Dino GT 02726 for sale on Ebay- BIN $135k

Looks interesting. There seem to be a few questionable items... wrong mirrors, tires, and the SN stamp does not look right (although I don't know early stamp style). Dino Registry does not have much info so I would do some research. Other stuff looks pretty good, pending a good inspection.

 

Just to nit-pic, paint on the underside of the front boot does not appear correct. MSD system is not original as far as I know (I actually have this on my car... I guess the Dinoplex was replaced). And one other question, the hub covers do not have the black center. My car is this way, is it correct? *04022*
Bid just hit $80K + and my wife says NO WAY (may sneak a bid in anyhow...I'll just have to learn to live in the dog house if it goes through)

 

OK, I'm bored. One other observation. Looks like a Euro car but the speedo is in MPH and not KPH. Again, I'm just comparing to my Euro car.

 

- wrong steering wheel for a 72...should not be solid spoked
- no radiator foam installed after repaint...and yes underside of lid should be black
- missing washer fluid bag
- engine lid latch looks painted rather than plated
- no black below bumpers, front or rear...that is wrong for this car, correct?
- taillight lenses are swapped (at least compared to my correct 71)...amber should be on outside, red on inside
- front lid support is on wrong side (passenger side), should be driver side like engine lid and trunk lid supports

 

back in the day , one of the first things true sports car enthusiasts did was replace the stock mirrors with talbot bullet racing mirrors . ( i did on my alfas and dino ) i would not consider this "wrong ", but rather an upgrade .

 

I just went out to my garage. *04022*
- I have a solid spoke steering wheel with black solid spoke. I do not think it is original because it has a cavalino on the bottom center.
- btw, mine is a Euro car that came to CA in 1977.
- I'm missing a washer bag too. Where can I get one?
- My radiator foam is about 25% there. It just fell apart. Need to get some more soon.
- My engine latch is NOT painted.... covered in dirt at the moment so it's black but not painted.
- I have black below the front and rear bumpers about 1/2 way down. As far as I know that is the way it should be. The front also looks like they put in lights in or something below the front bumpers. My slots are rectangular. Driver front bumper is not right, in fact, the lower front end below the bumpers does not look right.
- Front hood should be black on the down side. My car has the hood support on the passenger side. Euro thing?
- The back end should be as stated amber out red in. The red lenses look wrong too.
- I still want to know about the hub covers on the wheels. I had/have no black in the center. I do have one with black because I lost one and had to get a replacement. I do not know what is correct for my May 1972 production car.

 

Retraction - Upon inspection with my car. The SN stamp looks OK. Just not exactly as mine is (needs a little cleaning, not that mine is perfect or anything)

 

I think that car is going to go fast...

Regards, Alberto

 

correct, the biggest problem with this car is the wrong front (nose)
It`s from a late E-Series, should be like yours.
;-)
Regards Matthias

 

Matthias, I'd ping you with a PM but thought others would like to know as well. The wheel/hub covers do not have the black center. That is what my car has. Was chrome centers ever correct? I think you said my car should have had black centers, just doing a double check before I went to get them powder coated.

 

always black centers
regards Matthias

 

Matthias.

Are you saying the front sheet metal is wrong on the car?

That it's been replaced with an E-series front end?

Dave

 

yes Dave, normally this Dino should have the M- / early E-Series front,
but it has the late E-Series front.
This would be not an individual case...if Dinos had a front accident only late front noses were available as a body spare part from Ferrari... quite a few cars around where that happened...

 

Thanks.

So, we can assume the car had a nasty enough dust up at some point to get the nose replaced, or that it rusted so badly that it was easier to cut off and replace than to repair.

I'd say that's a bigger concern than some slightly less than perfect paint and a steering wheel that needs repair.

D

 

Hi,

Matthias is certainly correct about the wrong front clip fitted to this car. It does seem to be quite common. Last year we were looking after another Dino imported to NZ from Britain about 4 years ago and it also has been fitted with the later shaped front during some restoration or crash repair work. I wonder if any specialist does/has considered building putting the correct front clip into production. It shouldnt be too complicated as the difference is really all in the frontal undertray under the bumpers/grille.With the value of Dinos it is certainly preferable to have the correct shaped nose and also the correct bumpers too as far as originality is concerned.

