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| Bruce Kubicka (Bruce)
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The Dino prototype and 365P have similar lines and styling details though they are not the same. I think the 365 is considerably larger. The current issue of Prancing Horse magazine has an article on the evolution of the Dino as well as pictures of the 365P taken last year. | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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The Dino Speciale has a similar silhouette, but has a much different nose: four headlights covered by a plexiglass cover. I don't have pictures, but if you've seen an Alfa Junior Zagato, you'll know what I mean. The car is at the LeMans museum. | ||
| 1989 328 GTS (Vilamoura2002)
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Bruce,does the dino berlinetta have the same look outside as the 365P Speciale except for the 2/3 seats and middle/left steering? Got some pics of both? | ||
| Bruce Kubicka (Bruce)
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The 3 seater was not a Dino, rather it was a 365 P with a 4.4 liter V12. I think that this car was build up from a P2 or P3 chassis. Supposedly there were 2 or 3 built and one was owned by G. Agnelli, the big boss at Fiat. The original white car was at the Concorso Italiano last year. The Dino Berlinetta Speciale was a normal two seater and was a design exercise by Pininfarina that later evolved into the production Dino. | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
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Any of u know Tony Wang ? He is a major collector of vintage Ferraris & has a collection worth maybe $200M  I asked him which was his favorite Ferrari & he told me it was the 206SP cus it handles the best | ||
| Mike Dawson (Miked)
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For pictures of Escort Radar Detecter co-founder James Jaeger's Dino 206SP and several other cars from his Ferrari collection go to the Cincinnati Concours web site and click on "previous years". http://ohioconcours.com/ | ||
| DBP (Dilly)
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Richelson, our Dino is really fun to drive; not fast but fun. Dinos for years were the stepchild for Ferrari collectors and in some cases were not considered to be "a real Ferrari". However, time has been kind to the little car and now people seem to understand what a truly change of direction this little car started. Just think of all the "1st" you see in this car and you can appreciate the place the Dino has in the history of Ferrari. I just checked the Ferrari Market Letter and the Dinos listed range from $69,900 to $125,000 with 12 listings(all GTS). Like I have said before, if you are in the market take your time and get a good car. | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
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I saw a Dino last year at the Barrett Jackson auction go for around $100 000. I just love the styling of the Dino 246, especially the GT coupe. | ||
| Mark (Study)
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Some of the best looking Ferraris I've ever seen are the Racing Dino's - The 1.66P 1965 spyder, 206s 1967 targa, 206s Spider, hybrid 246P spider. Only place I've seen some good pictures was in Alan Henry's book - The Ferrari (Dino 246,308 and 328) Anyone know a good place on the web to find pictures of these non-production racers? | ||
| Richelson (Richelson)
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That is a shame. I find that many 308s have been abused too. What is the avg. price on the Dinos today? How do you they drive and handle? | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
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DBP you're right. The Dino's were relatively cheap compared to the Daytona's of the same time period. Hence, they were bought by people who didn't really take care of them the way they should. Records is a must. I believe a brand new Dino in the late 60's early 70's was around $10-14 000? | ||
| DBP (Dilly)
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As with any older car, Dino parts are starting to get hard to find. They are pretty straightfoward cars and are not that hard to work on. In looking to purchase I would watch for rust. Check under the doors. Take your time and get a good well maintained car. | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
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Parts for the 246 are getting hard to come by. However the 2.4l and 2.0l engines (aluminum and cast iron)are also found in the Fiat Dinos. Still, there aren't many around anymore. Ferrari designed the engine and let Fiat put it into a car designed by Bertone so that they could use the engine for racing (meeting production numbers). At this time Bertone also put the same engine into the Lancia Stratos which went on to be a great ralley car! | ||
| Richelson (Richelson)
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Are Dino parts more than 308 parts to purchase? How difficult is the Dino to work on? I don't know a lot about them. They are 6 cylinders, right? They are very beautiful cars. Any info would be appreciated. | ||
| DBP (Dilly)
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As David noted, some Dinos were re-baged but these cars were the 308 Dinos only. They were re-baged at both the factory and dealer level. No 206 or 246 Dinos were re-baged by the factory. Any additonal horses or Ferrari script on a 206 or 246 were, for the most part, owner additions. If you choose to show your car, these additions on the 206 and 246 will cost you. I have never understood why people want to add badges to their Dino. I love my Dino. In my opinion the Dino and the 308/328 series have aged extreamly well. I have a 1974 246 GTS and when people look at it they can hardly believe that the car was designed in the 60's. If you are going to Cavallino, stop by and take a look. | ||
| Bob Robertson (Rmracing)
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The 3 seater Dino was a prototype built in 1965 shown at the Paris Auto Show. It is White and called a Dino Berlinetta Speciale. It is mentoned in the issues of Forza December 2001 and Cavallino December 2001/January 2002. | ||
| David Jones (Dave)
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If I remember right, the 2 liter "Dino" engine was created to go Formula 2 racing under the supervision of Dino, Enzo's son... The 206 Dino street car was, as Martin stated, created to qualify that engine for racing. While some people feel that Ferrari badge�d the cars as Dino's to distinguish them from the standard 12cyl road cars, in reality it was out of respect in the loss of Enzo's son... Later Dino models would be re-badge�d with Ferrari due to lackluster sales. | ||
| Martin (Miami348ts)
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The Dino line was created to toy with some cars that Ferrari doid not want to build under their name. They were mostly assembled in the FIAT plants and use some FIAT components. The engine is a true Ferrari development. During these times Ferrari did not want to associate with 4cyl and 6 cyl engines in their line of street cars. They also wanted to get into some racing that required these engines and a minimum built number so they can race them. Don't know about that central driver seat car. Definetely NOT a productionc ar. | ||
| Michael (Mtabije)
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I was browsing at some Ferrari books at the local book store and saw a picture of a Ferrari Dino from the late 60's that had a screw type gas tank and you could see the fuel filler hose through the drivers side rear quarter panel window. The caption read that it had a 2.0L engine and has a central drivers seating like the Ameritech McLaren F1. Did this car go into production or was this a prototype car? Also, what was the reasoning behind the 246 lacking Ferrari badges? Was this to keep the Dino "true to form"? That was the sort of vague answer I got when I was talking to some guy I met at a bar. |