Agreed Chip But the theft is easy The keeping or selling or chopping up and selling of that stolen vehicle is less easy I truly hope the owner is getting reunited with his car
unlikely this car will come to the market.... body no. 2497 found on that car... and the roof antenna.... engine and gearbox still missing as they are matching to #06590.... former owner Sean Gorvy and Bonhams informed.... Bonhams : Freshly restored to '100-point'concours standard,1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS Chassis no. 06590
both chassis no.`s obviously non original / authentic Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
WT? 3D printed part? Did they even try to make it look original? What is the supposed history of 06590?
since 2003 the real #06590 interestingly is owned by the guy who tried to sell the #07212 body with engine/gearbox of #06590 through Bonhams.... the dots in between GTS are not correct.... so the size of the chassis no. stamping at the steering wheel plate.... and and.... correct it should look like these examples... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thank you for the the details and lesson on recognizing “non-original” markings. Even as a casual observer of the various vintage threads those markings looked so far off. Merry Christmas!
stolen car incl. engine/gearbox out of #06590 are reunited with the former owner Sean Gorvy... the original engine no. 11455 and gearbox no. 2573E out of #07212 are still missing.... keep your eyes open....
View attachment 3051136 Very noble effort, well done and good news! Just curious how did the (photo of) chassis no. of #07212 get linked to the alleged #06590?
Oops - thank you for the clarification. So body number is associated to chassis number, yes? Was curious to know the origin of that body# photo and how it was linked to the stolen car and #06590. I would assume it’s from during the restoration of #06590, but why would they carry on restoration knowing the body was from a stolen car?
No, the photo of the body number is NOT from the restoration. Prior to the sale auctioneer Bonhams was alarmed by several fchatters and then a UK based Ferrari expert went to scratch off paint on the car searching to find the body number (which then led to final confirmation of the real identity of the Dino). The consignor of the car probably knew the true identity but that is now part of legal issues, lawyers, police, insurance company, courts, government offices, DMV/MOT, etc. Conclusion/Result: The true identity of the car was found. The victim of the theft might finally get part or all of the stolen object/car back, after years of agony. Marcel Massini
Thank you Mr. Massini for taking the time to explain the details of this intrigue—very much appreciated. Good on the work by all involved and hopefully all guilty parties get what’s coming to them. Besides the obvious, pretty cynical of the them to not even bother trying to create appropriate markings.