I'm not a fan of the Daytona at all.... I don't think I'd even be tempted if they were a $100k car. That being said, 1.2m for a Dino is just as insane. I dunno maybe if you were a multi millionaire baller it would be OK where $1.2m meant nothing, but if I was going to spend massive bank on a car it wouldn't be for a 246. I'm just not rich enough. I'm just your average middle of the road sh*tbox 90's common V8 ferrari owner. Those Dino's do sure look nice, but I think I'd rather have a 458 and keep the $800k for beer and pizza. But unlike you guys, I'm poor - and without any class.
At least they have some of the details right like the white rubber gasket around the front indicator lights. So many “restorers” are clueless and leave that out
My car is so common it wasn't even the only one getting serviced the other day. It's the commodore of Ferrari's. Image Unavailable, Please Login
What a dreadful "restoration" Why not charge $960,000, and put the original interior back in, and perhaps an extra $56, to have the correct valve stems fitted. The latter being the most modest of details, and easily corrected. I won't make comment on the engine bay, I'll leave that to Ian
I’ll take a wild guess and suggest that the owner who dropped £200k on the restoration had it done to his / her own preferences? Why is there an assumption that anyone whom buys or owns one of these should give a **** about “correctness” according to other people?
And this is why I maintained that the current head concourse judge is wrong in telling someone with an original interior in very good condition to rip it out and replace it. They are only original once. Once they are turned into something like this car it is someone’s opinion of what a Dino interior looked like when they were new, not what they did look like.
No it’s not. Maybe it’s someone who’s paying the money’s idea of how they’d like their own car to be. Stick to the surf club. It’s where all the grumpy irrelevant old ****s are.
I’m not talking personal preferences like colours. No surf where you are, so no surf clubs for you, go sit in a church.
Maybe the man who stumps up the cash decided that he wants his car a certain way? Do you really think Nick Cartwright (who have far more idea about these cars than almost anyone in Australia) would “restore” a car in a way that wasn’t perfectly original unless the owner asked for it to be that way? I’d rather sit in a church than a surf club. Probably a younger clientele too. And better food.
You have know eye dear about surf clubs. And I don’t think we should get into the young aged people in churches. Also, you are easier to wind up than Rob.
Well someone’s got to do it. This place has been boring as bat **** lately. And I’ve got far more idea about surf clubs than anyone from down south ever deserves. Decades of being forced into them by my wonderful late father and his wife ever since he moved to QLD have scarred me for life.
That's possibly the case. Then it becomes a restomod, not a restoration. And therefore shouldn't be called a restoration. restoration /ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃn/ noun 1. Restoration is the act of restoring something to its original state. The people that were around these cars when they were new, are either retired or dead. These cars need to be treated respectfully, and sympathetically, if they are going to be restored. Cars like this end up on the show circuit, where they attract prizes for "originality". I have no issue with the car in question, the owner is at liberty to do with it what ever they want. However the listing is creatively misleading by calling it a restoration. Restoration or not, there is no excuse for using three differing manufacturers of hose clamps in the engine bay, bearing in mind the asking price of the car and the adjectival rich description.
Anyone can have an idea of how they would like their car to be, that is their choice. However do not confuse that process with a restoration.
