Classiche costs

What is engine and gearbox number repunching?

 

My certification for my 328 GTS is around 2,500 Euro here in Australia.

 

If you have the wrong engine but correct type engine they might restamp it to match the original situation........and to issue the red book.........

Marcel Massini

 

Gee... how to (further) complicate history. So multiple engine numbered 'pairs' out their now I guess.

 

This appears to devalue the Classiche program.

 

Sorry guys but you are wrong. If you have the non original engine number but a replacement of the same type of engine in the car they will allow certification but that particular non matching engine number remains, nothing is restamped.

If the car has the non original engine and the replacement is the wrong type of engine, Ferrari will remake a new engine for you and number it not with the old original matching number but a new number that is next in sequence from the last engine made.

In this way there will never be two engines with the same number.

Hope this clears it up.

Cheers

 

^^^This

CW

 

It is, of course, SpA's prerogative, but this pricing shows just how opportunistic Classiche is. And, then, if you need anything to correct deficiencies, who knows what the pricing is? I wish SpA had stayed out of it, but this is clearly a profit center.

CW

 

If Brandoli or Autosport charges 200k for a restoration, Classiche charges 400k (or even more)
(this was for a 250 SWB 1961)

 

FYI, I guess I need to amend this. Based on the pricing list that was posted, they do offer a re-punching of engine blocks and gearbox. $1,500 each.

This is contradictory to what I was told by Classiche several years ago when we came to them with a NOS, un-stamped block. I was told to acquire a stamped block (and send it to them to have it built-up), and that would be recorded as the new, correct s/n attached to the chassis. So, perhaps they have added to their services.

I was told by Bob Wallace many years ago, that the most valuable tool in his shop was the punch kit. Now with Hadjuk, I presume.

CW

 

Interesting thread.

 

Does anyone know how many Classiche Certificates were given to F40's ?

 

That's an odd metric to be concerned with, as it's not very useful... For one thing, any number of cars could be in the process of getting Classiche'd at any given time, so the number could change any time. More importantly, the Certification is a snap shot of a car as it existed at a particular moment in time, and there's nothing to guarantee the car remains in that "certifiable" state at any point after the red book is issued.