246GT at RM auction

Looks to be a nice, clean driver Euro car. Can't tell from the description if it had tools and books, and there's no real discussion of mechanical condition, plus no shots of the interior.

Jim, did you get a look at the car?

http://www.rmauctions.com/AuctionResults.cfm?SaleCode=MO06#

car is about 2/3 of the way down the page of results.

But if this is a +- $100K car, then we may need to recalibrate our car values for our insurance companies.

DM

 

is there some reason i am unaware of that everyone is silent about this car? is there something i am missing?

 

shawn.

I don't think so. It just flew under the radar. This was the first I saw of it, and I try to keep track of this stuff.

It's also not really ground breaking is it? Just in line with the crazyness going on in DinoLand right now.

Dave M.

 

$100k for a good coupe is about right, however, it makes gregg blue's red coupe at $80k look like a steal. if $100k is the number, you have to ask about the unsold $80k coupe.

i figure the auction car didn't have any of the goodies and is a good driver. did anyone see this car in person?

paint?
rust?
fit and finish?
interior?

 

Aloha....my red coupe has found a new home and will be restored to it's original condition...Gregg Blue

 

Didn't you just get this car within the last few months, and selling already? What happened?

 

Aloha...long story short.........make sure you have the car you want to purchase inspected by a KNOWN AND RESPECTED PROFESSIONAL........otherwise you risk getting less than you pay for........Gregg Blue

 

www.cumminscars.com

 

THE GTS they have is listed at $223,000 USD.

IS this that nice a car?



http://www.cumminscars.com/dino246gts.html

 

fresh restoration. Won our recent concours event outright. Nice car, not all details quite correct, but very good overall

 

Not crazy, reality.
These cars drive amazingly well and on this weekend's three day trip through the mountains to Canada over the 5000ft North Cascades pass I had many Club members come up to me and say such things as:
"That little car sure keeps up with the rest" (575Maranello owner)
"I couldn't even come close to passing you" (512TR owner)
"I like the styling of your car better than all the other Ferraris (Numerous local towns' people)
and the kicker
"You've got a V-12, right?" (a VERY serious question by an F355 owner who could not catch up to me)


Mike Adams, the Designer of the Lotus Elise has owned a Dino for over a decade. Is there any wonder that the Dino's timeless design, the weelbase, track, weight/balance come through on the Lotus?

Pininfarina claimed it was one of their 10 best designs of all time.
Need I go on?

 

Since many of us have less than ideal/clean F-car puchase experiences (even with a supposedly sterling PPI such as I had with my Dino), I would love to hear at least an abridged edition of your tale; names need not (and probably should not) be mentioned.

 

Maybe $125K isn't so crazy.

Car new in 1972 cost approx $15,000.

Adjusted for inflation in 2005 dollars that's about $68,000.

So, the going price is only twice the inflation adjusted price.

I'll do some other cars later and see where the Dino stands in comparison.

DM

 

I don't want to derail this thread, but it's interesting to use your same formula (x 4.53) for a gallon of gas. $3.00 / 4.53 = $0.66 per gallon. I think that's not too far from what I was paying back then! That's why I get nauseous every time I hear people complaining about the cost of gas.

 

Gas in the was $.399 when I started buying it in '71. I remember becuase we could get 10 gallons for $4.00.


Weird the stuff that sticks in your head.

so...

1971 - 2005

$.40 = $1.90

hmmm........ maybe inflation has caught up with fuel, too. That $1.90 is about what gas cost before the recent run up, right?

Dave

 

Any happy snaps

 

I'll try to dig them out when I get home. I had my dino there as well and didn't enter it in the concours, cuz I didn't like the idea of strangers slamming my doors, bootlid etc. Funny thing was after the judging was completed, one of the judges came up to me and said I probably would have won if I entered my car. Guess that means mine is worth at least what the Cummins car sells for

 

Yep they dint so easy like our boxers on the rear engine hatch when people push em there.wish the 512s had moved in price like the little Dino,think your on a winner with her and the BB365 going on chatline talk.ps im selling the 512 just got to many cars and short on space and never drive her.

 

Well as always, the trick is knowing the right time to sell. Might be worth hanging onto your boxer for another 18mths. I hope I can hang on the dino for the long term and give it to my kids one day

 

Na got to many cars Keeping Aston and the E-type and selling Boxer and the Bentley.