Trust me, we're all still trying to FORGET....and you ruined it. They don't call them 'test MULES' for nothing....
Listen, I hope your right. I work at car shows all over the country and I see it everyday in large doses. Glad your on board with the older stuff but think you are in the minority. Never said one generation was better than the other BTW just pointing out a disinterest from the younger kids that I've noticed from my 45 year old perspective.
It starts with us , my son is 13, and I am educating him and his friends on the older cars. They love the Enzo, 458s as it reflects the Xbox age and technology .... But when they see the Testarossa, or the 308 gtb they are amazed at what they are seeing. It's still old to them, but my son is aware of what a carb car is , and why it's important. It's up to us to teach the new car guys, they won't learn this in car and driver.
Sorry Red but the first thing he's gonna do is sell the cars when you're gone...but he probably will keep the Rustang...
its not slow going down hill! some may not like the styling but i think it is aging better than all the the other V8s but im a hardcore GT4 guy. I also if i had the money would buy up so many older ferrari that I might not have enough left over for a non carb car, but then I believe that any car made during Enzo's lifetime are more significant to me personally. Not expecting anyone to agree. The GT4 is not ugly but beautiful to me but i have one as a mistress... plus in 30 years whose going to be able to fix a 360 computer! Hope there are some wiz kids interested in cars as it will take a junior Bill gates to fix those things! HA Rob Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I was on what I call my American Grafiti cruise along the beach front where I live last Sunday and a guy in a local muscle car pulled up beside me at the lights. He looked past the gorgeous girl sitting next to him who was smiling at me and said "hey man, what a beautiful car, what year is it?" I told him 1975 and he said "wow man, that's two years older than me! Do you want to swap?" While I was considering this proposition he added "not for my car, for my wife!" I don't care what my GT4 is worth, I'm not selling!
carbed vintage cars are now collectable because they are carburated; the retiree or weekend warrior can actually tinker with them; fuel injected plastic cars will not be collectable for the average Joe. Don't anticipate any high prodution Ferrari's (or any manufactuer for that matter) post 348 to significantly at preciate at all. Remember the inflation factor also on your "invested dollars." I would anticipate the 308's (GT4 more than GTS/B steel) to appreciate significantly over the next decade.
The short-answer is, you MAKE one - get one that's unloved, and fix the issues. Because there aren't many electronic devices on-board, things are pretty simple. The things you can't do, are easy to farm-out with very good results.
Or you can do what I did: find one on craigslist that has been lovingly maintained and buy it for peanuts. I do believe they are out there and you don't need to settle for a ratty one because the good ones are so underpriced, stateside at least.
You're joking, right? I tinker with my f355 all the time. Thing is, I never have to worry about the fuel injection, unlike the damn carb on my muscle car or the 4 carbs on my motorcycle...
I see the GT4 as desirable because of low numbers and performance...not a bad looking car but in the big picture somewhat of a minor styling hiccup for Ferrari. On 360s, large production numbers and aging with failure of $$$ parts and systems must inevitably bring asking prices to $50K and under over the next few years. I've thought of moving on to a 360 and have found that they're no different than other models in the areas of multiple owners and missing stuff such as toolkits, manuals, keys, and service records. Many have been kustomized with outlandish sound systems and ugly aftermarket wheels and the original wheels have often disappeared. As a result, I can see all but the best 360s selling in the $40-$50K range, down in the $30s for dogs. For all, an understood need for at the least $10K in after purchase get things right money and another $10K banked for future needs. I've decided to hang on to my original and very nice, well sorted, and reliable '83 GTS, perhaps add/do some reversable upgrade parts and tweaks, and reevaluate the later model preowned market in two or three years.
Except at almost 3000 made, they weren't made in low numbers and their performance was/is not very good.
Nice yellow one in mine!! How many are actually left world wide, that's what we need to know and matters! I bet it's half of the original build and not many right hand drives.
