Wonderful to see another Dino get discovered. Judging by the ID plate it appears this car has been re-painted as there is evidence of tape lines around the plate. Not at all uncommon given the age of the car. The body number of #1636 you will find all over the place when you start to look. The trunk hinges, hand written on the backside of panels, stamped on the inside of trim pieces it becomes a game to find all of the body numbers which are just about everywhere. That said don't look too hard as most of them are hidden and require disassembly to get to them.
I am flabbergasted about why anyone would have the "common" Ferrari certified. Are you not aware what you own? You own a Dino, and "need" to be told it is so? I mean, don't everybody know what a Dino is? A Daytona, a 400i, really? Do you really require a Classiche Cert.? Certainly, you have "Fon's car" you want it, or possibly anything (but not everything) from the 50's, maybe. MM, possibly, but why, pray tell. Rubi's, along side the splinters from the Bois de Boulogne too? Ask the Righini family, if they do it for their vast collection? (#2) Come on... What a crock, F. Factory is pocketing your $$$. Just plain dumb. Just tell them that it is an honour to them that you have one of their cars, and that they ought be proud of that. Alfa Romeo, used to just send you a letter telling you what you had, signed by a real person, the most pleasant and delightful curator of the Alfa Museum, Elvira Ruocco, now, (being part of the "scam") they charge through the nose for a cheap piece of paper, one that they will mail, another (less $$) that you can print. Please... Regrets again, Alberto
The one problem is that (as far as I know), the only way to get "something in writing" to verify the original engine/trans number is via Classiche, and there is no doubt that "correct numbers" affects value of even common cars... I do admit that it is not the best way in my opinion to generate goodwill with customers... But it seems that many of Ferrari's customers don't seem to mind this. -- Alex
Hi Marcel, Hope things are well with you. I was speaking more to the generic notion of "why would anyone pay for Classiche for a common car". Though I imagine that in general, you could help-out on the numbers on most Enzo-era cars, and would be well-trusted as well... On a tangentially-related note, I was looking for the options list of a modern car, and the Ferrari dealer made it sound that providing such info was something that had to go through Classiche. -- Alex
