PSA: http://www.copart.com/c2/car_auction_search_results.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e1s3&lotId=23123841 What's up with the shifter? I imagine a stick is pretty rare in 612s? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Beautiful, too bad it's salvage title. I don't expect you'd ever be able to gat that fully sorted without going to the time and expense of finding a pristine example...
It's an extention... driver must not have liked having his hands off the the steering wheel. I wonder if that came in handy when it was being rowed like a boat!?
Is that really a shifter, or some kind of attachment for the cable that threads through the steering wheel, that happens to go on the shifter? From the photo, it looks like they're connected.
Copart puts all keys on a zip tie into/on the steering column so they dont/cant leave the car they belong to.
Some water damage cars are not bad. I work on the auto side of an insurance company and any car is automatically deemed a total loss if water reaches A. The Dashboard or B. The bottom of a seat that contains SRS components including just a single SRS connector. A. Is because the electronics are stored in most dashes and in the long run the electrical gremlins will add up and cost us more in he long run han just totalling it. B. Liability issues if a accident happens and the air bags malfunction we would end up paying more than just totalling it. However being a fully trained master tech I think it wouldnt be that bad to bring back a flood vehicle depending on the damage plus the amount of tear down and cleaning to bring it back, then figuring in the cost of a couple cases of dielectric grease.... Edit: oh and the amount of time since the flood damade happened and salt/fresh water would have a lot to do with it as well.... Catch it early and fresh water it could be saved. P.s. Ipad sucks for typing.
I want to bid on this but am not set up yet. That is to say, I don't know and trust any of these brokers and heard at least one bad story. Anyone know how to get a bid in and a car out?
Just looks like they locked the shifter ball by removing the original one (which is just a screwed in styled one) They zip tied it to steering wheel.. so that the car can't be shift into gear. interesting security setup
I wish it hadn't. The last time I looked the auction was scheduled to end in November and I was going to meet with a broker in Palm Beach. I really didn't think it wojuld be a good experience chasing this stuff.
and the story continues... http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=77614890&listingRecNum=21&criteria=sf1Dir%3DASC%26mkId%3D20014%26stkTyp%3DU%26mdId%3D20501%26rd%3D100000%26crSrtFlds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-mdId%26zc%3D40059%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-1-0%26stkTypId%3D28881%26sf2Dir%3DASC%26sf1Nm%3Dprice%26sf2Nm%3Dmiles%26isDealerGrouping%3Dfalse%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3D28705&aff=national&listType=1 not sure I would trust a dealer that knows it has a salvage title and is trying to get top dollar clean title money for it.
man, no disclosures and selling it for top dollar! Got to love this site just for this kind of information...
This car is back. Funny I talked to this guy earlier this year when I was looking for my 612. He wanted $139k for it then. Now he wants $169k. For a salvage/water damaged vehicle. No accidents, just that "little hurricane" debacle. lol Cars for Sale: 2007 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti in Beverly Hills, CA 90210: Coupe Details - 410713770 - Autotrader
Well, if this salvage 612 with stick is worth $169K, I figure I've got about $110K available to do a manual swap out on my salvage F1 612 that I recently did a complete overhaul on! Makes me pause to give it serious consideration. I could do it in a few weekends of work and would love the experience of doing so.
No one said it was worth that haha. People can ask whatever they want. Finding a fool to pay it is a diff story. However - MANY of us would love to see a conversion done. Any you're just the guy to do it. For someone like you it could probably be done for not too much money, just some time investment
The key task is to first put together a list of parts needed, including the two new ECUs. Then see if you can hunt them down at a reasonable price. Not easy, as many of us are discovering.