No Reserve Dino on eBay

I do not know the seller, just FYI

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-246-GT-Dino-1974-Red-Black-Interior-/180561981988?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2a0a553224#ht_500wt_1182



http://www.dinoregister.com/search.php?detailsearch=05244-2

 

Mysteriously, the $80,000 bid disappeared and it is now a reserve auction at $40k....fishy.

 

Why do people stick Ferrari badges everywhere? It's tacky and IMO, makes me wonder about the person who owns it.

 

It looks like a European modell with added sidelamps and not as usual the other way around.
The black coating is too high in the front and
the fitting of the trunk lid towards the end panel looks very bad.
Interesting right door handle
For what is the switch on the last picture?
(left picture corner, above the hood opener)

 

And about one percent of the people looking at the car will know enough to agree with you. The rest will just see the badge and go "Cool, a Ferrari".
Otherwise known as playing to the cheap seats.
What's to wonder. Seems pretty obvious

Of course people have every right to do what ever makes them happy with their property.

 

!!!

Whoa!

Buy It Now: $120,000!!

That guy's not just a member of The Optimist Club, he's the president!

 

...does not even look like a "Senior Member" to me.

Last I checked, $120k was a pretty low asking...

 

I dunno....looks pretty rough.

 

$120K for a car with needs is not a great deal when $150K will get an excellent example.

The car is rattty looking from the pix, and the pix almost always look better than the car does in person..

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That is very true. Pictures make cars look better BIG time!!

 

Oh, I never said the car was worth the asking. In fact, I'm not even sure that I think $150k is a good price for an "excellent" example.

I only meant to (good naturedly) point out that this guy is just asking for about what all sellers seem to think is the "low end" of the GT price range these days; i.e., my point is not that he is not a member of the optimists club, but rather that he is no different from most sellers...

-- Alex

 

Looks as if the chrome strip that should run along the bottom of the rear quarter window and continue along the door is either missing or has been painted,unless my eyes disieve me.

 

Seems to be black painted, as well as the door handles are.

 

First item on the new owner's purchase list will be some paint stripper! Apparently, black paint has been used to camouflage indifferent chrome plating. The front pan is also quite a bit tarted up with the black paint. Instead of hiding a multitude of sins, in this case it appears to be accentuating them. I'd hate to see this car in broad daylight, from several feet away! Fred

 

At the risk of piling on, the outside mirrors and the interior pull strap screwed into the door would suggest less than a sympathetic owner.

 

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The mirrors seem to be correct if the car is original Italian or French delivery.

Bidding ended before the time, by the way.

 

I stand corrected.

 

They still don't look contemporaneous.

 

The mirrors resemble the Vitaloni mirrors that came as original equipment on early 308s. Fred

 

French car, #06482, very original. Same mirror.
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I'm not claiming that no Dinos came from the factory (or a Ferrari dealer) with the black plastic mirror fitted. However, I believe that many owners who bought their Dinos used (and perhaps some owners who were looking for an "update") installed the black mirrors as a more readily-available substitute for the more traditional round chromed mirrors with pedestal. While the original-equipment mirrors came on Daytonas and Dinos, they were somewhat dated in appearance by the late '70s, when most cars had streamlined black or body-color mirrors, and little or no chrome trim. This, coupled with the rarity and high price of replacement original-equipment mirrors, has contributed to the fairly frequent use of aerodynamic plastic mirrors on Dinos. Fred

 

Believe me, that mirror of the French car was fitted by Pozzi before first delivery, that's for sure.

 

Wow - adding those tacked on side-marker lights are enough by themselves to make it look like a Kelmark, especially with the mirrors and the blacked out window trim. What an idea! And then there's that slick looking carb cover. Where are the curb feelers?

 

Urotrash, that's a fairly common ebay trick/scam.

So you are selling a Classic Car and it's at about $40k, you get somebody to put in a bid of (say) $80k. What this does is reveal the high bid of the under bidder, let's say its $68k.
Then you retract the "shill" bid of £80k. You now know somebody is prepared to pay $68k so, unless any genuine bids come in for more, you get somebody to enter a bid of say $66k just before the end.

So you get $67k for your car where it might have gone for a lot less if nobody else bid.
It's really not good but difficult to police/prove. Be very careful if you are bidding on an item and you get outbid, and then the bid "disappears".