Original Ferrari V8 (Original Ferrari V8)

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Summary: Not a book for beginers
Review: If you're thinking in buying a Ferrari V8 this book will help you and ask your questions every time. It gives you the opportunity to overview all the original equipment and specifications of your dream car. It also will tell you which spares are the most likely to break down and the one needed exactly for your car. Plenty of information (in fact many useless information, true), nice pictures and some restauration techniques, it will help your Ferrari to come again to an "as new look and feeling". Only complain is the lack of information on some "rare" models.

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Summary: Thorough review of original configurations but disappointing
Review: This book provides a thorough overview of original equipment and specifications, but it is disappointing in its lack of perspective. It would be more useful if it compared and contrasted models and gave would-be purchasers and restorers an idea of what to look for in a potential purchase.

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Summary: Clinical description of the V8 models
Review: This book provides detailed descriptions of most V8 models (it leaves out the 355 and 360) and the year by year changes. It is useful for somebody who is trying to select a specific model to purchase or possibly as a reference for concours preparation. As a book to read cover to cover, it isn't terribly compelling because only objective facts are given and there is no hint about what it is like to drive the cars. There also aren't any performance figures. I'm certain the author never actually drove any of the models, just looked up the detailed facts. There also are frequent repetition of facts in the book -- the same point might be explained 3 times for a particular model. It's a good book for contrasting the models, but don't expect to get any insight about how the different models drive.