thinking about selling 04948...

What a BEAUTIFUL color on a Dino!

 

i would leave the paint alone. i don't believe you will see an increase in net $ to you by doing a repaint.

as for dino value/color aspect. regretably, red is always a safe bet. however, the non-red colors look great too. i think the lamborghini guys have a little more of a "vintage" mindset and keep their cars in period correct colors at no value loss. that makes for some cars with funky personalities - in a good way.

 

Agreed, think of DinoDan's green Dino. That car is a knock-out in person!

 

i would much rather have the green dino as it is sure to stand out in any ferrari gathering. there are a couple of "original" colors that i think haven't aged well, but for the most part, there are some great older colors to choose from - if you can find them.

 

Personally, I like the burnt orange on a Dino, but that definately is a value killer. It sure looks good on a Lambo Mura!

 

Bautiful color for a Dino. My Alfa SS was similar in color but not metalic. I love that dark red. Don't know that a paint job would change price at all. Those photos are a great sales tool.
John

 

one thing i forgot to mention, is my dino coupe was orginally rosso rubino metallizato, and is now red. i would return the car to it's original color if i was to repaint.

when you say that the rosso rubino color wasn't metallic, what do you mean? it definitely wasn't a solid (non-metallic) color

 

Leave the color as is, it's stunning.

 

rosso rubino is halfway between the non-mettalic colors of rosso and rosso bordeaux

 

Rosso Bordeaux "Dino" 20-R-351 is non metallic and is very similar to metallic Rosso Rubino 106-R-83. Mo's Dino is Rosso Bordeaux "Dino", isn't it? Yours seems to me metallic.

 

I'll cast another vote for keeping the current color. I think it looks fantastic!
BTW, what do you think the range would be for an "as is" sale?

 

correct

 

Agree w/ others - it's a gorgeous color, and anyway I doubt you'd recover all of $ invested in a repaint if you do actually decide to sell. I don't think original factory colors are that important in a Dino (within reason; they used to say any Ferrari in white was sale-proof), as opposed to, say, Porsche 356's.

 

Repairing the doors will open a can of worms you might better leave for the next owner.

If you repair the rust, you'll have to paint the doors, if you paint the doors and they don't match the rest of the car (and they won't) then a prospective buyer is gonna want to know what you did and how well you did it. Buyers of these expect to watch for rust.

And if you do the doors, then the rockers are probably bad too, along with the inner wheel wells and some other rust magnet spots.

I'd leave it alone. you could easily run up to $10K fixing it, and still have questions about the car when it's over. It won't cost you more than that in sale value, and won't scare off good buyers.

DM