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No Reserve Dino on eBay

Discussion in '206/246' started by UroTrash, Sep 19, 2010.

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  1. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ
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    Clifford Gunboat
    Mysteriously, the $80,000 bid disappeared and it is now a reserve auction at $40k....fishy.
     
  2. TheMayor

    TheMayor Ten Time F1 World Champ
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    Feb 11, 2008
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    Why do people stick Ferrari badges everywhere? It's tacky and IMO, makes me wonder about the person who owns it.
     
  3. Dino Club Germany

    Dino Club Germany Formula Junior

    Nov 10, 2008
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    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)
     
  4. VIZSLA

    VIZSLA Four Time F1 World Champ
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    #5 VIZSLA, Sep 20, 2010
    Last edited: Sep 20, 2010
    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.
     
  5. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ
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    Clifford Gunboat
    !!!

    Whoa!

    Buy It Now: $120,000!!

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

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

    Last I checked, $120k was a pretty low asking... :)
     
  7. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ
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    I dunno....looks pretty rough.
     
  8. dm_n_stuff

    dm_n_stuff Four Time F1 World Champ
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    $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..

    D
     
  9. Oengus

    Oengus F1 World Champ
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    That is very true. Pictures make cars look better BIG time!!
     
  10. gcalex

    gcalex Formula Junior
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    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
     
  11. possum

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    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.
     
  12. 500tr

    500tr Formula 3

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    Seems to be black painted, as well as the door handles are.
     
  13. 2GT

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    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
     
  14. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ
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    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.
     
  15. 500tr

    500tr Formula 3

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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.
     
  16. UroTrash

    UroTrash Four Time F1 World Champ
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    I stand corrected. :)
     
  17. VIZSLA

    VIZSLA Four Time F1 World Champ
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    They still don't look contemporaneous.
     
  18. 2GT

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    The mirrors resemble the Vitaloni mirrors that came as original equipment on early 308s. Fred
     
  19. 500tr

    500tr Formula 3

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    #21 500tr, Sep 21, 2010
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  20. 2GT

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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
     
  21. 500tr

    500tr Formula 3

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

    dinogts Formula 3
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    #24 dinogts, Sep 23, 2010
    Last edited: Sep 23, 2010
    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?
     
  23. lightning

    lightning Formula Junior

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    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".
     

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