Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Cut Daytonas???

[Brian E. Buxton (BrianBuxton]

Straman and other co's who cut cars had no factory connections or 
blessing to do so.  They were just companies making a buck on the 
then-current fad.  NART spyders are always worth more and are more 
"accepted" in "Ferrari circles" because they had the benefit of factory 
assistance in design and execution.

Brian



Ken Rentiers wrote:

> On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:44 PM, LS wrote:
>
>  
>
> > So, as I'm watching Dream Car Garage tonight, I hear Klute mention  
> > that
> > since the feature car as a cut coupe by NART, it was more special and
> > valuable than a regular cut coupe.
> >
> > Why is that? Were the Straman and lesser cut coupes worth less  
> > because of
> > NART's attachment to the factory to some degree? Was it because of the
> > Chinetti connection? Or was it simply because the conversion was  
> > better
> > engineered (with proper fender wells, thicker door posts, etc.)?
> >
> > The car looked stunning in the desert test BTW.
> >
> > LS
> >
> > www.exhaust.tv
> >