Ferrari Factory build sheets Ebay #09079 and #0532

Another interesting offer at E-bay..

3 webers for a 340/375MM

http://cgi.ebay.nl/FERRARI-375MM-340-375MM-Weber-42-DCZ-Vergaser-Carbs_W0QQitemZ190284021639QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutoteile_Zubeh%C3%B6r?hash=item190284021639&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1399%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

 

It's a color copy, not the original.

 

Yes, correct, and before you get your copy they do blank off (erase) all the internal numbers for engine, gearbox and rear axle.
Marcel Massini

 

What is the point of that?

 

I'm aware of that, Tom, and that is, amongst other things, what makes the certification worthless.

Well, I like the way the seller writes "7 available". Did his copier break?

Come to think of it, I have build-sheets from an LM, albeit in b&w, so reduce price the 10 USD, make 1.000 copies....Oh, and these have nothing blanked off, so price goes to 20 USD again. I'm going to be rich!

 

Jack
The point is that the factory does not want to release the internal numbers so that other people cannot fake parts or restamp numbers.
Factory charges an additional US$ 1'000 for a set of build sheets (with blanked off numbers) once your car has been certified.
Marcel Massini

 

Marcel,

That makes sense but only to a point: if you have the original at hand, you can reproduce or re-stamp including the correct internal numbers. Apart from that, a lot of the internal numbers are known anyway, not least to you but to a number of people. I really don't see the point.

To have a set of build-sheets for any particular car is nice, but for a normal production car it seems somewhat superfluous, while for a competition car it would make sense if subsequent modifications by the factory were in an addendum, but afaik they are not.

1000 bucks for a couple of colour copies seems a little excessive; the person making the copies is probably the person within SpA making the largest return on investment.

 

I would like to have the build sheet for 275gtb 8933. I almost got a copy 5 years ago when Ferrari was offering them for free. They changed the policy just as my request was going through.