Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari 250 GT SWB Chassis# 2639 , from bad to worst.

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:06 AM, <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com> wrote:

It is an interesting question isn't it? If the Ferrari factory recasts a motor and builds it in Maranello is the car "less" of a Ferrari than one with the original engine? Its made by the same company (maybe by the same people, I've been to the factory several times and there are some real old timers there), same methods, same alloys; heck a lot of these cars may have had an engine failure early on and had a new engine made under warranty. Ferrari has the same plans and they designed the thing after all.

 

Is the car less of a car? Its not like the engine was made in China after all. I know that to some people it would matter, to me it doesn't if it is a Ferrari made engine, but what do you guys think?

 

Britt

Britt, I agree 100% with your sentiments.

The only issue IMHO is if the owner attempts to misrepresent a car saying it has a completely original engine when it in fact received a new one. Other than that, a new motor built by Ferrari in Maranello is as good or better than one that was in the car since the '50s/'60s.

Some things in life are just taken too seriously. What about that Volvo guy with 2.x million on his P1800.....if he hasn't gotten a new engine already, should it really matter?

I guess the new Ferraris can be built 100% the same except now Enzo is no longer around to baptize the cars as they leave the factory. :)

FG