dino conversion or conversion from gt form to.....

With the recenst auction of Dino 03128 and realizing it is a gt coupe that was converted to a gts, it makes me wonder how many of these are there?

I know of one and am having a hard time finding the original emails from the seller that posted in Hemmings in 2007 (?). He spent around $50k converting a coupe to gts form because gts's were selling for around $100k more than gt's in the late 80's.

How many cars have been converted?

How many cars have been converted to a form other than to replicate a gts? I ask this because I haven't seen any, but have to think they are out there.

What photo's exist to document this trend - however small it is?

 

Many cars were fncked in the terrible 80's ...

Pete

 

these are GTS conversions:
#00144
#03128
#03336
#04498
#04968
#05022
#06906

most cars converted around 1985 until 1995

unlikely much more than these cars

regards Matthias

 

Matthias, Do you know how many of these conversions are in the US? Do they include the yellow 206 GT with targa top that was on e-Bay awhile back? Fred

 

Hello Fred

#00144 is the yellow 206 GT conversion
#06906 seems to be in Japan
all the rest are in the US.

Nobody in Europe would to this to a Dino.
;-)

Regards Matthias

 

Thanks, Matthias. It is indeed a travesty to despoil an otherwise perfectly good Dino for the sole motive of financial gain. The money would be better spent to restore or help preserve such cars for future generations of owners. Unfortunately, the profit motive for the type of person who would do this is pre-eminent, and very short-sighted. Fred

 

LOL, Matthias!!!

I blame it on the widespread availabilty of Sawzalls.........

 

funny stuff

 

Attached some pics of 6909 in Japan.
Is there any one who can fill me in with history and detail?
Many thanks in advance,
Ciao,
Jack
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What was the avg price of a GT vs a GTS in 1989 ?

I dont remember there being a 100k difference between the 2 models back then but then again I was a teenager....

 

I was so surprised a GT was so difficult to find when I was searching for one in 2005. I thought it would be so easy to find a good one. Plenty of GTSs, but for a long while no GTs.

Andy

 

here the history:
1999 ? (?, J),
1996 until ???? George Tateno (Yokohama, J),
1996 Cardiff Classics (Encinitas, CA, USA),
1988 Jim Carpenter (Chandler, AZ, USA),
1980 until 1985 Barry Watkins (Tustin, CA, USA),
197? until 1980 Konstructall Inc. (Mission Viejo, CA, USA),
197? Thomas Meade (Modena, I)

Thomas Meade converted this GT into a GTS.

 

GAWD that is hideous, IMO, all the way around. I have a very hard time believing that is a Dino and not a kitcar.

Mark

 

That dino needs to lose a few pounds...

 

I need the mind eraser after looking at those photos.

 

8 of these:
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The more I look at those photos, the more they remind me of some sort of amphibian vehicle, perhaps the Lotus Esprit used in a late '70s James Bond movie that submerged in the Mediterranean Sea, only to emerge onto land as the driver tossed out a fish (if my shaky memory serves me well). This gives Roger Moore two connections to the Dino. He was not only 007, the "pilot" of the submersible Lotus, he was also Tony Curtis' co-star in "The Persuaders," in which Tony drove a Dino coupe and Roger drove an Aston Martin DBS, I believe. I haven't been drinking Uro, honestly, but you have given me a valid suggestion! Fred

 

Does have a bit of a catfish snout.

 

The dino may be my favorite car but that body kit is disgusting looks way too ricey

 

I though somebody crashed it and could't remember how it was supposed to look.

 

Does anyone have any info/pics of dino #08500 it sounds interesting a dino in white/blanco

 

#04968 and #06906 are factory produced GTS, no conversion

 

richard straman did a great targa conversion of a 512 boxer in 1978. car was black . looked like the factory would have done it , 3 vents just like a 246 gts.