Dino 246 GT/246GT "L" question

1. Early cars - Type "L"(Series I) from 00400 up to car no. 01116.

a. Lockable trunk button on rear lid.

b. Door opening lights not fitted like the later cars.

c. Outside door locks located in recessed air scoop portion of the door.

d. Deep passenger foot well. Folding foot rest observed on many examples, but not shown in owners handbook.

e. Heater/defroster controls located on center console near the gear lever. Long glove box door.

f. Seat back adjustment control in addition to fore & aft control levers.

g. Two back-up lamps fitted; one under each rear bumper bar.

h. Head rests mounted on the bulkhead behind the seats.

i. Doors did not have parcel boxes like the later cars.

j. Passenger assist grip mounted on door sill next to the passenger seat.



Later cars - Type "M" and "E"(Series II & III from 01118 through 08518)

a. Rear lid release moved inside the car with the fuel fillercover and engine release levers. An emergency pull ring was now located behind fuel filler cap lid for the rear lid.

b. Door opening lights fitted in the inside edge of the doors.

c. Outside door locks located below the recessed air scoop portion of the door.

d. Shallow passenger footwell.

e. Heater/defroster controls located in center of dashboard.

Short glove box door.

f. Seats had only fore & aft adjustment.

g. Only one back-up lamp mounted directly on the coachwork and located at the bottom of the rear panel in the center.

h. Head rests mounted on the seats.

i. Parcel boxes fitted to each of the inside door panels.

3. Some cars - Constructed with alloy doors, engine lid, and trunk lid.

(Usually type "L")

Two known 246 Dinos in the 005xx range have full alloy bodies.

Some cars - Constructed with only alloy doors and maybe only front lid.

(Usually type "M")

later cars - Constructed in all steel, except an alloy front lid.

(Probably all type "E")

4. Early cars - Two rear number plate lamps located in each of the rear (from 01118) bumper ends. Exact change point unknown. European versions kept this system until sometime between 04554 and 04648.

British versions changed earlier-sometime between 02808 and 03354. USA versions apparently never used this layout, and used the one described below.

Later cars - One rear number plate lamp was mounted on rear lid, and recessed bumper end caps were fitted where the two lamps were previously. European and British versions used this system throughout the entire production range.

USA versions used the recessed caps from about 02800 up to about 04370 when they changed as described below.

Later cars - USA versions replaced the recessed rear bumper end caps with a flat cap around car number 04370. Exact change point is unknown.

5. Early cars - Type "E" (Series III)

European and British version changed from long front bumpers to short ones. Exact change point unknown.



Courtesy of www.dinoregister.com

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Sorry, I don't have specific pictures.

 

Hey, no problem.

DM

 

L series also used central locking wheel nuts. That's the easiest way to identify them.
Several major differences in the gearbox internals. Another easy way to identify L series cars is the cascade gear cover, completely different from the llater cars.

 

wow dave you have such a love for your car. I hope to some day know as much about my fcars (yes fcarS) as you do yours.

 

The Dino is not an Fcar?

 

no it is. I was just emphasizing the S meaning I hope to own more than one

 

Syncro, The issue of F-car has been settled long ago , get with the program and current events.

 

Note also that in addition to the obvious/visible differences that separate L series from later Dinos, that the L's also shared many parts with the 206. In that vein, many post-1970 parts will not fit an L-series car. For example, my car, 00462 (?and maybe all L-series) has 206 exhaust headers.

 

This isn't just a case of Euro vs US Spec headers? The US headers are different to work around the alternator and/or air pump, I think.

DM

 

DM- you could be right; this is a Euro car. I was told at the time of inspex by Boston SportsCar, when they were eval. it for poss fitting of Tubis (in a younger, stupider time when I thought that would be an "improvement") that my car had 206 headers, and that Tubi does no make an exhaust to fit.

 

Tubi doesn't show an option for 1969 Dino.

There may be some differences, I just don't know what it could be. Gonna ask my mechanic next time I see him.

Here's what they list.

01077032000 Silencer for 246 DINO European with Plane Flange "M" 1970
01077032070 Manifold for 246 DINO European with Plane Flange "M" 1970
01077132000 Silencer for 246 DINO European with Flared Flange "E" 1971
01077132070 Manifold for 246 DINO European with Flared Flange "E" 1971
01077142000 Silencer for 246 DINO USA 1971/74
01077142000A Manifold for 246 DINO USA 1971/74