Where have all the tool kits gone

A lot of them are here.

http://www.racecar.co.uk/paulbaber/index.htm

 

I think you've got a problem that's common to the majority of buyers of production Ferraris that are 25+ years old. They've usually been through several owners and the tools and manuals just got lost, likely in the the early years when they were just cheap used exotics, rather than the desirable special interest cars or collector classics that most of them are now.

My '64 330 2+2, with an ownership history from new (also rare), came to me with no original tools or jack. Surprisingly and fortunately, it did have the original manuals. The owner prior to me had no idea about the tools and the two owners before him have disappeared into the sands of time.

I don't know about the 308 era cars but toolkit replacement for the pre-1975 front engined Ferraris is very expensive. A good to excellent complete original kit can bring $3K and up, depending on the model. I've seen Daytona toolkits go on ebay for $8K. A repro tool bag and tools will add up to more than $2K.

I was lucky enough to have a restorable original toolbag from a 330 2+2 "thrown in" with a console and some other parts that I bought from a much older former 330 owner cleaning out his garage. I won't go through the restoration story, but it cost me about $300.00 in all to do, and it turned out excellent. A comparable new reproduction bag is about $750.00, so I consider it a prize.

Get on tomyang.net and search under "toolkits". Tom's site is a great resource for anything to do with older Ferraris - mostly front engine V12 owners on there but some Dino, Boxer, and 308 owners also. You will be welcomed.

Also, keep an eye on ebay-Ferrari toolkits and tools come on all the time.

 

I think they get lost in the wash, like my socks.

Ferrari UK has some of the tools for the kit, and there have to be someon Ebay now and again, although I couldn't find any this morning.

I guess early on, folks who owned the cars used the tools without much interest in keeping track of them. They didn't realise that 30 yrs later, someone else might buy their car and feel they needed original tools.

Check your toolbox, do you have every screwdriver and socket you ever bought?

How about the trunk of your Mercedes or BMW? Have you been really careful about keeping those cheezy tools that came with the car?

 

Do eBay searches on "Ferrari Toolkit" and very importantly just "Ferrari Tool" and you'll find them pop up two or three times per month, at least for 308s/328s. They're in varying condition, many are missing this piece and that, the early 308 kits differed from the later 308/328 kits, etc. They go for $200 (a steal) to $400 (kinda high, but not ridiculous), to more.

If I could say that I've found the JACK kits (what you have) to be the rarer and more expensive of the two... Although some people have different opinions, I've pretty much concluded this.

You might also try contacting Ferrari of UK, although I think I may have purchased the last one they had in stock (double check this).

Having tools with your car if/when you sell it will be a slight selling point if presented properly, and can similarly be a point of objection from an educated buyer. At the end of the day, a car with tools will go for more than the same car without tools; it's just the idea that the car is "complete" and "original."

And, look at the financial side of it... The tools and all the rest can fetch up to $1000 on eBay. I can picture some people who sell their cars to uneducated buyers who don't care about the tools, KEEPING the tools and selling them on ebay for a quick $1,000. So that's one place they go.

In my car's case, they were left at the mechanic's and apparently never picked up! Oh well, I've got them all back now .


--Mike