| Author | Message | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Intermediate Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 1423 Registered: 7-2002 |
I like that fake looking leather piece right behind the roll bars on the deck lid so it looks like the top is tucked in it's pouch. Also, the barchetta has no storage for the top right? So this is cutting the car to make that popup lid? | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1115 Registered: 10-2001 |
Gosh , its gorgeous ! With and without the hard top . Are those pics available in high res ? | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 751 Registered: 9-2002 |
Pity it can't be done to a coupe....I'd definetly try cutting one. --Dan | ||
| Willis Huang (Willis360)
Intermediate Member Username: Willis360 Post Number: 1331 Registered: 8-2001 |
I wonder if more Barchetta owners will hang on to their cars and do the conversion instead? | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1246 Registered: 11-2001 |
Information from Carrozzeria Pavesi This is a conversion from the BARCHETTA only. Couple owners need not apply. It appears to be not-quite fifty gees for the soft top, and about half that for the hard top. Info and lots of pictures. Doody ======================== Dear Mr Doody, Thank you very much for your interst in our work. Our soft top conversion for the Barchetta is not suitable on the coup�. We have made six conversions at the moment and we need to have the car here in Milano to do the work. We have also made an hard top that can be mounted only on Pavesi soft top converted Barchettas. The conversion takes approximately two months, the construction of the aluminium hard top takes three months. We are at your disposal for any further information and we attach some photos. Best regards Ernesto Pavesi Carrozzeria Ernesto Pavesi Via De Andreis, 7 20137 MILANO ITALIA ========================   | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1245 Registered: 11-2001 |
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| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1244 Registered: 11-2001 |
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| J R K (Kenyon)
Member Username: Kenyon Post Number: 395 Registered: 10-2002 |
550 Barchetta Hardtop Unused carbon fibre hardtop hand crafted in Germany. Amazingly high quality. Nero Daytona but can be sprayed to match your car at nil cost. Fitted in 60 seconds. Ferrari tested. Make your Barchetta usable all year round. Cost �15k. Sensible offers around �8k. Email [email protected]. (6/2003) | ||
| ross koller (Ross)
Intermediate Member Username: Ross Post Number: 1280 Registered: 3-2002 |
martin, check your email. i'll b there wednesday. | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 4812 Registered: 5-2001 |
Ross, I think the answer is that the 550/575 is on its last breath. The new model is on the board already, possibly already being tested. They are janking out the last orders and that is the end of that. No need in more time being spend on that model. The 550 went sluggish at a time when production orders for 360s were cranking. They also make more money of the 360s so why go nutz with the 550/575. When are you coming to town. Martin | ||
| ross koller (Ross)
Intermediate Member Username: Ross Post Number: 1279 Registered: 3-2002 |
ok, so with all of this energy being put into this project by after market companies; combined with the (apparent) lack of interest in the 575; don't you think ferrari would finally wake up and make a decent convertible topped 575 with an easy workable and good looking top with high speed capability? what are they waiting for ? | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1231 Registered: 11-2001 |
100% radio silence from the guys in milan and the guys in florida. doody. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1102 Registered: 10-2001 |
No news Doody ?? | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 4792 Registered: 5-2001 |
WM, you mean like the Porsche Speedster top?? Now that thing was flimsy. I like the way the company in Milan did it. It is however a 500 Maranello conversion, not based on the Barchetta. This is what makes this actually interesting. Buy a $115K Maranello, ship it to Milan. Drive in Italy for a week and bring it to the shop there. Come back a month later and drive again in your new open Barchetta for a week, drop it at the port and fly home. 2 great vacations and a convertible roof. Question is, when you import it back does customs give you a hard time sine all of a sudden the roof is missing? | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1246 Registered: 12-2001 |
Ya know, i'm not even sure you need some automatic thing. I would be good with an easy to open/close manual convertible top; not doing any sheet metal (or more precisely, aluminum) changes to the back deck, and even figuring out a way to detach the thing and throw it in the trunk would be ok. I suppose you could go to one of those custom convertible restoration shops and have one built, but even that probably costs more than 5k dollars, yes? | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1216 Registered: 11-2001 |
i have buzzed those dudes in FL too. however, they seem to simply be converting 550s into Barchettas. no word of an auotmated roof. i spent some time looking over my car today when i left the office, and man would they have to do a lot of body work to make something like this actually work out right.... doody. | ||
| PSk (Psk)
Member Username: Psk Post Number: 498 Registered: 11-2002 |
