Change colour of Fcar? Would you?

I bought a 308 GTBi new in Silver.
Painted bottom half flat black.
Then painted whole car Black.
Drove it 85K miles.
In rain.
In Snow.
Sold it.
Bought a new TR.
etc....

It's a car. Not a work of Art. Make yourself happy.
(Special Vintage cars with history excepted)

 

Question is: are you buying it to use, or to keep, show to your friends, and sell for as much as you can get. If the former, then do what you want with it. If the latter, don't buy a Ferrari, get a Yugo, hold it until it becomes a collector's item, then sell it.

Art

 

I often tell my girlfriend that if I had an Enzo I'd paint it flat black. She laughs. I'm not kidding.

Do what makes you happy.. it's ultimately just paint. Your automobiles should not be investments but rather tools for your enjoyment.

-Chris

 

Unless the car needs painting anyway, you would be better off selling it and buying a red one. The color change shouldn't hurt the resale value that much (if any), but a poor paint job certainly will. It would cost you a lot less to switch cars than it would to have a good quality paint job put on the old one.

 

Atlhough Ferraris are meant to be driven and not made into garage queens, I think they should be left as-is..meaning if it needs repainting, paint it the original color. I would not buy a Ferrari that had been painted a different color, unless it was an early model with race history. I may buy an early F-car that was repainted...but if and when it was time to repaint, I would bring it back to original color. That's just me, though. I like originality. I don't like modifications that are too crazy. My 308 is original except for the radio.

On the other hand...who care? Unless you are going to have a show car at Pebble Beach or Cavallino Classic, enjoy the car. If you want it purple, that's your car and your decision. Enjoy it to it's fullest.

 

From my understanding, cars entered in shows will not have concours points deducted for a colour change. This is provided that the colour is one that is correct for the year and model of car.

Personally I am big on originality however I do not consider a period correct colour change to affect the car's value at all.

 

Want a different color Ferrari?

I'd sell the present color and buy a color you prefer..

JMO..Repaints a problem down the road..(chips etc)

 

If I loved a car and had the means I'd make it whatever color I wanted. However, if need to keep it ready for resale was a pressure, I wouldn't.

 

As long as I could afford to have an absolutely perfect job done. Anything less and I'd regret it.

It could be an opportunity to buy a cosmetically tired car for less money, and do a mini-restoration job to get the exact spec you want.

 

The 365 will probably need a respray in the next few years, I'd like to go with rosso barchetta as a more classic color but I think I have the only red sir ivor 365 out there now as it is.

 

In my restoration of the 365 GT 2+2 I decided to change to a color better suited to the car. It was originallly a red similar to today's Rosso Scuderia - kind of orange-red - but I think that particular shape looks better in darker colors. The car has no historic significance, but is a nice classic, so I have repainted it TDF Blue and done the interior in Light Grey leather. I think it is much improved. The full resto will be done by Feb and I will post pics.

 

Perfectly done and with an original colour, I think it's fine. But you really need to strip the car and have it done properly, and I think the colour should be original for the age of the car.

Just my EUR 0.02...