Reuniting cars with their original documents

Nice idea but I suspect the market is too developed for most to play along

As a minor aside the Dino book is not for a specific car but cars after that chassis no

 

The documents almost have more value separate from their vehicles - there is too much trading for people to do things from the goodness of their heart

You also get the really weird stories like the guy last year who having been tracked down told the fellow with his original books to get lost (its an old thread somewhere here)

 

Mick I think this thread is a great idea. I wonder why noone else is taking part ?
Erik

 

OK! Does anyone know of any documents for Lusso #4393?

Thanks in advance.

 

Interested in locating any paper work on a 79 308 #25725 .....originally a Canadian car now in the states. Thanks.

 

Well, there are obviously more manual sets than cars, as all destroyed vehicles had some.......unless they burned in the trunk!

I don't think an owner would intentionally keep them as they enhance the value of the vehicle at time of sale! But I've seen luggage sets split from the car so it happens....

I did run across a guy who claimed he had BOXES of foreign car manuals that were routinely removed from cars as they crossed a used car lot on the East Coast! I urged him to inventory them, searching for Ferrari VIN #s but he never did.....

 

I'd be interested in anything for my Boxer, # 28633.

 

I have much original documentation for 250 GT PF #1176 and 250 GT PF #1935.

Cheers,

Julio Batista

 

I think this is a really good thread. I have mixed feelings, however, about providing a place for people to do what I think is essentially wrong - selling documents that rightly always belonged with a car when it was sold.
A few years ago, I inherited a box of coins and medals from my deceased uncle. In it were some WWI dog tags belonging to someone whose name was unknown in my family. I went on the web genealogy pages, found a tree within which the owner was listed and contacted his granddaughter. I sent it to her free of charge. I even paid the shipping. She was in tears to think that someone would show such selflessness. I felt great. I have always lived by the Golden Rule - but then again, maybe I'm just an old irrelevant fart whose time has passed.
Tom Kizer

 

Interesting moral issue TLK, but do ALL documents always belong to a car when it is sold? What about original and no longer valid registration papers? Repair, storage, or transportation bills? pre-purchase correspondance with the factory or the dealer? Correspondance with race authorities?

Cheers,

Julio Batista

 

I'm searching for paperwork for my 1983 512BBi #44815

 

it has to be said that i have bought many items from owners that didn't care about them while they owned the car. these items don't belong to the car, they belong to the owner.

 

I have the Warranty book for TR # 89819 (I believe it to be a silver 1991 model). I need same for mine # 81513. They got switched accidentally at WW of C in N.Y. when they were both in for service at the same time some years ago.

 

Good question, Julio. I can definitely say that I will not provide documentation, other than the corporate stuff that came with the vehicle, when I sell my 1993 Jeep. Ferrari ownership, however, in my opinion, has become something completely different. For those who show their cars, with many of those cars being absolutely perfect, it has come down to: "He with the original clock tag wins!"
My car was driven in Italy for 15 years by 5 different owners, who lost all the original paperwork, tools, window crank, and even some of the body parts (during collision repairs). I doubt that it will ever be "complete" by Pebble Beach standards. Does it matter? It shouldn't, in my opinion. Although I wish I had the original manuals and tools that came with the car, I realize that when the car was new, those things were not really important to the owners, especially in Italy.
When I sell my car, I will provide to the new owner everything that I have that relates to the car, including used original parts, reproduction books and manuals, the history that I've been able to document, my restoration files, and even old magazines that have contributed to my ownership pleasure.
It is not my place to judge others nor to impose my values on them. I will simply do what I think is right and let others do likewise. If I ever come across documentation for someone else's car, I'll snatch it up and then try to find the original owner. I'll sell it for whatever I had to pay, just for the pleasure of doing what I would hope someone would do for me.
I'll get off my soapbox now and go back to enjoying my Ferrari ownership experience. I apologize for hijacking the thread. I'll stop posting here unless I have something to contribute.
Am I a fanatic - or what?
Tom Kizer

 

Documents 205GT Ferrari Chassis 0609GT 250 gt Item number: 4625702001

Bonkers or bitter ?

 

Hi all, My name is Paul and I'm located in Adelaide, South Australia. Recently I purchaced my first Ferrari; a Dino 246GT - 02424. I was told of ferrarichat.com. and having registered thought I'd ask whether anyone out there knows anything of the history of this beautiful car. I actually found the car listed on the 'Dino Register' - but the cars history prior to and after this listing datails is a mystery. Any assistance would be appreciated, (also where to find manuals in English for this model). Best regards to all, PK.