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  1. Nino1964

    Nino1964 Formula Junior
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    After taking rear seat out of my GT4, I took a picture of the hand written number on the back. I also found same number on the inside rear wheel arch’s. Are these build numbers m? If so how were these numbers designated to the production?
     

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  2. francisn

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  3. absostone

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    yes build 752
     
  4. absostone

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    nino the headlight brackets under the boot will have the same (should) as the door frame lips where the door panels screw to, and the back of the door hinge covers and I think there is a spot on the coil ledge, as the rest of the interior pcs etc
     
  5. absostone

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    I assume yours is newer than 1975 correct?
     
  6. francisn

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    Also on masking tape stuck on the inside of the door card. As you'll find in the thread I linked to above, there seems little rhyme or reason for the assembly numbers relative to the chassis (telaio) numbers.

    I'm amazed you can still see the numbers on your wheel arch covers. I recently cleaned mine back to the original plastic or fibreglass or whatever they are, through 40 years of multiple layers of caked on mud and paint. No chalked on numbers stood a chance of surviving that!
     
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  7. absostone

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    from our other thread... order number first then chassis number
     
  8. Nino1964

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    My car was built late 1979, so I'm understanding that build number was used as an assembly indetification number for the factory and not specific to the number of GT4s produced that year.
     
  9. francisn

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    Nino, I think that pretty much sums it up. During discussions on here and in the other thread as far as I can make out it seems that there is no direct correlation between the order of build number, chassis number or order of production. If your car (chassis no?) was built in late 79 with a build number of 752 how does that correlate to my car (#14302) built in Oct 78 with a build number of 1656? I don't think we have yet managed to find an answer to that and probably never will unless we find someone who worked at Ferrari in period and who can explain to us.
     
  10. 4redude

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    Nino, does your car have a sunroof? "Tetto apribile" could be what the "T.A" indicates on your seat.
     
  11. Nino1964

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    Car does have a sunroof. Car was manufactured December 1979 and first titled in 1981.
     
  12. absostone

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    Are u sure you are 1656?
     
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  14. absostone

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    Interesting. You checked all the other locations?
     
  15. Ian Bishop

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    Francisn is in the UK - so RHD drive. Nino1964 is in USA so a LHD. As I've proposed before, the structural build of these cars was different, so they starting numbers would be very different. The early Series I cars appear to have a starting number of 1 for LHD and a starting number of 400 for RHD. Then at some point it jumped... likely perhaps to 1400 for further RHD build Series 2 cars... I hypothicate...
     
  16. absostone

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    number 1 is chassis 7202 . 1973 paris show car if u all recall
     
  17. PDB

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    Wow! I have build number 400. Does that mean I have the first RHD 308 GT4?

    Paul
     
  18. francisn

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    Matching numbers on masking tape on inside of door card (both sides), door frame and top of headlight pod frame.
     
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    Don't think so Paul. First showing on Maranello Concessionaires record is Ronnie Hoare's own car chassis no 08354. Yours is much later. However there are a couple of earlier UK nos than Hoare's which need investigating, which I will do.
     
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  20. absostone

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    Dig up the info. I love this stuff!
     
  21. PDB

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    Doh! I was really excited at the prospect of maybe having the first RHD car. ☹️
    Are the build numbers known for any of the earlier cars?

    Thank you for checking.

    Paul
     
  22. PDB

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    Having checked on another thread (https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/145932261/), there are 6 RHD cars listed before mine in chassis number sequence, but that list isn't exhaustive, so there could well be others because #8354 isn't on the list. #7240 is the earliest RHD car on the list so far.

    Of course, chassis number sequence doesn't correlate to build number sequence.

    Paul
     
  23. Ian Bishop

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    Listing by build number, the only RHD cars I see in prior reports so far are: Build 400 (S/N or chassis #: 9054), 418 (S/N 9114), 491 (S/N 9112), 600 (S/N 9572) and 643 (S/N 9646). A shout out to all RHD car owners - please post your Build # and S/N. I see that UK cars with S/N 7240, 7998, 8200 and 8598 are periodically on FChat so hopefully they can add to this as it could help shed more light on this.
     
  24. absostone

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    7240 must be a 74? 73 show car is 7202.
     

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