steel and twelve cylinders and the kind of obsession that only exists in Modena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eGiotto Bizzarrini. Sergio Scaglietti. Enzo Ferrari.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree men. One vision.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eBizzarrini — the engineer who understood that air is not an obstacle, it's a medium. He shaped the nose to kiss the wind. He lowered the roof. He raked the windshield. He carved the Kamm tail. Every millimeter served the wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eScaglietti — the artisan who didn't build bodies,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe sculpted them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHammer on aluminum. Hour after hour. Panel after panel. No two GTOs exactly alike because no two hammer strikes are identical. The seams. The curves the signature of the man who made them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eEnzo — the Old Man.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIl Commendatore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHe didn't design it. He didn't build it. He\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewilled\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eit. He looked at the regulations and saw a loophole. He looked at the competition and saw weakness. He looked at his men and saw\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003epassion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd he bet everything on it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe 3.0-liter Colombo V12. Three hundred horsepower at 7,400 RPM. Six Weber carburetors breathing like the lungs of a thoroughbred. The sound —\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ethat sound.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNot an exhaust note. A hymn. Twelve cylinders firing in perfect sequence, each explosion a prayer to the god of speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eSix Weber throats inhaling the Sarthe air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eLe Mans, 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePierre Noblet. Jean Guichet. Privateers. Not factory drivers. Not factory support. \u003cstrong\u003eJust two Frenchmen who loved the car enough to race it at the world's cruelest circuit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThey didn't win overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey won their class.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd they won something more important — \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey proved that a car built with passion could stand toe-to-toe with the prototypes and the factory efforts and the unlimited budgets.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe GTO finished second in class at Le Mans in '62. Then won the Tour de France Automobile. Then won the Tourist Trophy. Then won the Nürburgring 1000km. Then won the GT championship three years running — 1962, 1963, 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree consecutive FIA GT Manufacturers' Championships.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eAgainst Porsche. Against Jaguar. Against Aston Martin. Against the full might of the automotive world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith a car built by hand. Driven by heart.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eBut here is the truth about the 250 GTO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eIt wasn't the fastest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eIt wasn't the most powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eIt wasn't the most advanced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\" data-streamdown=\"strong\"\u003eIt was the most \u003cem\u003eloved\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eEvery mechanic who turned a wrench on a GTO loved it. Every driver who climbed into the tight cockpit loved it. Every spectator who heard that V12 scream past the grandstands loved it. Every child who pasted a GTO poster on their bedroom wall loved it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\" data-streamdown=\"strong\"\u003eEnzo Ferrari didn't build a race car.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe built an object of desire so powerful it transcended racing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eSixty-two years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eA 250 GTO sells for fifty million dollars. Seventy million. The most valuable car in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eNot because it won Le Mans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecause it makes people feel something.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eEvery time someone sees a GTO — really sees it — something shifts in their chest. The line. The sound. The story. The thirty-six chassis. The three men. The passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\" data-streamdown=\"strong\"\u003eThat is not a race car.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat is a masterpiece that happened to race.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\" data-streamdown=\"strong\"\u003ePASSION.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome cars are built to win.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome cars are built to be remembered.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe rarest few are built to be loved.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\" data-streamdown=\"strong\"\u003eThe 250 GTO was loved into existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-1 wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd it has never stopped being loved.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMIENchic \u003c\/strong\u003e— What you see is yours to see.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint Specs:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poster has a partly glossy, partly matte finish and it'll add a touch of sophistication to any room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• 10 mil (0.25 mm) thick\u003cbr\u003e• Slightly glossy\u003cbr\u003e• Fingerprint resistant \u003cbr\u003e• Paper sourced from Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. 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