Testarossa Convertable?

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Author Message Joop van der Meer (Jhjvdm) New member Username: Jhjvdm Post Number: 50 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 8:29 am:    Doody, Here 2 pics of the 550 Straman. I think he's out of business now. This link brings you to a company doing coversions on Ferrari's http://www.eurocoachworks.com/a_a_newprojects/new_fr.html gary green (Minuke) New member Username: Minuke Post Number: 24 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 10:47 pm:    I think Straman is in Newport Beach,California. Mr. Doody (Doody) Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1399 Registered: 11-2001 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 10:15 pm:    the october 1999 issue of road & track did a piece on a straman 550. page 54, according to the index. does anybody have an R&T collection they'd care to sift through and scan or fax? i'd love to see pics! can't find a lick of information on how to reach straman. $75K for a conversion though is awfully steep - hopefully that was the price for the first one??? doody. david handa (Davehanda) Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 1207 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 9:27 pm:    That white TR was photographed from Alki in West Seattle, looking toward downtown Seattle. Funny, but I posted to Ferrarilist last year that I thought I saw a white convertible TR and it was at night, and just saw it for a second, and thought I was seeing things... :-) I guess not, but never seen it at a club event around here... gary green (Minuke) New member Username: Minuke Post Number: 21 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 9:02 pm:    Mr.Doody, I have read about a shop in Southern California that does the 550 conversion. I believe the business is called Straman Automotive Engineering Mr. Doody (Doody) Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1398 Registered: 11-2001 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 8:32 pm:    wow - absolutely stellar collection of photos and info, joop! does anybody know of any shops doing spider conversions of Maranellos? pavesi only converts Barchettas to spiders. there's a shop in FL that converts Maranellos to Barchettas. i have yet to hear of or see a picture of a Maranello Spider. doody. Joop van der Meer (Jhjvdm) New member Username: Jhjvdm Post Number: 49 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 7:44 pm:    Almost forgot... Testarossa Spider done by Pavesi Testarossa spider done by Straman Joop van der Meer (Jhjvdm) New member Username: Jhjvdm Post Number: 48 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 7:37 pm:    Testarossa Convertibles were not built by Ferrari themselves. But some conversions have been done by several other body-shops. Here are some examples: Testarossa Spider done by Pininfarina for Giovanni Agnelli (head of FIAT) Testarossa Spider done by Koenig of Germany Testarossa Spider done by Lorenz of Germany david handa (Davehanda) Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 1206 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 7:32 pm:    If you do a web search, you will find that they indeed were made by outside vendors in the day. I think it has been discussed on the list here that the factory made one or two cars too. Keith Boggs (Yesod) New member Username: Yesod Post Number: 9 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 7:19 pm:    I was driving outside of Tampa the other day when I saw a red Testarossa coming towards me. When it passed by me I was startled to see that it was a convertable. What is up with that? Kit Car? Is there someone out there doing conversions? It looked way to big for a 348.