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Model year question

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  1. DBR328&330

    DBR328&330 Formula Junior

    May 31, 2001
    605
    Winchester, VA
    Full Name:
    Daniel Reese
    #1 DBR328&330, Aug 4, 2013
    Pre 1968. What is the general convention to giving a Ferrari a model year designation. I know Ferrari did not pay much attention to this. For example, is a car built December 31, 1964 a 1964 or 1965? And if it is a 1965, what is the date of manufacture that would begin the 1965 "model year"?

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  2. PFSEX

    PFSEX Formula Junior

    Jun 30, 2006
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    John Ratto
    #2 PFSEX, Aug 5, 2013
    ...back in those days if it was finished in 1965, it was a 1965.
     
  3. DWR46

    DWR46 Formula 3
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    Jun 19, 2012
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    #3 DWR46, Aug 5, 2013
    In that era, with Ferrari, there were no Model Year designations. Various models of Ferraris were refered to by the actual date they were completed. In other words, a 330 GT 2+2 completed in January 1965 was a 1965 car. All this gets complicated by the fact that in this era, many states titled used imported Farraris in the year they arrived, so you see a 275 GTB built in 1965, titled as a 1967 because that is when the car arrived in the US. Also, as the EPA rules went in to effect at the end of 1967, a lot of 1968 build date Ferraris suddenly became "late 1967" build dates.
     
  4. DBR328&330

    DBR328&330 Formula Junior

    May 31, 2001
    605
    Winchester, VA
    Full Name:
    Daniel Reese
    #4 DBR328&330, Aug 5, 2013
    Thank you. My 330 GT 2+2 has always been referred to as a 1967. The build sheet states a 9/27/66 build date. How should I refer it now-a 1966 or 1967?

    Thanks
     
  5. DWR46

    DWR46 Formula 3
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    #5 DWR46, Aug 6, 2013
    Dan: You own a 1966 330 GT 2+2.
     

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