Blue Dino at Cooper Classics

Andy- I am thinking of doing my #01832 euro 1971 (1972) coupe in the same colors. I will likely do the campy wheels,headlight covers, and the rectangular side markers will be removed and I may also do a Daytona type interior (beige & maybe navy blue inserts). I have your car & dog as my wallpaper at the office! It is gorgeous!! My car is in a billion pieces so I will have a long time to wait! You have a really sharp car! Congrats

 

Champtc, thank you. I would do that exactly if I were in the process of complete restoration, as you appear to be. Headlamp covers, deleted side markers (the Euro model shouldn't have these?), Daytona seats. Flush front indicators too, as Omgjon did with his car. Beige leather with blue inserts seems very attractive. Good luck with the restoration!

 

I have been thinking about this color for a long time..in fact there was a pic of a car just like yours (with headlight covers) and i think it was in the UK...have loved it ever since. The campys really set it off too...my other dino is metalazita (lighter blue) which is lovely with dark blue interior (I have a blue jag too)..I guess I just like blue & I love yours!!

 

Although a similar photo appears in "Garage Pics," I thought I would add this photograph to this thread on #4866 for posterity. Here is the Dino in the almost completed garage. The garage is an old one, but was just extended rearward and large glass windows added to the rear wall. There is a small pond and a hill behind, and this allows a nice view of the Dino, seen here with a cousin, across the water. If I may say so, the Dino is a truly a beautiful car.

Andres
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Truly poetic, Andy! Fred

 

congratulations on your choice of cars and your presentation.

 

Matthias, I am not sure if the belts are original. The tags say "1972," so they might just have come with the car.

The tags are quite grubby, too, and I wonder how best to clean them without risk of removing the markings.

Andres
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In searching for a picture to show the door pocket, I realized I didn't have my own photo of the interior. Documenting the safety belts for Matthias this afternoon, I decided to take this for posterity.
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Thank you, dignini. I have a small, new camera and am having fun with it. I'm happy you like the pictures. Andy

 

thanks Andy, they look perfect to me
regards Matthias

 

Congratulations, Andy. That appears to be a remarkably well preserved, 100% as original and correct interior for a US Dino. And, yes, those seatbelts are most certainly the original ones. Beautiful!

Regards,
Lars

 

Thank you, Matthias, Lars. That is good to know.

Best regards,

Andy

 

They now have this nice White Dino.
http://www.specialtycarsource.com/Vehicle/DisplayAd.asp?id=1078

White must be fairly rare on a Dino, yes?

 

Here are some detail photos that I hope will be useful to those of you who have written. Andres
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And just two more ...
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I discovered, courtesy of Matthias, that my car's build date is February 1, 1973. That is at odds with the October 1972 manufacture date on the door jamb plate, but this is not uncommon, says Matthias. That would make my car a 1973, instead of a 1972, and perhaps explain in part why it was not sold until 1974.

In any event, to commemorate #4866's 38th birthday, I took a few photos tonight and posted two, one in sepia, which reminds me of Dino pictures I used to pore over in now vintage magazines.

Andres
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Great shots, Andy, and happy birthday to 04866! My 04808 also has an Oct. 1972 doorjamb build tag, and wasn't sold until 1974. Alas, my car's build date is unknown to me and, therefore, went uncelebrated. It was probably sometime in January of 1973. Fred

 

Thanks for the e-mail, Matthias. I now know when my Dino came online, and appreciate your sharing the information. Fred

 

I thought I would show another Dino here in Manila. This 1973 GTS, imported from the U.S. before mine, has been in Manila some 10 years. It is in excellent, original condition, down to the Ansa exhaust. It was resprayed here though, and there may have been a color change, but this may have been to bring it back to its orginal color. The owner, a friend of mine, took the opportunity to remove Ferrari script and a prancing horse that were on the car when he bought it. It came with the original steering wheel, but he installed a Nardi, evident in this photo.

The photo below was taken, of course, in Manila, what with the balmy skies, coconut trees, tropical dress, and sun umbrellas all around. The scene is from the 2007 Manila Sports Car Club concours, an event held every four years or so. MSCC invites enthusiasts from clubs in other countries to judge; Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, and England are represented in this photo. It's a very "clubby" and friendly event and a lot of fun. That's Manila Bay in the background.

Aside from mine and this yellow one, there is at least one other Dino here, a GT that has been in the country since the 1970s. It was stored for manu years and is now being restored; the owner is a collector and also has a 340 Barchetta. Last year, a GTS was imported to the Southern island of Cebu, also from the U.S.. Not too many Dinos here, but the population has tripled this last decade.

Regards,

Andres
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It is still quiet cool here in tropics, with temperatures dipping to a frosty (for us) 18 degrees C. That makes it especially exhilarating to take out the Dino, which I did very, very early this morning.

When I returned home and got off to open the garage door, I looked back at the Dino and said "I must take a picture."
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Love is blind !

 

I feel the same..its about 18 degrees (Farenheit) here,,,rather cool! I really like your car...Imay do my coupe (which I have lots of engine pics to post) in the same combo. It is a spectacular looking car especially the wheel set up. I may do the Daytona interior (beige with black or navy blue inserts). You will be my new wall paper at the office! Thanks

 

Very nice, Andres.
It is always interesting to see and hear about Dinos in other parts of the world.

Looking at that photo with Manila bay in the background, it occurred to me that it is not only a different part of the world - it is a different world, too. I am referring to the young ladies holding up umbrellas to provide shade for the judges. FCA judges might be envious. They get respect, but not that kind of royal treatment.

Regards,
Lars

 

True, Jimmy. The more I see Dinos in photographs, including the good ones in the 246 photos thread in the Detailing & SHowroom forum on FerrariChat, the more I think the Dino is the most beautiful Ferrari ever. That is true regardless of setting. But let's keep that in this forum. As you say, love is blind.

 

It's a bit colder where you are, champtc. I like the combination, too. When I was looking for a 246GT, they were extremely hard to find. I was willing to get one in any color combination and with a vinyl interior, but hoped for a dark blue metallic with tan or beige leather. I was lucky to have found the car in the right color with what I thought was very good imitation leather (I can be quite stupid at times). Closer examination, prompted by advice on this forum, showed that it was indeed leather. The Gods smiled upon me that day I found the car on the Internet, and I am grateful. Andres