1970 Dino 246 GT 0870 Wins Preservation Class At Pebble Beach!

What a wonderful achievement for Brian and richly deserved. That car is incredibly original and to be the first owner is just awesome.

 

Here is Brian with his new toy in 1970. Cool does not begin to describe this image... Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

congratulations randy and brian ! also the car was DRIVEN from seattle area to monterey . dz

 

Is this the first time a production Dino has shown at Pebble?

 

well done... I would love to have been at Pebble Beach this year... fantastic news to see a production Dino on the lawn for the first time....

 

awesome!!!!!!

 

Am I seeing things, but the photo in Italy has curved spinners, whereas now, they are straight ?
Just curious

Anyhow, a big applause, what an honour!

Regards, Alberto

 

There were two interesting question marks on this car. Why does it have two door locks on the driver's side? What is the story behind the unusual side view mirrors?

Thanks.

jts

 

What great news and a great story! Congrats!

 

What's impressive is keeping that car all the way through the smog era. Mine was 0908 -- almost identical but in red. Because it was a 1970 model, it was obviously a Euro model with no smog at all --not even a crankcase breather. Technically, my car should have never been imported.

In the late 80's and 90's it became more and more difficult for me to get a smog cert in California or Arizona where my mother lived and I could use to get Arizona plates.

Finally I convinced someone at AAA with enough documentation that it was a 1969 model and not a 71. This finally got me around my smog issue once and for all. Today they are exempt but in when they cars were about 15 t0 20 years old, Dino's were just "old cars".

What a hassle that period was for Euro cars in America -- and a lot of people just gave up.

So, I have tremendous admiration for keeping the car so long and so well. Well deserved award!

 

Very impressive and richly deserved!

 

Actually it wasn't the first time. In 2012, a Dino that ran the Cannonball Run was there...I saw it during the Pebble Beach Concours Tour stop in Carmel.

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lovely..... I didn't know Jack was there already....

 

That is just crazy talk, who does that drive?!

It gets worse than that for Brian.... Here is one reason why you may not have seen this car before

Here we are at the International Meet in Monterey in 1994, Brian has submitrted his car for judging and it is getting late in the day. The judges were taking an extra long time to debate whether the paint was original or not. Brian even has the "as-delivered" extra can of liquid paint, documentation from Ferrari SpA that the Ferrari trunk badge was installed at the factory before collecting the car and a full history book of photo documentation. Nothing could be more of a sure deal, but he is getting grilled by the judges.

I walked over where Brian was patiently waiting, who is a guy that is as laid back as it get, he turns to me and says
"The last time I showed this car was in Michigan in the early 1980s and I got a really low score in the 80 points range. ....Now this...."

Yes you did.

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/141655357/

The Pebble Beach Tour d' Elegance starts in Seattle and drives to Monterey through the backroads, I'm guessing the cost is about $10,000 USD. So when Jacks Dino 05984 arrived at the starting point 2 miles from my house with a dead battery and the newly installed started sporting a partially seized starter plunger. We had to work fast. We got him into my garage and spent the arrival day diagnosing it, then the next day to Carlo with a big thank you to Carlo for the immediate machine work needed.
https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/carlo-alfa-of-tacoma-save-cannonball-jack-on-pebble-beach-trip-to-the-pnw.378475/

Now starting well and intended on doing the full route, Jack intends to make up time by going faster. To faciltate that I drive my car to lead him through a shortcut to the starting point at the base of the Cascade Mountains to catch up to the group, yet still enjoy the original route.

10 seconds after we said goodbye, his clutch cable then snapped.
I am not making this up.
Towed it to Bernd Buschen's shop, arrived after dark and diagnose. Broken clutch cable! This is a tough part and no NAPA has it, so I rush home, pull the new cable for my restoration and rush back. We worked until midnight installing the new cable and it is good to go! At 8AM the second day of the rally, Jack is finally ready to start and he has full intention of driving the Cascade Mountain pass routes just as the tour did.

During the next few hours I am getting Text messages from Jack and Iris about the extra, extra legal speeds he is going to catch up. I'm not one to talk but i did roll my eyes as that whole route is very remote and half the time they're out of cell range in mountain canyons.
Thank Goodness it all worked out.

3 weeks later, both Bernie and I both received a case of Far Niente wine.
Wow!

First photo is of Brian in 1994

Second photo is of Iris, Cannonball Jack with Brian in 2012 at The Pebble Beach Tour d' Elegance at Club Auto/Lemay in Kirkland, WA

 

Jack has got one of the best attitudes ever, even broken down and being a spectacle of bright white with stickers on it, patrons from the local bar come out to see it. Jack takes the time to engage and chat all up with tales from his racing days. "One of the stupidest things I ever did was the Trans-Amazon Race..."

We were rolling in laughter as he entertained us waiting for the flat bed!
This is just a snippet, this guy has hilarious stories all day long!

 

Just saw this car on tonight’s new episode of chasing classic cars. Absolutely stunning!

 

Ah, the Dino on last nights new Chasing Classic Cars (when Wayne brought his Commander) was a different car...and silver, not white.

 

I was making reference to this Dino.

 

Now with the broken wiper arm still winnning in smoked Oregon!


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