And the 550 Barchetta is supposed to be some sort of design award/awesome thing/most beautiful Ferrari, etc., and all these companies have to fix a stuff up that makes the original car so unuseable that a proud owner can't stand it any longer and has to sell. Best of luck Whart, I think you have made the right decision, with the Porsche. And I hope you sell her for the right price. What Martin's original post shows is what Ferrari should have built, and it looks the same with the hood down. In the end the Italians have created an odd ball that will look great on the inside of glass car sales showrooms. Again best of luck Whart ... I would replace it too. Pete | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1245 Registered: 12-2001 |
Yep,let's see what it costs to put on the roof that god and enzo intended. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1101 Registered: 10-2001 |
Looking at the bigger pic , i agree , its a real car and its pretty impressive !! Doody keep us informed as soon as they reply ! | ||
| Lucas Taratus (Karmavore)
Junior Member Username: Karmavore Post Number: 225 Registered: 12-2002 |
http://www.eurocoachworks.com  | ||
| Lucas Taratus (Karmavore)
Junior Member Username: Karmavore Post Number: 224 Registered: 12-2002 |
http://www.eurocoachworks.com/ | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1215 Registered: 11-2001 |
busted link - this is it: http://www.pavesimilano.it/ i have emailed them. i'm curious :-) grazie tante, martin. doody. | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 4790 Registered: 5-2001 |
The company is called Carrozzeria Ernesto Pavesi Via De Andreis 7 20137 Milan www.pavesimitaiano.it Yes they have done others and I do have pictures but have to run. I believe this is actually a 550 convertion to Barchetta. More later Martin | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1099 Registered: 10-2001 |
There is also a US company who had a plans to do 550 Spider . They had an ad in Dupont , i need to findit again . But this pic here is , im almost positive , a hot wheels barchetta. | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1243 Registered: 12-2001 |
Not to paraphrase anything you might have heard last nite: "It was soft." | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 699 Registered: 9-2002 |
A cut 550 would be aaaaawesome! Bill, do you know if it was a hardtop or soft? I'd imagine doing a folding hardtop on this car would be tricky due to lack of trunk space...even if you got rid of the rear shelf. The SL unit is pretty big... --Dan | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1242 Registered: 12-2001 |
Doody said it. Sheehan had a cut Maranello with a real conv. roof last year. Dunno if it was ever on his web site or what it went for. | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1214 Registered: 11-2001 |
the hard top can be found elsewhere in the archives. many folks think it's way ugly. and it has the separate problem that you can't take it off unless you're at home (or thereabouts). a "regular" convertible top would be SO cool! martin - why won't you share with us on this one, dude? i'm confused why anybody would do this though - there are only 450 of these things in the world - you aren't likely to make money if 1% of them sign up. now if they offered the mod for any Maranello then they'd be selling into an installed base of about 6K and growing, right? who's going to volunteer to be the first guy to have his 550 cut? :-) doody. | ||
| Jens Haller (Jh280774)
Member Username: Jh280774 Post Number: 811 Registered: 9-2001 |
You can also buy a hardtop for a little over 10000� as far as I remember. It�s streamlined and looks pretty neat compared to the stupid soft roof from the factory and has no speed limitations. It�s sold by a german company. I should have some pictures and the adress in a "Ferrari World" magazine. Con saluti cordialissimi, Jens Haller | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1098 Registered: 10-2001 |
That barchetta in the pic looks like a Model ? Has this italian company done any conversion already ?? Whats the name of the company ? | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1241 Registered: 12-2001 |
I don't want to comment on the market for fear of jeopardizing any deals that may be in the offing. Suffice to say there are cars with delivery miles, and higher prices. Whether they are moving at those prices is another question. | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Intermediate Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 1404 Registered: 7-2002 |
there is one in dallas with asking price of $315K. Not sure on miles. Are the prices that wide? | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1240 Registered: 12-2001 |
Sounds about right... | ||
| ELI (Titanium360)
Member Username: Titanium360 Post Number: 440 Registered: 4-2002 |
WM, was your Barchetta, black on black with 6-7K miles. My uncle was just offered the car for $244K by a local dealer | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1238 Registered: 12-2001 |
Do you have more info on this, including price? And, i assume this requires some sheetmetal work, done only in Italy? Thanks. | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1213 Registered: 11-2001 |
yeah - what's the 411 on these guys, martin? and can they retro a non-barchetta? i have to say - a maranello with a real, working softtop along with a fixable hardtop (like the R129 MB SLs and 911 Cabriolets) would be a SWEET thing to have! doody. | ||
| ross koller (Ross)
Intermediate Member Username: Ross Post Number: 1275 Registered: 3-2002 |
thats neat ! probably only costs another $100k too ;) | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 4786 Registered: 5-2001 |
Thanks Rob for shrinking it! | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 4785 Registered: 5-2001 |
Here is another option for getting to drive the Barchetta like a regular car. This company is in Milan and does Barchetta conversions to allow a foldable top. Better than driving a GT2...  |