Gated Manual 360 Coupes - Modena Market

If this is a manual, that's not a bad deal at all. Market is crazy high right now.

 

yes looks like a manual if you google search the VIN

 

Yes, it’s gated. Still seems high to me taking into consideration the issues.

 

Mileage is super low, that can forgive a lot of issues. Windshield is cheap if you have the right insurance and top issues are usually a hydraulic ram malfunctioning. A pain to fix but not super expensive if you have a lift/tools.

 

The color of that car is AMAZING!

I was thinking that it could see top dollar and was going to be envious, however, there are some unusual/surprising imperfections. It will be interesting to see how it does... I am guessing the color combo must be near unicorn status in the USA.

I hope you are following the gated collection being auctioned at BaT. They don't usually put competing gated Ferraris up at the same time, so they must not have thought this was a direct competitor to the '99 silver gated 360.

 

i'm following...and following as many sales as i can....interesting times and that Verde 360 is just WOW....It's so odd it's gorgeous....I love it...

 

The corrosion on that car terrifies me. I have not seen corrosion like that on a modern aluminum Ferrari before. What else is lurking that we can’t see?

 

i asked the seller about the corrosion/rust on the aft sides of the sill plates and by the nose emblem....like you said it's an aluminum body so i don't get. another possibility is that it has been repainted and the paint prep was poor which caused bubbling? Not sure...but it's a concern for sure...

 

I think the most likely possibility is that It was stored near the beach in a non climate controlled garage - I suspect one of those beach condo parking garages - without the proper precautions.

It has all the markings of a car that lived it’s whole life in a beach environment. I wouldn’t touch it.

 

I live near the beach in FL, but on the "mainland". 3 miles away from the ocean or so. You can always tell the vehicles stored non-garaged on the beachfront areas, so much fading paint. People that live over there are also happy to get 5 or more years from their A/C on the house, since it rusts out so quick.

 

Yep. There’s a huge difference between 500m from the oceanfront and 3 miles away.

At the end of the day, if you’re in the proximity zone to the ocean air, you should do all you can to climate protect your cars: dehumidifier, temp controlled space, etc. I completely understand the whole bubble thing, too.

 

not a modena but holy crap....
https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/2004-ferrari-360-spider-2/

 

just hit 200K

 

201 and done!

 

201k and it didn't even sell. Insane. They want 235k for it. https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/dealtank-2004-ferrari-360-spider-2/

I really don't get Pcarmarket.

 

that's INSANE....

 

2000 Ferrari 360 | S103 | Glendale 2022 (mecum.com)

 

The door sills trap moisture. Over time that will bubble and lift the paint. It's also a high wear/traffic area.

The bolded statement is hilarious. The car is extremely clean for a 21 year old car. Some minor bubbling of the soft, bad quality Ferrari paint in an area that sees high wear and moisture is not even remotely close to a big deal, much less a dealbreaker. As others have mentioned, the chassis is aluminum, so no rust potential at all.

 

Now I get why it wasn't on BaT-- they never would have allowed a reserve that high.

 

Interesting take. Im glad you find it hilarious. You’re seeing corrosion, maybe galvanic corrosion or maybe another type, on an aluminum car and you think that’s normal and the car consider that exhibits a fair amount of corrosion to be “extremely clean.”

I own some Ferrari much older than that and they display no such issues. It’s not normal and a car that possesses corrosion like that, particularly a non-ferrous car, isn’t ever something I would consider to be “extremely clean.”

And what do you mean by “high traffic area?” You think people are walking on the metal sills? You think they’re somehow accessing underneath the paint? It’s not something like a stain on the carpet. It’s a chemical reaction that’s happening to the base metal of the aluminum structure of the body.

Can it be fixed? Sure with money and time
It can be. But this isn’t a $90k car so why would you buy a car with those needs at that price. Furthermore, like everything else in life we can only judge things by what our eyes can see. What about what we can’t see? Wiring, electrical connection, etc.

Why take the chance when there are so many good 360s out there that truly are “extremely clean.” I could go on but I’ll stop there.

Everyone can have their opinion. I’m not saying mine is the only acceptable one. However, I have owned my fair amount of sports cars, Ferraris in particular, and for my money this is not a car that I would touch. There are so many great manual 360s out there. Why fight all the red flags on this one?

 

Please link one of the "so many" gated Verde Zeltweg 360 Modenas out there. I'll wait.

 

The galvanic corrosion is a very common issue amongst many other alloy bodied models and is easily remedied by taking the afflicted area down to bare metal, shot with a zinc primer and then paint. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill on an otherwise very nice and rare example.

 

you have to have green? I thought you had to have a manual 360. Almost 30% of production are manual. Not hard to find nice ones. Almost everyone in this thread has one.

But since you’re up for a repaint and must have green, then sounds like you just repaint the whole thing and you can have green. And you can look for corrosion all over and zinc the whole damn car. Problem solved then.

 

Well..here is a car that arrived at the shop yesterday. Imported from London..perhaps a barn find..
Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login