Ferrari Dino Key Fobs

After having had many questnons asked to me about Dino keyfobs, i am posting a refferance from many years of having asked questions to my "mentors". although they don't want to post or explore, their info has been so benificial to me. although not requested, i post my information, while acknowledging those who lead the path before me.

If anyone can add anything to the info below, please do so. the photos are taken from my private collection. i have tried to place them in chronological order. however, do not go off of this is there is legimate reason not to.

 

the earliest fob that i know of is the "RAGNI" fob. it corresponds with other ferarri fobs of the era. i have pictured a ferarri ragni fon that was delivered with a 275gtb/4 fob.

ther is some contriversy as to whether this was "factory issued" or not
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The Dino fob that was most used was the dino I.C.O.R. fob. This company was based out of Milano. It is also used as the replica for the "A.J. Marton" fob that you will see later.

In these photos, you can see what it looked like (front and back) inside and outside the original wrapper.
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The best replica Din fob i have seen, the A.J. Marton fob, both front and back and including the packaging that he provides.

I have four Dino's. I use these fobs on my cars. For the price, they can't be beat. You will see them on ebay frequently. These replicas are the the best of the best. If you chose to buy one of these, you can't go wrong.
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The last fob in the phot is an fob that i have used for my everyday keys for the last 4 months. I just wanted to show how well done they are. I have no interest in marton or hios fobs, but they are the best i have seen.

 

here is a photo fo the "repro" dino fob front that has been on the market for at least the last 15 years. i can't confirm this, but it was supposedly made by ragni under contract. remeber, ragni is the firm that made the earliest of the dino fobs.
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Thes eare the last of the Dino fob's. They were made by O.M.E.A.. they are a better representation of the first repro version. however, the repro is smooth in nature an the o.m.e.a. version has a small relief in the fob. either way, the omea fob only applies to the later dino's, and not the early cars.
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Over the years, i have had many questions about dino fobs asked. The ICOR fob is not only the most common, but also the most used. Attatched, is the best way i can show that they age based on part of my collection. You will notice they get "more worn" as they progress. all of these are original fobs. although you may think the more worn ones are less valuable, i disagree, all they show is that they were more loved.
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i owuldn't say that that is shiny, i would say it is more a result of the photography.

 

aj's fob isn't 100% accurate. however it is DARN good. unless you knew what you were looking at, you could be fooled. having said that, i don't have to worry if it gets stolen.

 

i was outbid, but the fob sold at a high price given it's condition. when new, these fobs looked much like the aj marton fob. the shinyness of this fob is the worn nature of the metal. for being in a desk for 25 years, it must have lead a tough life (or maybe it was just well loved).

 

there isn't a source that i know of for new, original fobs.

 

email ajmarton

 

john,

interesting that you too think the brass is later. i would make the same arguement based on omea making the 60's-early 70's ferrari fob, and then icor coming into play. i have always thought this made more sense.

i poste dthe timeline as i did based on inofrmation from a source that knows more about this junk than anyone else i have known. he is on f-chat occasionally and maybe would like to shed some light on the timeframes, just to clarify.

 

keith,

this corresponds with the original order in the first sevral posts of this thread. i would be interested if anyone else could shead more light on the subject.

anyone? anyone?

 

well, not really.

the earliest fobs were the ragni fobs on the leather. i have only seen two (and have one in my collection). ferrari was using ragni for fobs in the late 60's

icor followed that (at least as i have known -even thou omea fobs and hood badges seemed to be current in the ealry and late sixties)

omea for late dino's (like i said, i personally question this i have seen early-mid 60's omea badges and fobs for ferrari. why would the omea dino fob pop up for late 246 production? even though i don't see the logic, several have siad this IS what happened).

the repro ragni fob didn't surface until modern times (define that how you may - i don't have production details, but it is the fob that has circulated and was the only repro of modern status until the aj marton fobs)

when you talk about items as old as these, obviously rarity factors in. i have run ads for years in the fml and bought off ebay for many years for items such as these.

currently, in my collection i have a good number of icor style fobs and passed on several. i only have a couple of omea fobs and have only passed on very few.

i have no evidence that relates to production numbers, but there is no doubt in my mind, regardless of when they were produced, the omea fobs are much rarer.

regardless of this, as stupid as these fobs are, they are original and are cool to have.