What a shame, these guys should be punished. Dismantling a perfectly good 400, just because it may be worth more in parts. from the eBay ad: "Details History and pictures of Our Own 1984 Ferrari 400i Chris, Rpi/Partsrange Director bought this low cost 1984 Ferrari 400i on the 4th of October 2003 at a Classic car auction held at Duxford, and we have had it since. after a couple of years he decided to have it freshly painted, thus the car was stripped and handed over to the body shop, and just about one year and £4000.00 later it was handed back with only half the paint work we required done to our standards The car has remained stripped for about 3 years and it clogging up our workshop (stored inside always) and we need to clear it, so assuming we have no time to finish it and no wish to sell it as it is we have decided to offer its parts in our very successful eBay shop, Chris had done about a thousand miles in this car and can vouch for the excellent mechanical condition of all parts but we are selling all parts to clear with low start price but still include our unique 3 month no quibble warranty." http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Partsrange__W0QQ_sacatZPartsrangeQ5fQ5fW0Q51Q51Q5farmrsQ5A1QQ_sidZ65672954?_nkw=ferrari+&submit=Search
It is an unfortunate fact of life that for years the parts value of a 400i has been well in excess of the price of a good running car, which is sad. Gradually and slowly the number of these cars on the road is getting fewer and fewer. And they aren't making any more either!
well, I guess one can look at it from a different perspective as well. From a value perspective (supply and demand) it could actually be quite good. And for the quality of the remaining cars the parts on the market help as well. So the theory in short: every dismantled car leads to fewer but better cars on the market. At least I can say that my '78 400 Automatic has already a few times benefitted from dismantled cars, especially at Eurospares. Just today bought a set of siwtches... Cheers Stefan
I,m with you,Stefan:go to Ferrari and buy a bonnet or a couple of doors,the parts have to come from somewhere.Where are all the parts on ebay coming from? Wrecked cars.
EXACTLY!!! WRECKED CARS!!! Not perfectly good driveable cars that get dismantled because the owner does not want to invest in a proper paintjob. This car was NOT a wrecked car! Read the thread guys!
I did read the thread. Do you have any idea what the law of supply and demand is? If there was no demand the prices would not make it worth while to part out an intact car. If the prices are high that means there are cars in need of the parts and that car will keep others running. We can have all the cars in one piece and a few of them running or we can part some out and keep many of them running. Which is better? You may not like it but that is reality.
Keep an eye on all those eBay auctions they are running.....asking prices are not what they will be receiving. I bet 70% of all those bits will be left unsold in the first two years at least. You know as well as I do that there are no rare parts offered in this eBay store. All of these parts are readily available on the market from properly WRECKED (therefore used) cars. Don't fool yourself. This was a car that should have been salvaged. I don't care what the market mechanism dictates. I unfortunately wrecked a car myself. Don't go telling me what the laws of supply and demand are. Where's the passion? And no, I don't like it. But then again, to disagree is a virtue by itself right?
Mate,the passion is obviously there otherwise none of us would be talking on this forum. Lets take an overall view:the 400 is the second least wantable F car(mondial 1st..any objections?),the auto more so.To complete resto of this particular car??$$ I don,t know,have,nt seen it.We can,t all wait for the next accident/mechanical wreck to turn up,MAYBE,with the part you need. The 400(maybe with the exception of the GT(manual))is never going to go anywhere in rarity(sorry)because of it,s Fiat underpinnings. It,and the 365GT4(mine)are brilliant stepping stones to front engine Ferrari expeirience.I would rather drive my 365 1000 miles than the 330. Chill a bit and look at the world picture...this 400 can keep a bunch of other 400s around the globe on the road,otherwise maybe more will be wrecked for lack of parts. My .02c
