www.QV500.com - Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Part 2: 330 GT 2+2 Series II
 

330 GT Series II		 Launched during mid 1965, the Series II 330 GT saw Ferrari replace Pininfarina's distinctive four-headlight bodywork with a more conventional design. Ferrari also took the opportunity to implement a few relatively minor chassis modifications, glassfibre mouldings for the floorpan and pedal boxes having been introduced. It was the body, however, that received the most significant changes with Series II cars receiving an entirely different and markedly less controversial nose. The adventurous 'Chinese Eye' headlights that had so divided opinion were gone, replaced by more conventional single items and new supplementary clusters directly below.
   
Otherwise, the cabin and tail went unchanged although several detail alterations were made here and there. For example, on Series II cars, Pininfarina's eleven-louvred engine vents behind each front wheelarch were replaced by a cleaner triple-lourved extractor panel (this very same transplant having also taken place on the 275 GTS). There were new chrome bumpers with overriders, horizontal rear light reflectors and Borrani ten-hole alloy wheels as standard. Inside, there were just some minor switchgear changes and an adjoining binnacle between the transmission tunnel and dash to lend the cockpit an even more substantial feel. More or less mid-way through production, Ferrari began using two instead of four engine mounting points and consequently, all engines completed as such were designated Tipo 209/66. There are also unsubstantiated rumours of some very late model Series II 330's being factory fitted with 4.4-litre engines good for 320bhp, these Tipo 245 motors becoming standard for the 330's successor, Ferrari's 365 GT 2+2. Production continued until the autumn of 1967 by which time 453 examples had been completed. This meant total 330 GT production eventually totalled 1064 examples.