[Fox944]

stunning cars. Wanted to share these pictures.

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[ds968]

A masterpiece on wheels.

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[Cloud9...68]

Yes, I've always liked the Dino. However (and this REALLY dates me), I remember reading a contemporary road test of the Dino in Road & Track in 1972, in which the magazine was decidedly underwhelmed by the car. In fact, their closing sentences read, "If you must have a mid-engined car, you can do worse than the Dino. Just don't expect to whollop you neighbor's 911 with it." And now these cars are worth a fortune - well ofer $100K, I'm sure. Amazing how time impacts perceptions. But a beautiful car, by any standard.

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[Fox944]

cloud9, take into consideration that these cars were essentially cheap Ferrari's in their day. Enzo decided to make a cheap car, and while it was named after his son "Dino"...he felt it wasnt deserving of the Ferrari badge.....hence the Dino Badge. I own one....lmao...the badge that is.

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[ds968]

Underpowered for sure, and how sadly familiar, eh ? One of the most beautiful, classic designs of all time and all it needed was another 30% more horse power.. Still, the Dino's current market value fluctuates around 10X its price when new, for a very clean model. Can you imagine if the 968
was selling for close to half a mil ?! Makes one wonder though, if our car would have produced around 350hp N/A horses, do you guys think it would
at least be in the same $ 100-$200k price range as the Dino is today ? Of course if the Dino had that power, it'd probably go for a cool $ 1mil or more, so a catch up game we'd never catch up [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

But hey, underpowered or not, I would drive a Dino any day, any place and still have the biggest grin on my face.
Maybe even bigger than the 968 driving grin ( I can't believe I just said that [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] )

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[rhudeboye]

Simply stunning. I've always loved that car.

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[Cloud9...68]

I especially like the view from the back. The rear deck lid on the Dino is pure perfection. In general, the Dino proves that a car doesn't have to be long to be sleek. And the red/black interior of this particular car is simply gorgeous. Although, it reminds me of how Italian cars used to be criticized for their odd driving positions; the steering wheel seems to be canted at a funny angle. There are a couple for sale on eBay for around $158K, in case any of the Dino enthusiasts just came home from the local convenience store, winning lottery ticket in hand. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img]

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[kodomokid]

It is a very beautiful car. Hemmings Sport and Exotic Car did an article of the Dino vs 914-6. Based on the fact they are both mid engined and the "affordable" car next to their siblings. I think the Dino won iirc.

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[jlm968]

A good friend of mine has had a Dino 246 GT since 1980. He bought it for $12k from Canada when he and I were both 19 years old. I believe (could be incorrect) that his is a 1972 model and doesn't have any of the pollution control devices of the US version. I remember it has a metric speedometer/odometer.

The Dino may be "underpowered" by today's standards, but in its time it was plenty fast compared to everything else available. Very lightweight in a day when cars were made of metal. And its engine screams into an RPM range unknown by almost any car of its day. No power steering, no AC, a near-worthless radio, and not very comfortable if you're taller than 5'10". But otherwise an utterly fantastic car to drive.

We tinkered with it endlessly when we were young, always trying to get the carburetors just right. It wasn't a burden but made having the car that much more fun. I later bought a Ferrari 1979 308 GTS (the Dino was never actually called a 'Ferrari' back then). The 308 was slightly more comfortable to drive and equally fun to tune. But if you ever watch old shows of Magnum PI, notice that Tom Selleck never has the roof in place. I'm the same size as Tom Selleck (but much better looking, of course), and those Eye-talians simply weren't making cars for basketball players back then!

Just this past summer, another buddy of mine who's a former Indy car driver offered a straight trade of his very nice red 1987 Testarossa for the Dino (which has been sitting in a garage too long and needs a restoration), and the guy with the Dino declined. That says a lot about the car.

The Dino is still one of the best cars of all time in my book.

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[ds968]

<!--quoteo(post=71372:date=May 5 2009, 08:05 AM:name=jlm968)-->QUOTE (jlm968 @ May 5 2009, 08:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Just this past summer, another buddy of mine who's a former Indy car driver offered a straight trade of his very nice red 1987 Testarossa for the Dino (which has been sitting in a garage too long and needs a restoration), and the guy with the Dino declined. That says a lot about the car.
The Dino is still one of the best cars of all time in my book.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

One would have to be clinically insane to trade a Dino for an 87 Testarossa.. and regardless of the condition one is in vs. the other. IMHO, of course.. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]

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[Fox944]

<!--quoteo(post=71397:date=May 5 2009, 01:43 PM:name=ds968)-->QUOTE (ds968 @ May 5 2009, 01:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->One would have to be clinically insane to trade a Dino for an 87 Testarossa.. and regardless of the condition one is in vs. the other. IMHO, of course.. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


agreed, the Dino will only appreciate. an 87 TR....well....it wont be worth anywhere near what a Dino will be in 10 or 20 years time.

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[flash]

dino - best looking - purely sexy
late testarossa - worst looking - overdressed - overstuffed - good for sorting laundry on though

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[Fox944]

<!--quoteo(post=71404:date=May 5 2009, 03:16 PM:name=flash)-->QUOTE (flash @ May 5 2009, 03:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->dino - best looking - purely sexy<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

stop it, your making me blush. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif[/img]

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[jlm968]

I'm a fan of the Testarossa, too. In hindsight it may have been a gawdy car, but again it was quite a car for its time.

My favorite road car of all time is the early 365-GTBB (Berlinetta Boxer), which had a flat-12 derived from the 512S race cars you see in the old Steve McQueen movie <i>LeMans</i>, but with internal dimensions from the Daytona engine. The same type of flat-12 was used in the 312-series F1 cars that cleaned house in the late 70's.

The Boxer's engine was later increased to 5 liters, and this became the platform for the TR.

The person I was speaking about, who drove in five Indy 500's among other things, was telling me an interesting story about a drive in the Testarossa up to a Porsche event last summer. His wife was taking a nap through much of the trip, and later she downloaded the GPS data and realized he'd been driving at 160+ mph through much of her nap.

The Dino and the Boxer were Ferrari's first mid-engine road cars, and they set the stage for every model in between then and today's F430.

That said....isnt this a P-Car forum?

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[sguy]

I have a friend that has a select car collection (about a dozen cars that oddly does not include any Porsches) with two Ferrari's, a Dino and a Boxer. They are two beautiful cars. When he had a garage fire about 10 years ago and lost his collection, he replaced both these cars - he could not live without them. Cheers.

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