tonyh
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ah, saw the orange in them . love it :dude: is that the dino's orig colour?
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Dino restorations
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ah, saw the orange in them . love it :dude: is that the dino's orig colour?
tonyh
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:dude: must be ultra rare colour still
isuk
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It is and my third one will be in an even rarer colour still when it goes back to it's original finish. Stayed tuned.... all will be revealed on that in around two months or so.
PAUL V
Active member
Iain, I drooped my car off with a specialist Saturday and there was a Yellow Dino on the ramp that they are restoring. It was supposed to be a rare car ?? the story goes like this
There were 3 cars kept back by the factory to be used at Le mans but they never used them, this car was one of them ? I know he brought it as a shell and has had to find / make a lot of parts for it.
Sound about right ?
The owner of the car was there working on it and he had quite a collection :shocked: and he showed me the chassis number in a big Dino book so sounded right.
There were 3 cars kept back by the factory to be used at Le mans but they never used them, this car was one of them ? I know he brought it as a shell and has had to find / make a lot of parts for it.
Sound about right ?
The owner of the car was there working on it and he had quite a collection :shocked: and he showed me the chassis number in a big Dino book so sounded right.
isuk
Active member
The honest answer is that I have no idea Paul. It sounds like it could be a romantic made up story but you never know. The last GT version built in January 1974 was chassis number 07650 which came to the UK. After that car a further 305 GTS versions were built with the final 17 built in June 1974 all going to to the US.
The only car shown to have entered Le Mans in the Dino Compendium book is a heavily modified 246 GT in race trim, chassis number 02678, which was ordered by Luigi Chinetti the US importer and entered in the race under his NART team.
PAUL V
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I will get the Chassis number off him and PM you, The guy who owned seamed very genuine and down to earth type of guy so i have not reason to doubt him but still would like to know.
isuk
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If you can get the chassis number I will ask the Dino guru in Germany for you. If anyone will know the answer it will be him :thumbsup:
246dreamer
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Just soooo beautiful - I'd love a white one, but with a blue interior - just need to win the Lotto :laugh:
WalkerSport
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Hi Paul,
You've been to see Gary Tate then! thats Brian Smiths car, Gary is slowly assembling the car piece by piece, if it's not brand new then it has to look brand new before it can be fitted, lovely clean project, the story is genuine, Brian is quite a collector.
T.
markst
New member
was that Brian's F40 on the ramp ??? looked super clean when I was last there
WalkerSport
New member
Hi Mark,
Yes it was, it almost has permanent residence there, I occasionally store some of his others.
T.
Yes it was, it almost has permanent residence there, I occasionally store some of his others.
T.
PAUL V
Active member
Yes is was Brian :thumbsup: only had a 15 min chat with the guy but was very down to earth. He told me about some of his other collection but did not want to post about it as some people like to keep it private.
He told me the story on the Dino and why he was restoring it and also about the F40 he just brought that Gary had to have the engine out of it :thumbsdow
I would have liked to stooped and chatted with him as he is my type person but the wife was outside texting me to hurry up as i had to pick up our daughter :laugh: Maybe next time.
He told me the story on the Dino and why he was restoring it and also about the F40 he just brought that Gary had to have the engine out of it :thumbsdow
I would have liked to stooped and chatted with him as he is my type person but the wife was outside texting me to hurry up as i had to pick up our daughter :laugh: Maybe next time.
irarref
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It would do me! ;-') LOL
Ive got some more pics of Dinos which I took about 25 years ago - there was a chap who lived in Southport who owned 2 - red dinos -one a hard top and one a GTS - both were absolutely immaculate - IIRC one of them had "RAF" in the number plate.
At the time a "nice" dino was going for around £15k - still out of my price range though :-(
Ive got some more pics of Dinos which I took about 25 years ago - there was a chap who lived in Southport who owned 2 - red dinos -one a hard top and one a GTS - both were absolutely immaculate - IIRC one of them had "RAF" in the number plate.
At the time a "nice" dino was going for around £15k - still out of my price range though :-(