Cheers,

John.

 

Hello John,
you are right, it`s not to complicated. No problem for a good coachbuilder if he has a Dino with the correct front to copy.
Recently an M-Series Dino was rebuild here in Germany.
Regards Matthias

 

Perfectly rebuilt with your M-series as a perfect pattern ;-)

 

As mentioned before it was common practice to replace damaged fronts only with the new E version. In the dealers spare parts catalogue from 1974 there is only one available with no difference in L/M/E Series. When I bought my M #2130 in 1989 I only got a new E- Series front from our local Ferrari dealer here. Fairly spoken, any later front on an early Dino is not "wron" or not ORIGINAL as it was sold or even replaced by factory....
I believe that over most of the years it was only seen from a practicle point of view that the newer front is "better" regarding air flow and cooloing performance. When I restored my M # 1706 I again replaced the front and was lucky to get a NOS M- front forgotten somewhere in Maranello. Nowadays you can get any front handmade from the original form there.

 

I believe all the body sections except the round air intakes are the same or? Would be possible to modify?

Freeman

 

Hi.- Would certainly be easy to modify.Just a little reshaping once the holes are removed and filled,the correct cooling ducts let into the undertray and the removable panel below the radiator constructed and the mounting bolts for this located inside the clip .Shouldnt be too difficult at all to restore earlier cars fitted with the late E series panel to original either if owners desire.

Cheers,

John.

 

Actually, the later series-E nose also has a differently-shaped grille surround. The earlier noses all have a grille opening with elliptical corners. The later E nose has an almost perfectly rectangular grille opening. The number of egg-crate inserts is the same, however. There is also a slight jog from the body crease just over the front bumper blades at each corner of the grille opening. Fred

 

http://www.autoscout24.de/Details.aspx?id=217951400&cd=634781173950000000

Yes all taxes are included in the price of 62.500 EUR.
In order to move forward with the transaction I need your full name
and address so I can make a purchase agreement for the car. Once I
will make the contract I will send it to you and you must sign it if
you agree and send it back to me.
Once you have sent me the contract back I will give you my company
bank account information where you need to send the 20% deposit. Once
you have sent the deposit I will start the import process witch will
take between 18-21 days. Once I will have the car here in UK you will
have to came and inspect it. If you like it you will give me the 80%
of the money here. If you do not like it after the inspection I will
give you the 20% deposit back.
At this link you can check more pictures with the Dino :

http://www.use.com/722e0b29ec161a59c4b2


Thank you


On 7/24/12, Volkmar Spielmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm still interested, please let me know more details, thank you.
> Are all customs and taxes included in the price of EUR 62.500,00?
> Rgds.
> Volkmar Spielmann
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:00:23 +0300
>> Von: "Dennis Charell @ MGT CARS" <[email protected]>
>> An: AutoScout24 <[email protected]>
>> Betreff: Re: Kaufinteressent Ferrari 246 € 62.500,-
>
>> Hello,
>> First of all I want to tell you that I`m a classic car broker from
>> Newcastle , United Kingdom and I import cars from USA. Right now this car
>> is located in United States.The body of the car is in perfect condition,
>> no
>> damages or scratches. The engine is in perfect working conditions. It is
>> matching numbers. The interior is very nice.I have all documents in hand
>> for this vehicle.
>> Also I want to inform you from the start that if you decide to buy you
>> will
>> have to send us 20% refundable deposit to start the import process.
>> Without
>> the deposit we will not be able to complete the deal.
>> If you are still interested please get back to me so I can email you more
>> pictures, or if you want to speak more details with me you can call me
>> at:
>> +44 191 645 0877 -- 0044 191 645 0877.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Dennis Charell
>

 

Wow, they even went to the trouble of changing the date stamps on the old photos.