How to tell if the manual transmission was original or aftermarket install?

All models were selespeed gearboxes (gear boxes were the exact same, the only difference is the shifter). If the Window sticker says F1 at the top, then it was originally an F1. If it doesn't, then it was a manual.

 

If your getting an inspection done get them to take a photo of the engine ecu stickers (they are located behind the drip trays in the engine bay). If it has the letters "c.e." on the white sticky label its a F1 paddle shift car, if its got "c.m." its likely (unless the ecu's where replaced) its running on manual shifter ecu's.

 

Why would you worry so much? Same gearbox, same driving experience... as long as your happy with the price it shouldn't matter one jot if it was converted or not as long as it was done well. If fitted properly no reason why conversions should be seen as inferior ...

 

Another possible way, but not full proof, is to put the car up on a lift and look at the shifter box. If its caste aluminum, that is what the OEM used. If its billeted aluminum, that is an EAG part. All OEM's will eventually have aftermarket parts because Ferrari supply chain runs out of parts from time to time. Dealers have been known to call EAG for replacement parts they make because they can't get them from Ferrari. That might eventually crash the entire OEM manual market as purists only want original parts, even when the original parts are inferior.

 

If it started life as an F1, the window sticker would look like this as Kent stated
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Another sign is to look at the gate "plate". If there is a ferrari horse in the upper left above the reverse slot, it's probably a factory manual, if it's just smooth with no horse, probably a conversion. Not an end all be all representation as someone could have gone through the exorbitant expense of sourcing an OEM plate during a conversion, but most do not do this. But, this is another small indication besides the ones previously mentioned.

Conversion cars usually have upgraded parts and are, therefore, better sorted. But....for originality and value retention, factory gated is the way to go. Since you mention paying a premium, it's good your due diligence. I picked up an '04 gated 360 myself from a BaT vendor a few months ago. I too paid a premium and I miss the Stradales but love the manual interaction!

 

Very true. I went to that expense in my conversion. Impossible to tell its not original. My car has fooled mechanics and long time Ferrari collectors with millions in collectables sitting in their garage.
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did you modify your exisiting center console or did you buy a "manual console" too?

 

The center console was modified. Very simple procedure, probably took EAG 5 minutes to modify it. It's the same console as the OEM gate, except there is a cut out for the F1 rather than the gated shifter. All they did was cut out the carbon fiber for the gated shifter.

 

Image is too small and too low quality for me to make anything out. Under the EPA section, Ferrari submitted the F1 only for EPA regulations on mileage. Probably a cost saving measure, I'm not sure. Have someone inspect the ECU stickers as 360Trev recommended. No one is a higher authority than Trev on 360's in my opinion, other than maybe Maranello. Also, you can call the original selling dealer and they can verify for you.

 

Out of curiosity, how many miles does this car have?

 

Then you have a driver, not a collectible. 360 manuals really aren't that rare anyway and with that mileage, it isn't a collectible. Hopefully, you didn't pay F430 F1 prices for a manual driver 360. We're only talking about 10 pounds of parts here so unless the 360 had extremely low miles, its a driver. Of course, if your car has some very rare spec and color, that could change things.

 

You could always go to a dealer and have them print it out from modus with the VIN.

 

Easiest way to confirm if it is oem manual is plug vin into the DOT recall website:

https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls

if it was an f1, it will come up as “360 f1”. If it comes up as just 360, it’s oem gated

 

When I went through my gated f430 service records in detail, at many of the Ferrari dealer service visits, the invoice would say “f1 system” serviced or checked.

I ended up getting a copy of the window sticker to confirm it was oem gated, which it was. I found out about that handy website afterwards.

 

Got to your nearest dealer and ask them to print a build sheet for her. Then you know everything that came on her originally, including colors.