Hello from NJ! New GTS 6 speed member

I think the last year of OBDI was 1995 so for this car to be a 1996 and pass emissions in the US it would need an expensive retrofit of all the OBDII equipment.
At least that's my guess. I would imagine it's beneficial for purposes of titling and registering it in the US that the car be a 1995.

 

When did Ferrari switch to the later camcover plate? I see yours has the later M5.2 style.

 

When i had carfaxed certain cars I was interested in, i found a few cases where a "4" and an "A" were interchangeable. I think I might have run into a case wherea "2" and a "z" were interchangeable as well. I am not sure if this is relevant.

Is the odometer in km or miles on this car?

 

Can someone please take this thread out back and put it down..... I can not believe it has this much life.

 

This thread is almost as good as the 348 Salvage title in the marketplace. I heard about another 355 thread that makes the 348 Salvage look like a short story. Can anyone post up a link?

 

Op,

Some suggestions if I may...

Leather cluster surround. I believe I saw Bruce have a brand new one in black for sale. If you are doing any upholstery replacement, try to source Connolly leather as that is the leather for our cars.

Euro side blinker (round). These should be the same ones offered on the 360 and the f430. You can buy single used ones on ebay for less than $50. I suggest you do that for your passenger side fender.

Headers. If those are the original headers. Keep an eye on them. It is difficult to gauge true condition with the shields on.

Interesting thing to note is your rear bumper is a Euro rear bumper with the vented cutouts on the bottom. 95s (at least in the U.S) dont have the vented cutout. Euro bumpers aren't supposed to have the red rear reflector either. Upon close inspection, your rear reflectors were custom fitted on. I say that because the position is not correct. Yours sit closer to the wheel than they should be. My suggestion would be to get rid of them (both front and rear) and repaint the bumpers and stick with the side marker euro look on the fenders.

Front bumper. Your bumper appears to be U.S spec. I cant find anything awkward about the side marker position. Perhaps the accident reported was in the front and a us spec bumper was purchased. It is also suspect you have one euro spec fender (drivers) and a us spec fender (passenger). Perhaps the right front quarter was hit and a US fender was purchased.

 

Correct rear reflector (red) position
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When people pay a premium for a car, they are paying for what they believe to be a piece of mind. Whether a car is good / properly sorted or not is a different story. The OP has stated he has had a 355 or has been around 355s enough to be comfortable and happy with the car he purchased. Thats great. Would love to see a rare 95 GTS 6 speed restored.

In the same token, lets not full ourselves. This wasnt a $75k car bought for $35k. Theres simply too much history or evidence of lack of care, which will affect its "piece of mind" value in the future. I dont think anyone is kicking themselves for missing out on this car. Its a $35-45k car bought for $35k.

 

I actually just read the other thread on this car an it looks like the previous owner did confirm a right front collision.

"Thanks for asking. As noted earlier in the thread the car had been involved in an accident that affected the right front corner of the car. I'm not sure what was replaced. All the panel gaps look good. The car has also been involved with hurricane sandy. The carpets had gotten wet and the car had stayed closed up for several months after. When I received the car I pulled the interior out and cleaned it. The fuel gauge is inop. The ac needs to be charged. The speedo has just recently started working intermittently. When you start driving the car the speedo is inop. After fifteen minutes the speedo starts working. The car performs great. The check engine light flashes on and off from time to time, however not affecting performance. Now for good. The car has received the engine out major service this past January. The timing belts and tensioner rollers were changed. The car received a full tune up plugs, filters and fluids. The bearings in the flywheel assembly were replaced and the clutch was gone over. The brakes are almost new as are the runflat Yokohama tires. The car looks really good overall and it performs great. I'm sorry that it's not perfect. Makes a great driver that looks awesome. I hope I've described the car as closely as I can. Thanks Jeremy"

It could be a relatively small accident or a hard accident. Luckily 355s are steel framed and not semi aluminum framed. Its certainly possible the car survived the accident without frame/alignment damage. Just make sure you check into that area if you ever remove your front bumper or pasenger fender. Also, when you turn on your lights, does the side marker light up or the rectangular orange light on the bumper light up? It should be one or the other unless the owner wired up both. If the round light on the fender lights up, you will need to remove the passenger fender to wire up your new side marker. Great opportunity to do a more thorough inspection and sort out whatever you can. That right corner is where the battery and battery tray sits, so you might be able to gauge the extent of the collision by inspecting the damage in those areas.

 

When did the car lose its euro fenders?

 

Prob at time of accident (2009?) drivers side is still euro spec. Passenger is us spec.

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/ferrari-parts-collectibles/429993-f355-interior-parts-guages-switches-leather-trim.html

Gauge cluster cover

 

Well which is it?!? Does it have a non-standard VIN, or does it have a VIN for the US market? You don't even know, do you? You've lied so much, and twisted the facts so much, you don't even know what's real anymore. At this point, you don't even know whether to just make stuff up in each post, or flat-out deliberately and deceitfully lie. It's pathetic, and it's an ugly representation of not only the marque, but also of the other more honorable owners who carry the torch of both Ferrari ownership and Ferrari history.

I think that you're a disingenuous fool who's looking for any half-assed terribly-interpreted reason to tout your car as something more than it is - because, just as you said in your very first post in this thread, the car is for sale. If you did any real research, you'd know that any 355 whose VIN starts with ZFFP has an F129B engine type, and the F129B is the 2.7 Motronic engine that was built for the 355 between 1994 and 1995 - the P in the VIN is the glaring indicator of this fact. Later 355s start with ZFFX, and the X denotes the F129C engine type, and F129C is the 5.2 Motronic engine that was built for the 355 between 1996 and 1999.

But don't let the facts get in your way of repeatedly flogging this miraculous creation - a waterproof, invincible 355 that was built in the Spring of 1995 but is somehow a '96, and has the later 5.2 Motronic engine "because any true expert would know that a 2.7 car should have two slow down lights." Do you even proofread this sorry drivel before you click the post button?!?

I have nothing invested in you or your car. I'm not a broker or a dealer; I'm not anti-New Jersey or anti-355 or anti-V8. There's no almighty Ferrari deity who will descend upon me with money or a Ferrari of my own if I prove that yours is really a lipstick-laden pig. I'm only interested in the truth - and I don't see any truth in your posts.

I am totally okay with being proven wrong - it's happened before, it will no doubt happen in the future; for me, it's a part of the learning process, and it's one avenue - albeit not the best - down which I can educate myself. So if you'd like to prove me wrong, it's simple: post a picture of the VIN along with a picture of the title - but this time, don't white out the VIN. Post a picture of the entirety of the VIN on the car, along with a picture of entire VIN printed on the title.

 

Lots of VIN cloning on these days.

Maybe this should be reported to the authorities for a further review

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I saw that this car and poster were phoney a long time ago and those that came to his defence actually showed how gullible they are. This car was supposed to have sold last Nov but according to Andrew, is still available if you call him at 215 459 1606. This car has a lot of suspicious things going on with it and the owner is desperate to unload it. And even if the cars VIN was on the up and up....This car is a total POS. ANYBODY that tells you that a 355 with rips in the seat and dash leather is a good clean car is simply a salesman and not a very good one. He tells everyone on here that the engine is great but he still hasn't done a major on it. To top it off he asks some on here to tell him what he should look for. He is playing some of you on here like a cheap piano and should be shown the door.