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#41 of 729 I forget when Porsche went to galvanized steel, late 70s by andys120 Apr 23, 2002 (12:12 pm)
wasn't it? Before that you could lose the entire front suspension of your 911 to the Rust Monster.   To be fair everything rusted badly in those days but Porsches were particularly notorious as I recall.
#42 of 729 Rust by tsaupe1 Apr 23, 2002 (12:21 pm)
Actually rust was an ancient Roman invention. However, the recipe was lost after the Vandal invasion of 22AD and only rediscovered after WWII.   On a more serious note, When the Ferrari market went stratospheric in the 1980's and anything with a Cavallino Rampante on it was worth a million bucks, alot of the less desirable cars got cut up and rebodied as spyders and GTOs.   250 GTEs in particular became fake 250 GTO's. Too bad, they are such nice cars in their own right. So the chopped 365 GTC isn't that surprising. I doubt, now that the market has come back to earth, that any of these cars are going to sell for what the conversion cost. Assuming that the work was quality, which is always an "iffy" assumption.   Tom
#43 of 729 by dgraves1 Apr 23, 2002 (12:34 pm)
Does a Fiat Dino count as a low cost Ferrari? I saw one advertized for mid $20K a few weeks ago.
#44 of 729 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Apr 23, 2002 (1:20 pm)
No, it's a Fiat through and through but it does get a boost by the association with Ferrari, wherein Fiat got to produce the Jano-designed V-6 so that Ferrari could satisfy homologation rules for racing.   The first V-6 engines, the 2.0 liters, are junk and make excellent boat anchors. The 2.4 engines are much much better, and tucked into the Coupe body you get a very interesting piece of autombobile for not much money, maybe $12K-15K tops. The Spiders cost more money, upwards of $25K or more for a nice one, and that's a lot to spend for a Fiat. But the Spiders are so much more attractive than the Coupes that they might be worth it. Only 424 Spiders were made in 2.4 liter I believe, so it's slim pickins'.   So to my mind, if you want one of these, buy a nice 2.4 Spider or forgeddaboudit!!
#45 of 729 I think both coupes and spiders are great looking. by andys120 Apr 23, 2002 (1:46 pm)
I prefer the Fiat Dino Spider's style to that of the Ferrari Dino. Although I really like both.   Too bad about the motors, Shifty
#46 of 729 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Apr 23, 2002 (1:54 pm)
The Spider is beautiful, really beautiful. The coupe is an "acquired taste" at best.   Yeah, well, sometimes these low production alloy engines just don't work out,especially if they are putting out some HP.
#47 of 729 Shifty by im_brentwood Apr 23, 2002 (1:56 pm)
Something about Fiat buyers and Ferrari engines does scare me a touch tho... haha.   I mean, I could just see it "A Tune-Up is HOW MUCH????"   Bill
#48 of 729 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Apr 23, 2002 (2:19 pm)
I actually KNOW that! It's $750 for a Ferrari V6
#49 of 729 by speedshift Apr 23, 2002 (2:41 pm)
Just imagine what you would pay if you had to buy EIGHT spark plugs.
#50 of 729 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Apr 23, 2002 (2:56 pm)
I think the labor is for all the fussing you have to do with valve clearances and carburator settings.

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