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This is a car that some 10 years ago put some wheels rolling. Then a newbie I tried to find somebody to answer some questions of mine among numerous 308 owners present on a Ferrari mailing list maintained by Steven Cook. Few people crawled out from under the rocks and soon Chris Kanterjiev figured o...

I just love it!!!

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Best wishes, Kare

You can mate the chassis number and the body number with help of this list: http://koti.welho.com/kpietil4/250gte.htm

Body parts are stamped with 3 last digits from the project number.

Best wishes, Kare

I was watching "Ronin" on weekend and saw a blue 456 GT and a red 250 GT Series 2 Cabriolet...

Best wishes, Kare

> Don't mean to kibbitz too much here, but I thought it was a big no-no to > mate stainless next to aluminum. The thinking was that there is > no "sacrificial" metal and the sacrificial metal would be the aluminum. > And although aluminum doesn't rust, it can corrode. Electrolysis may take place whe...

>Kare, all of the stamped/written/chalked PF body numbers on 330 GTs >are 300 (or 700 depending on which way you do the math) numbers off >of the PF build number. See my explanation above. So 852 - 700 is >152, or 5853. Yes, I forgot that they started over the numbering of body parts when 330GT prod...

The Pininfarina records are, however, the truth as we know it. unfortunately people who copied the records made some mistakes and missed some numbers, but basically these records are as realiable as a source can get! What comes to #852, the body number belongs to 8635GT (5853 was #152!!!) - a 330GT ...

>There are 8-10 PF coupe's sent out with two tone paint jobs. I don't >know of any GTE's I have notes of 32 confirmed 2-tone PF Coupes! 2-tone paint schemes seem to have been very unpopular in restorations. I am not aware of any 2-tone GT/Es. Not definite though, production records of GT/E-series ar...

grumpy2 wrote:Has anyone seen that the engine S/N is not the same as the car?

This car HAS MATCHING ENGINE. The incorrect engine number was a typo (they simply forgot to change engine number when converting an old file to advertise another car) and has now been corrected.

Best wishes, Kare

Neither is the rear bumper.

As most if not all all plated parts (expect window trim, off course) are incorrect replacements, it is quite obvious that this car may have been parted out once in its earlier life. The question that remains: was the bodyshell then kept on original chassis or was it put on a GM-based replacement cha...

[quote="Rudy van Daalen Wetters"]Does anyone know of a similar wheel failure? Again, I could see it shattering if it hit a curb really hard or something else but just "failing" seems a bit odd at 40mph.[/quote] This type of failures usually take a long time to develop. I'm, quite sure that some of t...

Pressed the send button too soon; meant to change the subject into: "GRP bootlids on 250 GT Pinin Farina Coupe in 1958".

Hope this addition makes my previous posting easier to understand.

Best wishes, Kare

Tom, Among 40 first cars built Pinin Farina records show remark "Pl" or "Pla" for 23 cars, while another 8 cars have a note "Met". There are 9 cars in this range where this kind of note is missing completely. I have been told that these markings match the bootlid material seen in a those cars that h...

[quote="eve23"]thanks kerry very useful info...... eddie[/quote] Depending on what model you are thinking of, there are a few possible ways to obtain further info. Most historians will know if a suspect chassis has been around or if the original engine of a vintage car is known to have been removed ...