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Shawn, as we figured out, fog lights were fitted by the dealerships.
roll bar was only for racing I guess..
of the rest I never heard...
regards Matthias

 

You forgot the clip on "beach seat covers"???

 

What about the bar across the front bumpers? Miine had it , was that a dealer thing also?

 

yes, was a dealer thing
regards Matthias

 

Thanks

 

Mine came with something I've never seen on another Dino. It was a foot rest in the passenger area. It was hinged so you could rotate it up under the front of seat if you had longer legs.

It was chrome with a long horizontal rubber pad for your feet to rest.

Has anyone else seen something like this before?

 

yes pretty much, the nose bars also had different shapes, depending on who fitted them...
do you have other informations

 

this feature was standard with 206 GT and 246 GT L-serie Dinos

 

very interesting...
regarding european models I can tell you there is no specific pattern if it comes to nose bars. We know Maranello Concessionares offered the bar in the UK. I know of a Swiss E-serie and a German M-serie delivery with nose a bar and in both countries this feature was the excepting....
Maybe with rising safety standards in the US the nose bar became a must have to register the car or very late Dinos, but I personally don`t think so...
Was there any change of law in the states regarding safty standards?

 

Maybe with rising safety standards in the US the nose bar became a must have to register the car or very late Dinos, but I personally don`t think so...
Was there any change of law in the states regarding safty standards?[/QUOTE]

Not that I'm aware of. Late US Dinos (with the newer grille and front pan air vents) had "outrigger" bumpers, front and rear, on dual horizontal struts. They were somewhat farther away from the body, but still very vulnerable. The US had a temporary exemption in 1974 from the 5-mph bumper standard, but only for two seaters. This allowed cars like the FIAT 124 Spyder and X1/9 to have rather small bumpers. For 1975, when the exemption had expired, imported two-seaters went with ungainly large bumpers. The most egregious example of this was the rubber-bumper MGB, which even had to have its ride height raised. The nose bar was a weak attempt (no pun intended) to prevent body damage in parking lot incidents, but had no inherent safety advantage. If anything, were a Dino so equipped to be hit in the front, the bar would likely cause more damage as it was pushed into the header panel above the grille! Fred

 

Not that I'm aware of. Late US Dinos (with the newer grille and front pan air vents) had "outrigger" bumpers, front and rear, on dual horizontal struts. They were somewhat farther away from the body, but still very vulnerable. The US had a temporary exemption in 1974 from the 5-mph bumper standard, but only for two seaters. This allowed cars like the FIAT 124 Spyder and X1/9 to have rather small bumpers. For 1975, when the exemption had expired, imported two-seaters went with ungainly large bumpers. The most egregious example of this was the rubber-bumper MGB, which even had to have its ride height raised. The nose bar was a weak attempt (no pun intended) to prevent body damage in parking lot incidents, but had no inherent safety advantage. If anything, were a Dino so equipped to be hit in the front, the bar would likely cause more damage as it was pushed into the header panel above the grille! Fred[/QUOTE]

I agree Fred, I used to have such a MGB many years ago and reconverted it to chrome bumpers

 

very interesting, that`s might be an explanation

 

Aloha...
Here's a photo of my 206 GT in Italy when Jim Sweeny bought it in 1974....note the front bumper cross bar....I still have it...when I removed it the holes seemed to be chrome plated
after they were drilled, as there was no sharp edges.
I think it came stock..

Gregg
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'another angle on The Bar! Very interesting, indeed.
That's a classic photo, Gregg. Did it come with your Dino? As I recall, you have other documentation of your car's history, too. That's so cool.
Hey, we need another fix...more shots from paradise, please!
Coop

 

Aloha...

Another shot from Paradise...running my 206 in the local SCCA Autocross
on Maui...
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I ran into Jim Sweeny in Woodinville, WA at Betz Winery (in an area bustling with small boutique wineries just outside of Seattle) about a year and a half ago. He came up and asked me about my Dino and he told me that he had owned two - he mentioned that one was now in Hawaii. I asked him if he meant Gregg's car, and he stared at me and replied "YES - how did you know?" I told him - "Ferrarichat," of course! Jim lives in Rancho something or other, California. I run into his son and daughter-in-law periodically in and around the Seattle area.

Mark

 

Very smart to use protective tape to cover the trailing edges of the wheelwells. Fred

 

Hi, Fred.
Coop

 

Good catch.

Mark

 

Hi, Coop! Thanks, Mark! Fred