308 Vetroresina (rare dry sump, rhd) $549k - https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1976-ferrari-308-gtb-manual/OAG-AD-24715187/
Most of the RHD glass cars are dry sumo. There's approximately 206 RHD glass cars, of which around 160 are dry sump. The balance of RHD wet sump cars being Australia and Japan. (If anyone knows how many went to Japan, please let me know).
It's like property. Prospective purchasers want a turn key no stories classic, or house. Since Covid, the costs to build/renovate or restore/recommission a car have almost doubled. Added to that is the declining number of specialists available that are familiar with the project. Whilst the price of that 308 is questionable, we'll be seeing more of these sorts of prices for turn key cars. That's what buyers want. As the storied and down at heel offerings slowly fade away unceremoniously after years on Car Sales, and the like. A bit like all of us. A glass 308 will swallow 2,000 hours easily if you wish to restore it properly. You're up for $300,000 to $400,000 in labour costs alone, plus another $100,000 in parts. Not to mention 5 years off the road, or more. Suddenly that car above doesn't look so expensive.
What about; A Daytona is essentially a 365 GTC/4, with a dry sump, no interchangeable parts bar the indicator stalk, brake calipers, engine pistons, rods and valves. It has 40 HP more, gear driven camshafts, a different carburettor arrangement, a transaxle, two less seats and weighs 200 kg less. Apart from that all the non identical parts are not the same, much like the windscreen
This. 550k seems like a lot for a 308 but need to compare it against what is out there. People lose sight of this because all they do is browse carsales and everything looks good in pictures. Until you go out there and start to really look properly at these cars and add up what it takes to bring it up to spec you simply can’t get a proper handle on it. 10-20k can be gobbled up on a Ferrari very quickly and it’s not simply a case of bringing it somewhere and they will get it right even if you part with that money. In another thread someone said it’s not a case of “you get what you pay for” it’s really “you get what you pay for, if you’re lucky”. This is now the new normal in auto and building trades unfortunately.
Reasonably-ish priced 550? https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1997-ferrari-550-maranello-manual/OAG-AD-24554601/?Cr=0 Just spent a stack of cash on business and investment related stuff so cant afford it right now though
4 for sale on carsales atm. 3 UK delivered (including this one). Strong ask for the AU delivered one.
Whenever these UK cars come up the first and only thing I want to see is the underside. Tell them to take the Pepsi challenge - Get the car up on a hoist and provide just as many photos of the chassis and suspension components to see if there is any rust. If it's clean, investigate further but I bet at that price and with those miles it's not...
One of the 'benefits' of the luxury car tax is that it artificially boosts the prices of the cars already downunder, so maybe it's not such a bad thing for you guys... A very good Dino would set you back £300,000 max here and you could probably shop around for better price as there are always a number available. Same with stuff like 360s (cheap here at the moment) or 550s/575Ms etc. yes - as Carl said, restoration costs will always be a killer, but the LCT has skewed the market there.
Why why why do folk think putting larger wheels on cars makes them more attractive. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1985-ferrari-mondial-quattro-manual/OAG-AD-24743332/
Nothng to do with the looks, all to do with not forking out $3k for a set of TRX tyres Looks like the car of a member on here whom sold it and bought a 360 Why is it idling at 2000rpm?
I understand that but isn’t that just something you accept when buying an OHOS? It looks frankly ridiculous with those 360 wheels. Even if you had it on 360 wheels during ownership you’d put the originals back on at sale time shorely.
It’s just a cheapskate mentality, they’re “cheap” to buy and as such end up in the hands of owners whom skimp on everything. Mine had a few things that I had corrected but putting on a fresh set of TRX tyres was a no brainer. They look stupid on anything else. They’re actually a great car to drive, I can only imagine with bigger wheels and low profile tyres they would be awful. Anyway, this is what a properly sorted Mondial QV looks like Image Unavailable, Please Login
