| Author | Message | ||
| Tim Hogan (Tojo)
Junior Member Username: Tojo Post Number: 51 Registered: 4-2002 |
A one owner 246gt, lhd, black, in absolute concours condition sold at the Melbourne grand prix auction for about $184k AUd, I think thats about $90k USD. Most Dino's here are selling at $120-160K AUD | ||
| Debbie (Dilly)
Junior Member Username: Dilly Post Number: 79 Registered: 9-2001 |
Your question started me to think about Dino colors. I have an old copy of the Dino Register and I just reviewed the last 127 enteries. Of those 127, 111 had colors listed in the information. I looked at the first color listed and this is what I found: 13 Blue 11 Silver 7 Green 25 Red 16 Black 9 White 15 Yellow 4 Brown 8 Rosso Rubino 1 Gold 1 Purple 1 Gray Since Black was second behind red I wouldn't consider it a rare original color. However,it has been my experience that many Dinos are no longer in their original color with many being repainted in red. As a result, black may be more rare now than when the cars left the assembly line. If you have a recent copy of Griot's Garage you can see our silver Dino being judged at Cavallino. Our car is silver (original paint) and it is starting to show it's age but I'm not ready to repaint yet. Hope this info. helps. | ||
| Daryl Adams (Daryl)
New member Username: Daryl Post Number: 25 Registered: 12-2001 |
IMHO the most spectacular Dinos always have light metallic paint, with silver being the best. The metallics really make all the curves and lines come alive. That's why so many show cars are done in metallic. The least complimentary colors, again IMHO, are the solids, with red and black being the worst. Surface cuvature is lost and the car's paint looks comparatively dead in most light. So why do I own a red 246GTS? Remember I said "comparatively". A barf brown 246 is still one of the most beautiful cars ever made. Also solid colors make it much easier to fix stone chips!  | ||
| Kelly J. Vince (Tifosi1)
Member Username: Tifosi1 Post Number: 335 Registered: 2-2002 |
There is one in New Orleans. I don't know who owns it. Just seen it in the shop. | ||
| Steven J. Solomon (Solly)
Member Username: Solly Post Number: 362 Registered: 6-2001 |
Click on my name and look at the picture in my profile. If you want more, e-mail me | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Junior Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 53 Registered: 8-2002 |
Scott, I don't have any idea how many 246's were made in each color but I can tell you that a black Dino will sell for more to someone who is looking for a black Dino. The question is, how many people are looking for black Dinos? I would say, from my experience, that "giallo" (bright yellow) is to the Dino 246 GT/GTS what "rosso corsa" is to most other Ferraris. Call it "resale yellow". Just in case you were wondering, here is a list of factory colors available for the 246 GT/GTS. Theoretically though, they could be ordered in any color the new owner wished. Code Color Common name 20-Y-56 Avorio Safari ? 20-A-349 Azzurro Dino Bright 'French Racing' blue 20-A-547 Azzurro Cielo ? 20-A-357 Bleu Scuro Dark blue 20-A-548 Blue Montecarlo Dark blue 20-B-50 Nero Black 20-R-190 Rosso Chiaro 'Ferrari' red 20-R-350 Rosso Dino Orange 20-W-152 Bianco Polo Park White 20-Y-490 Nuovo Giallo Fly Bright Fly Yellow 106-A-18 Bleu Sera Metallizzato Dark Blue Metallic 106-A-38 Bleu Chiaro Metallizzato Blue 106-A-32 Azzurro Metallizzato Light Blue Metallic 106-A-72 Bleu Dino Metallizzato Medium Blue Metallic 106-E-1 Argento Auteil Metallizzato Silver Metallic 106-E-8 Grigio Ferro Metallizzato Dark Metallic Grey (Charcoal) 106-G-29 Verde Medio Metallizzato Light Green Metallic 106-G-30 Verde Pino Metallizzato Dark Green Metallic 106-G-355 Verde Scuro Dino Green 106-M-73 Marrone Dino Metallizzato Light Tan Metallic 106-R-83 Rosso Rubino Metallizzato Dark Red Metallic 106-Y-137 Oro Chiaro Metallizzato Light Metallic Gold 133-R-10 Rosso Metallizzato Light Red Metallic 20-R-549 Prugna ? 30-R-351 Rosso Bordeaux Dark "Wine" Red 106-R-136 Rosso Cordoba Deep Burgundy 106-R-71 Viola Metallizzato Purple Metallic 106-M-27 Nocciola Metallizzato Copper-Bronze Metallic 106-A-16 Celeste Metallizzato Blue Metallic ???? Giallo Cream Yellow 20-Y-346 Giallo Yellow 20-Y-464 Giallo Senape Yellow (Mustard?) ???? Giallo Dino Yellow ???? Marrone Colorado Brown ???? Grigio Argento Silver-Grey ???? Verde Germoglio Green 106-A-38 Bleu Chario Metallizzato Blue Metallic | ||
| Scott Mandell (Semandell)
New member Username: Semandell Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2002 |
Anyone have any pics or links to pics of black Dino 246s? (I saw the ones over in the showroom section -- looking for more). Seems most of them are red -- do black ones go for more or less? Any ideas what percentage were made black/red/yellow/misc? Thanks, Scott |