| Author | Message | ||
| 89TCab (Jmg)
Member Username: Jmg Post Number: 566 Registered: 9-2001 |
Most folks say the cut cars trade at the same price as the non-cut cars...thus the cost of conversion is yours alone. - JMG | ||
| Adam (Fasttalk)
Junior Member Username: Fasttalk Post Number: 243 Registered: 8-2002 |
I think it looks good, I would consider doing the same. How much more do you think it adds to the used value? I am assuming less than 40K Adam | ||
| 89TCab (Jmg)
Member Username: Jmg Post Number: 561 Registered: 9-2001 |
I have seriously considered buying a 456 and having it cut and have a quote from Newport Convertibles for $40k. This leaves the rear seats and the top is power operated. A link to a job they have done is http://secure1advancedemedia.com/newportconvertible_com/Detail.tpl?rnd=5320&cart=1063822363394867&sku=10595243151089509 - JMG | ||
| Jean Dupont (Cavallino)
New member Username: Cavallino Post Number: 32 Registered: 8-2003 |
I have heard from a dealer : 45000$ to convert a 456 GT and some other taxes in additions ! Ask them, they certainely know :http://www.exoticperformanceplus.com Regards, | ||
| Adam (Fasttalk)
Junior Member Username: Fasttalk Post Number: 187 Registered: 8-2002 |
what does it cost to convert a 456 to a convertble? Adam | ||
| Bill Sawyer (Wsawyer)
Member Username: Wsawyer Post Number: 928 Registered: 2-2002 |
There was a blue Straman 456 convertible at the Kruse auction in Auburn this past weekend. No idea what the bidding went to. | ||
| Don Vollum (Donv)
Junior Member Username: Donv Post Number: 150 Registered: 1-2002 |
Didn't Ferrari build some of these as part of the "Venice" project for the Sultan of Brunei? I know they did station wagons and 4-door sedans as well. Anyone notice that in the initial pic, one headlight is up and one is down? Time for a visit to the shop... | ||
| Wyatt Hanson (Wyatth)
Junior Member Username: Wyatth Post Number: 138 Registered: 5-2003 |
IMO, it's ugly. I was never a big fan of the 456, but I like it more than a DB7 Vantage (coupe). However, these convertibles... Just don't tickly my fancy. I'd take a Volante over that 1995 one for sale, hands down, and especially a 360 Spider over either of those... Sorry... To each his own. Ben: Did you install lowering springs as well in your photoshops? Be careful when driving... You might rub the fender wells...  Edit: I'd take an SL65 AMG over the Volante and the 456 Spider! I'd probably take an SL55 AMG over the 456, too...  | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Intermediate Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 1172 Registered: 9-2002 |
Ben, It is listed there right now - I just tried it. No details about the car other than it has a Vortech supercharger and supposedly puts 430bhp @ the wheels. --Dan | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 760 Registered: 6-2002 |
Frank- Don't see it, just see a 328 for $48k :P Best! Ben. | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
New member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2003 |
Check out-http://www.exoticperformanceplus.com-that 1995 456 Cabriolet is For Sale,$164,999.00 | ||
| Matt (The_don)
Senior Member Username: The_don Post Number: 6297 Registered: 8-2002 |
Tervor
Go eat some meat and gamble your savings without telling your wife....cute? | ||
| arthur chambers (Art355)
Intermediate Member Username: Art355 Post Number: 2329 Registered: 6-2001 |
That's a 456 that I'd own. What a great looking car. Too bad they never built it. Art | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 670 Registered: 6-2002 |
Wheel pics 360 wheels  HRE 540s. These are getting there.  | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 669 Registered: 6-2002 |
MAMA MIA!!! I AM IN LOVE! I've got this tingle in my spine reminiscent of the first time I saw and heard an F355 in the flesh. ZING! Never did like the 456 wheels though. Here are some alternatives! | ||
| Trevor Ely (Bmwm3n528)
Junior Member Username: Bmwm3n528 Post Number: 59 Registered: 4-2003 |
dr.shelbee, very true...perhaps some modular 18/19" wheels should be in route... | ||
| Dr. Shelbee (Shelbee)
Member Username: Shelbee Post Number: 410 Registered: 12-2002 |
Too bad that the wheels on 456s are only in 17" and looks like 16" Porsche 993 standard wheels | ||
| Kds (Kds)
Junior Member Username: Kds Post Number: 53 Registered: 5-2003 |
That is the car that Ferrari should have built !!! Well....in limited volume anyways greater than one. What a gorgeous open car. | ||
| Dr. Shelbee (Shelbee)
Member Username: Shelbee Post Number: 405 Registered: 12-2002 |
The one I posted is not chopped off but original Ferrari factory's car and claimed to be the only one they made. S/N is 100890 owned by Motor Cars International, at Springfield, MO | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 918 Registered: 9-2002 |
I would take one over a 360 Spider in a heartbeat. A car like this could spell the end for a DB7 Vantage Volante. --Dan | ||
| Joop van der Meer (Jhjvdm)
New member Username: Jhjvdm Post Number: 44 Registered: 5-2003 |
This conversion was done by Richard Straman of Newport Beach, Ca. He's created open 365 GT4/2+2's and 400i's as well. I must have pictures of these as well. But he's best known for taking off the tops of 275GTB's to create Nart Spyders and the same for Daytona's. This one was called 456SS, which stood for Spider Supercharger, so obviously he has done some tuning too. Here are 2 more photos   | ||
| Ming Cheng (Onlinesys)
Member Username: Onlinesys Post Number: 309 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thank you Dr. Where do you find these nice pictures? Very interesting!!! Anyone got more information? Data? Photos? | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 914 Registered: 9-2002 |
Now that would be a BEAUTIFUL car. Even the seats are in shrink wrap...some collector piece? Too bad. Anyone know any more? --Dan | ||
| Wyatt Hanson (Wyatth)
Junior Member Username: Wyatth Post Number: 108 Registered: 5-2003 |
The Sultan of Brunie has one, also. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1508 Registered: 12-2002 |
Is that a factory convertible or a chop top? | ||
| Trevor Ely (Bmwm3n528)
New member Username: Bmwm3n528 Post Number: 45 Registered: 4-2003 |
look at those cute little wheels... | ||
| Dr. Shelbee (Shelbee)
Member Username: Shelbee Post Number: 404 Registered: 12-2002 |
Is this the only one Ferrari made in swaters blue??   |