Agree, I'm not a fan of the grey/ yellow rear treatment. I didn't have a close look but I'm guessing it's a wrap of some sort.
We were lucky we got our Concorso event over and done with already, the Mercedes-Benz Club Victoria has cancelled their Concourse event on St Kilda road this Sunday. This sh#t is getting real !
Everyone on here are unemployed Whomos..That’s the only accurate information I have...Oh and I heard somewhere that the Aussie section was the biggest contribution to global warming..The scientists say methane gas...Maybe they are wrong?...
I think the same bloke told me that the paint on the wheels on my GT4 was too think and were resprayed at some stage of its life and it wasn’t original..
So was the blue Daytona a chopper? I assume it was. Years ago they had a very rare Daytona convertible at the Vic Ferrari concourse. It had a live rear axle, V8, and fibreglass body. I've looked at the factory build sheets and can't find a reference to that configuration. I assume it was a one off custom build.
Yes, Gabrielle's car started life as a coupe but unlike most other conversions it's rear "clip" and other convertible parts (like the pull down sun visors) were all sourced from original Ferrari spare parts from the factory. Classiche wouldn't recognise it but it's as original as a conversion can be.
Most owners of chopped Daytonas say things like that and it's difficult to prove one way or the other. A lot of the time it's a story inherited from the previous owner. People exaggerate and lie when they sell their car - who would have thought? Most rear clips were made by shops in Italy or Straman in the US, the Scaglietti spare part clips ran out by the late 70's. Similarly, windscreen top moldings, visors, roof latches, etc were made by 3rd parties. I bought a bit of this stuff from John M, years after he did the dark blue "moonroof" car (which started life as a white coupe). To be "original as a conversion can be" requires major panel removal and replacing the 1" and 1.5" steel chassis tubes with 2". I've rarely seen this done and it's one of the biggest giveaways of a converted car. There are a lot of chassis differences and it wasn't economic to do the job properly. Image Unavailable, Please Login
My understanding has always been that the ex Maher car when converted by John and John Allen was a factory "clip" That a great deal of time and materials were put into the car to give the strength to cope once chopped . There is a huge history ,bills file for that car that John to my knowledge still has confirming the factory parts that were purchased .
I didn't realise that Mark was talking about the ex Maher car, it was well done but not a 100% factory match. Most Daytonas have a huge history & bills file. It goes with the territory.