...I'm not in the trade. However, all 206's are LHD anyway. I honestly have no idea whether LHD or RHD are more valuable. However, the quality of the restoration is always King if the car has been restored. I have found that there are equal numbers of buyers looking for both original & restored cars. The best of the best fetches a premium whether original or restored. Average restored cars are two a penny & knowledgable buyers are weary.
Here is another recent UK auction result (December 2016 - £332,00 / $414,000): Bonhams : 1971 Ferrari Dino 246 GT Coupé Chassis no. 02524
I saw that car at Graypaul Classic in Nottingham last year. It needed a lot more than the £12k repaint they appear to have put it through and really needed to go to a bodyshop that has experience of working on Dinos but am pretty sure it went to their own bodyshop instead. The nicest thing about it was it still had it's rare original blue vinyl interior which wasn't in bad condition. The price fetched is quite amazing considering it's overall less than stellar condition.
Graypaul has been working on Dinos for a long time. If it is the same Graypaul, they are in one of the older books on the Dino.
It is the same company in name only as it has changed ownership over the years and is now part of the Penske empire under the Sytner brand in the UK. Any experience it once had of Dinos is long, long gone. It is primarily a modern main Ferrari dealership these days. It's bodyshop is a separate operation that caters for the various modern brands that Sytner retail and is not used to working on older hand built models like the 246 that require a totally different skill set to work on compared to modern cars. Working with sheet metal to make replacement panels is a skill that is dying out in an era where fitting entire ready made new panels is the norm.
Fully agree. That, makes me wonder how many people take their vintage Ferrari anything, to a dealership. Saw once a Dino at F. of SF, and they played along with simple ops, really nice people, they allowed me a peek, very educative to see under the skirts of another Dino. But, there was not a single old car 'specialist' there. All too young. Regards, Alberto
Depends on the dealership. I have no problem taking my 550 and my Dino to my local Ferrari agent, Carrs in Exeter (UK), even though there is also a good (I believe - no personal experience) specialist just around the corner. However, back to the original topic. There is one coming up for auction in a week's time here: https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1974-ferrari-dino-246-gt--- Estimate is £300K - £350K. It will be interesting to see what it fetches.
A relatively small number of RHD cars were made, which increases their value And in a country which drives on the right I would think those cars would be significantly more desirable. Hence I'm not sure the sales prices of RHD cars in England, Japan, etc mean much to the rest of the world.
So for the 246, if you assume the restoration costs $200K, the car itself was $277? Is that the value of a "needs total restoration" car these days?
Curiously, this one 1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GT | Coys of Kensington , a LHD US spec. car, has just sold here in the UK for £360K ($449K).
Not a bad result. I know of a RHD 246 GTS in Australia sell for $900,000 semi restored, this past weekend.
I was amazed, considering it's a LHD car (and US spec. to boot) being sold in a RHD country. That's over £550,000!! That's extraordinary.
1974 Ferrari Dino 246 GT - Silverstone Auctions The first real test of a flared Dino (not C&F ?)............good price £440K even though it had a 308 tool kit!!
I would make it my please to buy a 246 now at these level. As long as it is a euro version and fully restored car.
Interesting. For the benefit of my education, what do you mean by "more correct"? The interior is obviously not as per original and the Daytona seats are a later addition, so it is not a "chairs and flares" car as such, and, as already mentioned, the tool kit is wrong, but that is as far as my knowledge / observation takes me. What premium do you think the flared arches and Campagnolos give it over a regular car?
From my limited knowledge No window 1/4 light catches Screws fitted to lower door cards Addition of Daytona seats (leather) Door cards wrong (no separate panel) and look like vinyl? No washer bottle No engine bay lamp No spare tyre holder Hoses incorrect (minor) flared cars tend to be around 25% or higher than regular cars, original chares and flares seem to be well over 50% given the asking price for this flared car. Used 1974 Ferrari 246 for sale in London | Pistonheads Only one UK RHD C&F car has been sold in the last 3 years and TH Jnr sold it last year for £550K. Figure out the market from that
Correctly answered, although I would add to that list, headlamp covers (if they were added afterwards), the rear Ferrari badge, painted chassis number area as that should be scratched out and the carpets seem to be blue with Crema piping which I believe didn't come like that from the factory? Now we're getting picky. No jack bag and it doesn't seem like it has the pouch for the books that come with the car.
Nit picky until you try to buy these items and see how difficult to find and worse off what they cost!
could add in Appears not to have the lower seat rail cover? Seat belt holder incorrect? Incorrect Dino sign (looks like a modern SS laser cut badge)
They're more items, although where do we stop...? As for the seatbelt holder, I thought the same, then again every car has something different installed over their years of existence.
