Wanted: 246 GT

Have you checked out this car:

http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages/carintro.php?reqcardir=FE-246GT-05522

 

That looks lovely and as MS would say "priced right".

 

Wonder if they welded the rear quarter side marker lights closed or was there more extensive body work? Front end is USA, rear quarters and tail lights Euro. Regardless, nice looking driver if mechanically sound.

 

I have not inspected it nor do I have an interest in the car, but I have heard that it was mechanically excellent. I think the us/euro spec changes and headlights are the stumbling points.

 

The biggest problem I see is the Ferrari nose badge instead of the Dino one. It also has the PF badge on the drivers side fender, which it shouldn't. All in all, it looks like a nice car.

 

Tach looks odd...
Otherwise, nice!

Regards, Alberto
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How so?

Because the "parking brake" light actually works?

HAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAHAhah.. wheew.

 

You asked, here goes:

Light covers

308 fans (not a bad thing)

Euro rear conversion minus the small round markers; small side markers in front in a car that is clearly US spec

rusty exhaust

wrong license plate holder

Pininfarina badge on both sides

incorrect tires

wrong badge on nose

chips put of each side of body at trunk lid

Door panels cut for speakers

Red paint visible in finger pull inside door panel

Incorrect radio

incomplete books

absent tools

 

I wish I understood why so many Dinos get Ferrari badges - likely the subject of past threads but it baffles me...

 

When I was looking for a GT in 2005 (strangely, I prefer its lines to the GTS's), I thought it would be easy to find one, as the GTS is more popular and I thought less likely to be on the market. I was very wrong. GTs I found actually more difficult to find.

 

My 71 Euro GT has 3 round indicator lights in the tach...that car has 1 round indicator in center and 2 large bar indicator lights...is that correct?

 

Yes, the tachometer you describe is correct for your Euro Dino. The tacho shown in the photos for this car is correct for a US spec. Dino.

 

Why would that be strange?


The GT is the way the car was penned originally.

The gentle curve to the roof section (vs the virtually flat roof section of the GTS) combined with the lightness/airiness suggested by the rear quarter window provide an aesthetically pleasing shape, IMHO.

 

"Strange" only because the spider is so much more preferred in the market. I agree with your assessment actually. The 911 coupe looks so much better than the Targa, for the same reason. But that is a question of personal preference. Regards, Andres

 

You must be aware I have never started a Dino, much less put on the parking brake...

Regards, Alberto

 

ortho?

 

the GTS is actually much more preferred in the american market...in europe, the GT rules supreme!

 

I think that was true in period only because in the U.S. the Dino wasn't officially sold until 1972 and most GTS's came to America. Today the purity of the coupe is highly sought after. It seems coupes for sale in the U.S. are much more rare and harder to find(in any condition).

Freeman

 

With time it also appears that the price gap between the coupes and the targa cars is narrowing. From what I have seen the gap is not as big in Europe as in the US but for sure the difference is shrinking. Not to start a war but I for one forget a GTS 5 seconds after seeing it and will remember a GT for years. To me at least the Dino was butchered when the roof was cut off.

 

+1

 

I respectfully disagree. When I boughyt my first Dino, the gap was about $5-10k difference between the gt and the gts. That was in 2001

Today, the difference is much more than that and has consistenetly stayed that way.

 

I too think the coupe looks better but on a nice day, if the weather is pleasant, the open air GTS is a ton of fun you can't get in a hardtop. Best to get one of each!