Plexiglass covers mounting system. Please post photos...

100% agree.
For me the Dno was designed WITH headlight covers.
The prototypes (Berlinetta GT) has them.
Pininfarinas Dino had them.
The modell for the windchannel also as wll as the first brochures etc..
Original or not, beautifull or not, but for sure designed for...
Nicolai

 

Hello, I believe the covers only add to the beautiful curves of the Dino. That yellow one is simply outstanding. Thankyou.

 

Yes, those are two of our three favorite topics, Fred. The third is has to do with Ferrari badges. I hope they never get settled with finality.

A happy Chinese New Year (yesterday!) to all.

Andres

 

Ok- I don't care if Mother Theresa herself likes or hates the covers. I like them and I would like to buy a set so Bob Z if you plan on making some just like the ones on Fred's car pls pm me as I am good for 1 or 2 (I have 2 dinos) pairs . Thanks

 

I agree---- After seeing the rounded covers which continue the curvature of the fenders --I would also like a set- mine are the flat ones.
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Andres, the question of the covered headlights, as well as whether a Dino is a Ferrari or not, are indeed interesting issues that lead to great discussions, and I agree the issues will never be settled. Both are questions of 'taste'.

The badge issue IMO does not fit in the same category. Of course people are absolutely free to put on as many badges on their Dino as they want. I can't stop anyone from defacing a Dino with badges, but nobody can stop me from cursing those who do. Repeatedly and in public!

Cheers,

Julio

 

Hello, Julio. I only put badges on that list, because the issue of badges is high up on the list of things we like to discuss here. Good-naturely, of course.

Ciao,

Andres

 

Same here Andres!

Ciao,

Julio

 

As I am working away on my engine at midnight tonight - I am looking at the factory parts manual "catalogo parti di ricambio 1975" and I am looking for where gaskets go on the bottom end but what do I see on the cover of the official Dino parts manual?? Yep a factory drawing of a Dino with (you guessed it) headlight covers!! See for yourself!!
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And yet, they are nowhere to be found in any of the factory parts books that I have.

It's a matter of personal preference, I suppose, but in the US, at concours, it is a deduction to have them, here, at least at the concours I have attended and judged, they are considered non-original, much like floor mats would be, or dual mirrors, or a cavallino ramparte.

But, again, to each to his own. I don't like them, Pininfarina expressed his distaste for them, and the official photos that I've seen of the original release of the GT and GTS, do not include them.

Not to mention, if you drive after dark, I am told they further effect the already inadequate headlights.

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Does the parts book show the part in an exploded diagram?

Would love to see that.

D

 

206GT. Turin Salon prototype, 1967.
Someone, must have installed the plexis, right?
Although not retained for further operation, it would appear that at that stage, they were considered.

Regards, Alberto

PS. Photo from Jean-Pierre Gabriel's book, " Dino Le altre Ferrari" . Copyright, I would assume PF.
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This is, I believe, the last pre-production Dino prototype, with a grille resembling that of a 330 GTC. As Alberto said, Pininfarina's comments to the contrary, it does seem likely that covers were at least potentially in the mix for production. Whatever the reason for the about-face, I don't think it can be credibly denied that the front fenders were designed with installed covers in mind. Some like them, some don't. However, they are not the unheard-of Dino accoutrement that some are making them out to be. You can analogize it to a movie with alternate endings, which may be chosen by the viewer, according to preference ("a piacere," as they would say in Italy). Fred

 

Fred, there was one more, Prototype # 5, Metallic Gray, that became the definitive Dino, if such a term can be used, without the plexis.

Regards, Alberto

 

Alberto, This must be the legendary "missing link" Dino! It is in all likelihood the very 206 (without front vent wings) personally driven by Sergio Pininfarina, whom I take to be someone not amenable to fitment of the plexiglass headlight covers. It's good to be the boss! Fred

 

This one Fred...
Please note the Horsies on fenders. It seems that any day was good for anything.
If Julio had been there, I am certain Sergio PF would have been scolded, and rightfully so!

Regards, Alberto

Copyright: same as previous.
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I referenced the cavallini in post #74, Alberto, and when I first saw a picture of that car in 1968, I believe, I was not surprised to see them displayed. In those days, it was usually referred to as a "Ferrari Dino" (not many people owned them in the late '60s, and this "Is it a Ferrari or not?" debate was not yet underway). Fred

 

Skipped by me Fred...
While in Italy, when I went to the dealer in Rome in '73, they referred to it as Dino. Ever since then, I thought it was the best looking car ever.

Regards, Alberto

 

I love Pininfarinas Design and have annother car from him from the same build period
as the Dino. It has also headlight covers, this time from factory delivery on:



They were on the Spider till 1981, before they were forbidden in Europe.
And when I see this advertising from he US they seems to be never applied there
due to the diffenet headlight and chrome rings:



For me Pininfarina initially liked this design and may have changed his mind..

Nicolai

 

The Duetto, is a must with the plexi., of course a factory catalogue item, with Carello branding on it. In the USA, was verboten, just like wheel spinners.
I think DOT saw too many times Ben-Hur and Bond movies.

Have you ever seen a Dino plexi. with a brand name on it? Was PF concerned about the possible similarities with the Duetto?
I suppose we'll never know.

Regards, Alberto

 

what is the status of the headlight covers ? Will they be made?

just checking.


thank you

 

me too

 

me three

 

Did you get a response on this Bob?
What is an "economical order quantity"