I spotted this GTS earlier today that is up for sale with a specialist dealer in London for £399,995. It's a US model 246 GTS in Marrone with a beige interior and Daytona seats. It looks to be a nice restoration - with a few minor incorrect details. There isn't any mention of the chassis number. https://www.hexagonclassics.com/car/ferrari-dino-246-gts Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
While the camera, exposure, lightning, etc can make a significant difference, I think the above Dino color appears something other than Oro Chiaro Met. 106-Y-19 of the same period (& shown on her sibling in attached pic). Image Unavailable, Please Login
It is too dark for Oro Chiaro Matthias. It may just be the camera settings are off or the lighting conditions were tricky. It looks fairly similar to this 246 GT painted in Marrone and this 328 GTS also finished in Marrone. Or it could be that whatever shop painted it used a later formulation of the colour if it was revised at some point. I've seen that happen before when an original colour sample has been unavailable. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Depending on (coded) formulas, “Marrone” at the time of 246 vs. that of 328 can be hugely different. At the time of restoration of the 365 GTB/4 shown above, the client showed me a photo of a 308 (wearing factory applied Oro Chiaro) for reference, so I searched the Oro Chiaro Met. (factory) codes and formulas for both + one for 328 and painted each right next to one another on a single body panel (365 GTB/4 door skin) to demonstrate how different they all are/were. Still have that panel in my storage.
Yes, I've been through a similar experience. I was lucky that the paint shop I used had a very antiquated database that listed a lot of the original paint codes plus they also had a number of original colour swatch books. Ferrari have been very guilty over the years of retaining the name of a colour whilst totally changing the formula for it so that is effectively a new shade entirely. Also with a switch of OEM paint suppliers from Italver/PPG to Glasurit etc colour formulations also changed. It may well prove to be the case that both Dinos I posted above have been incorrectly painted in a later formulation of Marrone as I've seen photo's of what appears to be a much darker shade of Marrone (brown) on other 246 models. The Glidden Salchi code for Marrone is different to the PPG/Italver code for Marrone so may well be different shades.
