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From: Fortune Motors (wade fortunemotors.com)
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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:40:32 -0700 (PDT)
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I have an 88 328 that went through the Classiche
program and in my opinion on THAT car it was useless. The owner spent $5k to get
a book with some documents in it and a badge for the dash board. Plus the car
has several mods to it that were completely over looked by the Classiche tech. I
really didn't understand the sense behind doing this to the car but since it
wasn't my money why should I care. It is a really cool binder and badge but in
my opinion a waste of money on a 328. I think the only cars that could benefit
from this program are vintage HIGH dollar collector cars NOTHING
else
Wade
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 9:29
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Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SteveJ's
Classiche'd F40
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Adam Green <FlatCrank [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
In my humble, it's a matter of suitability and provenance.
If a car has been disassembled and reassembled for any purpose other
than maintenance or factory authorized mechanical service, the continuity of
the car requires scrutiny and cannot be of the same value as a vehicle that
is demonstrably unmolested. These are the "sensibilities" of
investment grade asset holders rather than the likes of me, more concerned
with the compression and leak-down numbers, or the feel of the synchro on
2nd and 3rd. : ) Show me an F40 that's being driven on the track in
earnest and maintained sensibly, and I'm a buyer -- the Classiche C of A
would be a valuable assurance that the given example will honestly transport
me back a couple of decades to relive echoes of a path less traveled.
I would want to be driving a car that is the authentic article,
otherwise, what's the point? Much as I admire the elite cars and
travel far and wide to enjoy them, a best-in-show prize winner, well, I'd be
worst possible buyer of the elite time capsule examples. I had my
chance circa 2000-2001 when I was being oh-so cautious with good examples of
the then unloved F40 under $200K, now, the fickle finger of the collector
set has anointed the 40, as well they should have done from its first
moment, and I'm just another wistful bystander. I can't imagine a
future when we'll look back on a 430 Scuderia or 360 CS with the same sense
of history or marvel. Times change. I guess I should be
optimistic and look forward to being around twenty years hence to find out!
Let's say it's vintage only....there's a good chance that these
cars will not be remodified after going through the program. Most of these
owners barely drive their cars....now they're gonna make subtle changes to
them?
Nothing is perfect in life, but a car that went through the
Classiche program with a strong PPI has to be enough to satisfy the most
demanding buyer. :)
FG
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