I looked at it last year in the owners storage unit at a private airport In a few words IT's BAD ! paint, chrome, trunk, interior, engine, you name it No books or tools It was in the Ferrari market letter for big $ and was avertised as a two owner car in excellent Condition
Thanks. I talked to the owner a couple of times and he described it as a very clean car. I had sent a Porsche buddy over to look at it and do a crude PPI, but he said it was rough enough that he didn't even take it for a drive. Pretty much same stuff you said. Not a lot out there, so I thought I'd ask in the event someone had some history. I would have posted a link but am not too technology literate. Also wondering about the 1971 on eBay, didn't think they made GTS's in 71- any ideas on that one? Thanks.
There is thread on this car in the forum already. A bit of a "Franken-Dino" you are correct no gts in '71
Hi Ken, Not that is 100% the case here, but having a Porsche guy go look at an old Ferrari is generally a bad idea. I have nothing against Porsche guys, but they are typically VERY finnicky by nature. The Vintage Ferrari world looks at things in a much different way. NOt that one is wrong and one is right, just completely different ways of looking at stuff. Having said that, I haven't seen the silver GTS and he may be right. BUT.....There are SEVERAL Porsche guys here that now own Dino's, I think they could chime in and agree. Shawn
Agree with you 100% Shawn that Porsche guys look at things differently. The guy that went was Paul Kramer, who owns The Autokennel in Costa Mesa. He helped me pick up a 67 Porsche 911s Soft Window Targa recently. He acknowledged he didnt know much about Ferrari's, let alone Dinos. He can tell whether any car has been properly taken care of and is cosmetically okay, however. He sent me a bunch of pictures of the problematic areas and we both agreed something wasn't quite right about this car. What prompted this post was a conversation with Craig Reed, of Studio 47 in New Albany, Ohio. Craig has an independent Ferrari shop and has a great reputation here in the Midwest. His partner has 17 Ferraris, of all vintages, and I was down there last week hoping to see his Dino which had been recently sent out West to be repainted. Unfortunately his car wasn't there- the only thing to look at was the engine which Craig is rebuilding. We were discussing the silver car and he made a point that much of the stuff that I was worried about could be fixed, its all relative to what you could buy the car for. Since there are so few of these around lately, thought I'd reexamine one more time before I completely right it off. As most of you guys know, its a ***** when you become totally obsessed . Ken
