Shopping for a Dino ...

At the suggestion of some here - I am starting a new thread to map out my Dino search

I just joined this forum

Thank you all in advance

I read Skipps thread very closely

and in truth some of the cars referenced in that thread are cars that I have been looking at

I would love to not spend 300k - but I want a spyder

 

geno - i have looked at that car

i'm not a yellow lover

silver - blue - black - red

 

I just want to say a genuine thanks for all of the PM's I have received

they have been very helpful

I think the rarest car I have owned

and the one that most closely replicates this experience

would be my 1968 Shelby KR Convertible - 4 speed

I searched for a while - But I knew Mustangs pretty well and had restored a few

after finding and roto restoring the Shelby to Concours specs

I sold it at Barrett in a Scottsdale Auction - many years ago

 

but the dumb thing I'm realizing now...

Is that there were not hundreds of thousands of regular production cars that share the same factory sheet metal

meaning Dinos were only made once

there were a lot of factory NOS fenders etc - so if you needed something in a Shelby resto

there was a chance you could find NOS parts

the restoration of a Dino

requires metal fabrication - that my shop can do ...

but only to a certain level

I have read many threads on this forum top to bottom in the week I have been here

fascinating

another thing I didn't realize

was the incredibly low production run of EVERY YEAR of Fcars

wow

and i call myself a "car" guy

 

the fact that this car was originally ruby red metallic is intriguing ...

 

update

i have tony d

at

scuderia performante

doing a ppi

on a 72 for me

let's see what comes of this