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THE LONG TALE OF THE BARN FIND TRIO"DINO VERSION"

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  1. stevenwk

    stevenwk F1 Veteran Silver Subscribed

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    Ok, so this really should be labeled, "time capsule," not barn find.

    Very nice, super low mileage example.

    Could care less if it is going to auction, is sold or anything else, but a very nice Dino nonetheless.

    Terry always has beautiful cars for sale as noted in the above post

    www.lmccars.com in case anyone cares to visit.

    Thanks for sharing.
     
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  7. Jedi

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    Well, now it all makes sense... sort of. I do remember the "barn find" thread in
    the Vintage section. Just never heard who bought the cars. Was it you or
    someone else? who knows... doesn't matter I guess. This has been a cryptic
    thread.

    But all that aside, seeing the Bora "transformed"... and the Dinos... amazing and
    very glad to see them back in the shine.

    Just not sure why it all has to be so bloody cryptic....


    Good job to the restorers involved. And thanks for posting such nice pix.

    :)

    Jedi
     
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    I'll take the blue Cal Spyder...potentially worth about (15) primo Dino's.
     
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    I dunno. Something bothers me about this. Since when do tires not go flat after 30 years of sitting around?

    All of them are perfectly inflated??? This has bugged me since the first photos.

    And the paint --- why didn't it oxidize?
     
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  10. dm_n_stuff

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    Now Bob...

    Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

    Err . . .

    well, maybe a gift Cavallino Ramparte? :D

    The whole thing is a commercial, what'd you expect?
     
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  11. tx246

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    It is a very well done recreation
     
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    and that's not the only thing that would have oxidized; how about every single ground, every single bare wire connection at the fuses and terminals? Go for a drive that lasts for more than an hour or so and see how many fires you can start! And how about engine and hydraulic seals that turned to stone years ago; fuel lines that started decomposing from the inside out and will continue to have chunks break free since they are shot; suspension rubber that lost its elasticity a long time ago. . . . were all these items replaced? Or will the new owner just enjoy the "barn-find experience" when the car ends up leaking like a sieve w/ regular use?

    And before I am called an "armchair expert", I helped disassemble a 1955 racing Ferrari that had been stored since 1967. I won't even get into how the oil worked on the alloy pan for 40 years and turned it into swiss cheese.
     
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    When I found my Dino after 7 years of sitting in Arizona, it was barely recognizable as a car. The interior had turned to dust, the mousehair had shriveled and dried up, every electrical wire was crumbling, almost every piece of rubber had broken, all the fluids looked more like 2 day old kitchen grease, and every hydraulic master and slave cylinder were frozen solid. The carbs had to be completely rebuilt. The gas tanks and lines flushed. The radiator recored.

    And, all four tires were flat and literally glued to the ground. And, it only had about 5K Kilometers on the clock.

    For these cars to come out of the shelter covered in dust and not have any of that seems a bit hard for me to believe. Maybe it's true -- and it probably is -- but it's certainly unusual from my experience.
     
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    In that case, never mind. I'll just enjoy looking at a friend's unrestored 1959 Cal Spyder.
     
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    So what do you do? Do you rebuild the engine, replace everything? Or do you present an original condition running low milage car to prospective buyers to do what ever they want to with it? Do you post that on Ferrari Chat, or do you just ignore the Ferrrai fanatics at large. What to do...what to do. I'd probably put them all in my garage where somebody new would find them in another 20 years.
     
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    Do you have a picture of the chassis no.?
     
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  17. dm_n_stuff

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    It's just as likely that these cars underwent a restoration in the past couple of years, and then got tucked back into the garage.

    Sure doesn't look like 100 years of dust to me.

    And, tires? Simply look for a date code on them, that'll tell us all we need to know about that. edit - auction listing indicates they've been replaced.

    There are a lot of holes in this story. A VIN or serial number would go a long way towards clearing that up.

    D
     
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  18. dm_n_stuff

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    here's the auction listing. http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CA0811-113434&entryRow=391

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    here's a Jalopnik article on it (may have been mentioned previously, didn't read the whole thread in detail).

    anyway, the cars were last registered in NH in 1989. still, that raises a number of questions, like how the cars got to TX, and why they seem to be in such good shape despite being covered in a thick layer of dust.

    also, I believe they were put on ebay a while back and didn't sell.

    http://jalopnik.com/5825189/trio-of-rare-italian-exotics-found-in-dusty-texas-barn/gallery/1
     
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  20. dm_n_stuff

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    Now I'm REALLY confused.

    1989+30=2019 So is it 2019? Nope.

    How could they have NH plates, last registered 1989 and have been in the barn in Texas for "more than 30 years?"

    New math, I guess. :D

    The plot continues to thicken.
     
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    indeed.
     
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    WOW------ONE TIRE WAS VERY LOW ON AIR----NONE WERE AT THE FACTORY SPECS.....THIS WAS POSTED FOR INFO AND FUN---IF YOU ARE BOTHERED,GO TO MECUM AND LOOK AT THE DATE CODES ON THE TIRES...NOT YELLING--JUST LIKE CAPS---------------WE DID AIR THEM UP
     
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  23. dm_n_stuff

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    Mecum says the tires, along with a whole bunch of other maintenance items, were replaced.
     
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    So the ORIGINAL 1989 tires were left on and just "aired up"??? :eek:
     
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    MAYBE SOME EMPLOYEE OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER KEPT PAYING REGISTRATIONS FOR A FEW MORE YEARS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AFTER THEY WERE STORED,AND MAYBE LIKE SOME WEALTHY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NUMEROUS HOMES, MAYBE THEY WERE LATER MOVED TO HIS PLACE IN TEXAS AND STORED THERE. MAYBE THEY STOPPED PAYING THE REGISTRATIONS WHEN HE MOVED OUT OF COUNTRY.....OR MAYBE THIS IS A HOAX TO WASTE OUR TIME TRYING TO SHARE SOME COOL FERRARI'S THAT WERE DISCOVERED HIDDEN AWAY. SOME AMAZING COMMENTS IN THIS THREAD.
     
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