Detailed my 308 and took her for a quick spin

congrats, Chas: you have a very rare Blu Acapulco car!

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133-A-6. So I’ll look and see if I can find a 133-E-6...I doubt there’s a blue with that code. I suspect the “paint tag scratcher guy” would occasionally scratch “Azzurro” which is simply “Blue” on the tag, with the code being left to do the work of stating which blue. That’s why your car does not look like Azzurro Met 106-A-32. Because it’s not.
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I have a whole thread dedicated to “1977 Blues”. I started it to show off our blue cars.

 

I think in my thread Bruno stated maybe a half dozen at most. No way to know for sure.

 

From the 1977 Blues thread...
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Yes. I almost bought that car. But I didn’t need three! Very nice Dry Sump car and in US already. I think it was only $110K too. Not bad.

My dry sump under restoration is either Dino Met, Acapulco, or Montecarlo. I don’t know which for certain. Not sure I want to know. They are all so fantastic!

 

I have to be sincere: I don't know if the paint sticker is correct, as it's a bit wrong (Acapulco is "blu" and not "azzurro") . So, If I were the car owner, I would ask (and pay...) Ferrari to know which color it was produced with.

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I remember that thread very well. It was, when I first thought: "Great! A '70s music thread"

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In Italian 'Azzuro' is the word for the colour blue. It is possible that because this was a special colour the person on the line that filled out the decal had the correct colour code but not the correct name for the colour. As such they just called it what it is which is 'blue' or 'azzuro' in Italian. What confuses things further are two things:

1. In Italian the word 'blu' is often used instead of 'azzuro' to describe the colour blue
2. Ferrari has a colour named 'blu azzuro' which I suppose translates to 'blue blue'. Remember this is the company that made the Ferrari La Ferrari

All of these variants in language and colour naming can surely account for the confusion in this thread. My personal opinion is that the decal on the lid is totally original, contains most importantly the correct colour code, and was filled out as previously described by an Italian worker perhaps eager to get to lunch or finish their shift.

 

Here’s my friends beautiful 77 GTB
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No

Blu and azzurro are two different things in Italian. Blue and light blue in English.

It can be a mistake, but in this case I would appreciate an offccial Ferrari build sheet with the correct color name printed on it: that's not a 10k dollar car, it worths the money.

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Alberto you are correct that 'azzuro' refers to light blue, and 'blu' to darker blue. That said there is a certain interchangeability with the words which can explain the writing on the decal.

 

at every Ferrari dealership: here it costs around 500 euro. You have to go through Classiche Service, this means asking to an official dealership.

You will receive an official paper stating the color codes, the engine and gearbox numbers and so on: they still have ALL the records of every 308 produced.

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Azzurro metallizzato

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Exactly what I said in post #27. “Paint Tag-Scratcher Guy” has only one job: get the code scratched on the foil correctly. He did that. IMO, Chas does not need to spend money on a build sheet. He knows his code and it matches other examples of Acapulco. The foil sticker is official...the fact that it’s a bit screwy is all the proof needed that it’s an official Ferrari product! He’s good.

 

Yeah. Your car is gorgeous. Low miles. Original paint. Original looking sticker. You’re fine. If the car had 80K miles on it, perfect paint, and a new sticker all perfectly scratched out, that would be reason to confirm things.

 

My apologies Will for missing your post and merely re-iterating what you already said as my own. I do like your job title though

I personally think this whole 'build sheet' obsession is excessive and really only matters when trying to pad value at time of resale. Sometimes it is best to go back to being that little kid that fell in love with a car at the side of the road totally naive to things like 'originality' and a whole slew of papers and documents that do nothing to the pure enjoyment of the car.

 

None needed in the least. I was happy you thought the same and I wanted to reiterate to keep Chas from paying money for something he does not need. You’re good, brother!