Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 512 TR engine swap

[John Ashburne (jashburne]

This is all good advice, at least as pertains to Ferrari and old Mercedes parts. 

I foolishly bought a 1974 450sl at an auction thinking it was a convertible that looked nice and would be a fun car for drives in the country and to the beach. 

Turns out that year is not favored in the marketplace, not that I cared a lot, but that the cost of getting it mechanically where I wanted it to be was an order of magnitude higher than the price of the best '74 SL in the world. It had to go. 

That said, there are a lot of great old cars without computers that are fun to drive and that have a lot of personality. Modern Ferrari performance is so far above what you can use on today's streets and highways that I think you could be arrested and still be bored by your speed, all at the same time. 

Newer Ferraris are pretty capable but the older ones are a lot more fun. 

John

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On Dec 9, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Trying to keep my classic fleet running, what I've found:

 

1.  Ferrari parts are better available from the independent dealers and/or Ferrari UK rather than your local Ferrari dealer.  A good deal cheaper, too.

2.  Bentley parts are available from Crewe unless you need/want used.  Then Flying Spares is awesome.

3.  Mercedes Classic flat out told me to buy a parts car if you own a R107.  Insert joke about losing the war, TWICE!!!, here.

 

Your mileage may vary.

 

Regards,

Erik

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Doug & Terri <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:

Clyde notes “Ferrari tends to update stuff and never say anything until you get the new part!  So always have a parts book”

 

Clyde makes a good point here.

 

I have all, well, most (about 10 linear feet) of the paper manuals.  Mostly starting with the 1976 308’s.  Started collecting with eBay when it was new and DVD’s were not.

 

I will be glad to share any info or look up anything for our happy family.

 

Secondly about the “ Ferrari tends to update stuff and never say anything - - - “  Well, I am of the opinion that when the parts guys asks for the VIN, me, as the unsuspecting customer, is happy to share this info with the parts guy who is no doubt younger than my car.  But back to the opinion – I was under the mis- thought process that if there was an update the parts guy didn’t want to mix my old part up with the new part - Questo è stato il pensiero molto sbagliato [that was VERY wrong thinking.

It’s not that – No such thing as a bin of the old stuff and a bin of the new stuff.  All they want to do is mark my request NLA.  *&^%&^%(?)!

Alas – 

DOUG

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