Dino - really a true Ferrari or not?

And the V8 Ferrari was really a Lancia And Jaguar raced a Ford. He who pays gets to choose the name.

 

Well, even when the first "Dino" 206/246 were tried by the different journalists here in Europe, he was still worried that the car would be too difficult to handle: in quite a few number of reported cases, he was there in person for the test to advise a word of caution...

Rgds

 

Engineer Gordon Kimball who worked at the Scuderia Ferrari during the last years Enzo was alive, reported last year, in an interview in "Motorsport Magazine" that a few weeks before his death, the last time he came at the Scuderia workshop was to have a look at the new, normally-aspired 3,5 litre V-12 they were building for the 1989 season, after the demise of the "Turbos". He was very frail, and said only two words: "Bello Motore"...

Rgds

 

And the early cars weren't a handful? Or worse?

Enzo said whatever suited his purpose at any given time. Looking for absolutes in things Ferrari is a bit of a fool's errand. But makes for fun conversations

 

Enzo and Allan Henry

https://www.amazon.com/Ferrari-Dino-246-308-328/dp/1899870768

 

True; but there are many moments proving that he was initially really afraid of rear-engined cars, and it took sometime for him to be convinced that they were no more difficult to drive than the front-engined one.

Rgds

 

I have no doubt that's true. Just pointing out how inconsistent the old man could be.
BTW The latest MotorSport has a great interview with Barbara Vernor Enzo's long time Secretary and PA.

 

Come on, David...I'm a subscriber to "Motorsport Magazine" too: Brenda Ventnor, not Barbara Vernor.(Is that Florida heat hard on you?)
Joking aside, one of a very small number of people that knows a lot...because she was there!

Rgds

 

Mea Culpa.

Precoffee.

 

Ah...post "digestivo" here: altready lunch time, you know...
(BTW: if Brenda Ventnor could say what she knows; but she won't...)

Best,

 

She wouldn't have that job were she "talkative ".

 

True; but she is one of a fast dwindling generation,, those "who where there"...

Rgds

 

Omertà, to some it's still a thing.

She wasn't shy about the current bunch. And about Prost.

 

Please, do tell!

 

NO, not a real Ferrari. So you'd better sell me yours. Cheap!

 

Buy the magazine. It's a great read.

But don't expect to learn any more than that. She didn't go into details.

 

So to sum it up,
The Dino is not really a Ferrari but largely accepted as one in the community, particularly by owners of older models.
Some people here have a lot of petty issues and very thin skin.
The Ferrari community needs more young people.
I'm selling my 458 and buying a Lamborghini. My personality clearly doesn't jive with the uptight mentality that seems so prevalent over here. Thanks for helping me come to the realization that owning a Ferrari today means being associated with a group of people who just represent the complete antithesis of me. Too bad because I really liked my 458.

 

Now, just my two cents...
Don't pay attention to the Ferraristis too much. And furthermore, there are many, many different Ferraristis.
It's the car that counts: if you like the car, keep it. Just like the "Dino" owners did in the seventies when the owners of the "twelve cylinders Ferraris" refused to have these among their cars and told them: "park it there, with the other FIATs"

Rgds

 

He'd fit in better with the Lambo crowd. Let him go.

 

In the other thread, one guy who actually owned a Dino went out and photographed the various ID decals on his car. One was on the driver's side door under the latch, and it was clearly a Ferrari decal, which contained the VIN and other information such as tire inflation PSI. The other decal was on the engine and it dealt with oil specifications.

Both of these were virtually interchangeable with Ferraris of the day, such as the 512bb.

I lost that argument pretty quickly. And rightly so.

The huge weight of the evidence is that a Dino is a true Ferrari.

That had to be 9 years ago, as we were in the factory in 2007.

 

+1
doubt he'll leave though

 

You said it

 

And others are instigators

 

Too true.
If you're getting hung up on this sort of question you may have missed true reason for owning cars like these.
Whatever they're called.

 

Ferrari Owners of 1986: A Dino is not a Ferrari
Dino Owners of 1986: A Dino is a Ferrari

Ferrari Owners of 2016: A Dino is a Ferrari
Dino Owners of 2016: We told you!!!!

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