CLASSICHE RED BOOK QUESTIONS

Correct ignition components are a specific item listed and a photograph included in the book.
Not sure on the fans.

Its a plus for some people, not for others. Not sure it has ever added a dollar to sale price but if a car is certified the selling agent never ever fails to bring it up.

 

Nonsense. If you decide to do it, call me.

 

i had both my 275 and daytona "red booked" -the cost was nothing like that and the only thing they took apart was the air cleaner to see the carbs..and the wheel so they could look at the brakes, as far as I know. I also think it is not worthwhile except as the finishing touch.

 

I have had cars that the factory asked for door panels and the surround around the windshield removed as well as removal of the grill and radiator for pictures. They wanted to see the signatures on the back of the interior panels and one car had been converted from a 4 headlight car to a 2 headlight car due to an accident and that was visible from underneath once disassembled. Not always but the factory can ask for some pretty strange items.

 

Steve: Take two aspirin and lay down until the feeling passes.

 

I've yet to hear or see any evidence of Classiche Certification actually providing added value when selling a car or even making it sell easier/faster.

I mean has anyone had a (vintage ?) Ferrari without a Red Book openly for sale with no interest or takers, let's say, for a year or longer and then a potential buyer shows up with a cash deposit in hand and says "I'll pay your full asking price & associated fees if you get it certified first. In the mean time, here's my deposit !" ?

 

Keep in mind that a Red Book needs to be "maintained" as well. If your car was certified back in 2014, your Red Book is of no more value now than if the car was simply new in 2014.

 

lol

I'm a shareholder as well. I bought on the morning of the IPO and it has not been a regret.

 

I´m also a shareholder and like the share much more than the red book

what please is IPO?

 

Initial Public Offering I guess (stock exchange introduction).

 

I bought some at IPO price and some more around 90....but not enough to matter in the real world, just to have fun.
Still up is better, right?

 

I bought about 70 shares during the IPO.

It is a nice value now but I don't want to ever sell it so it's like house equity if you are never moving. It will be someone's inheritance one day. Not enough to retire on but a nice bonus for them.

 

Value is in the eye of the buyer.
The presence of MSD boxes is an automatic disqualifier.
As would aftermarket fans if / when visible in photographs.
The process is the same for anyone performing it, now that the process has been automated via online portal, photo examples provided must be replicated, and information must be inputted, then submitted for review.

Daytona Classiche prices have increase, as have other models, over the past several years.
Inspection cost will vary as well depending on the shops hourly rate, etc.\
2-3 months, yeah, no... 2-3 business days... and 5 days is the longest I have seen it take in the past 12-18 months
Disassembly would be limited in my experience, but that's not to say something may come up, if SpA has questions of authenticity.
Is there anything "special" about your Daytona that may come up?

I absolutely HAVE had buyers request a Classiche inspection be performed. One transaction, it was in additional to a
Pre Purchase Inspection as a condition of purchase. With the agreement that they buyer would pay all costs when Classiche approved the application.

As a buyer, with side by side vehicles, the only variable being one had the red book, the other did not, which would you choose? Why?

Steve

 

The less expensive one.