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250 Cabriolet 1697GT

Discussion in 'Vintage (thru 365 GTC4)' started by Bobj, Oct 1, 2013.

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  1. coryh

    coryh Karting

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    Unbelievable shape. Great "bones" to begin with for sure! Good Luck!
     
  2. VIZSLA

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    Thanks.
    No way shape or form boring.
     
  3. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    Thanks, will post some more as it progresses
     
  4. ArtS

    ArtS F1 Veteran
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    Please note, shields on vintage (actually most) road cars are frowned upon by this community ;) .

    They just look wrong on such an elegant car. I am assuming they were from the prior owner and you weren't putting them back on after the repaint. It will look so much better once it is back to its original color!

    Regards,

    Art S.
     
  5. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    Yes I am removing the shields...

    And putting them on my 288 ;)

    JK it's already got them :)
     
  6. Patrick Faucompre

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    Your car was night blue with matching colour hard-top.
    With M. Ferte in Annecy/74 in the late sixties and with M. Chatain of Chambery/73 after him. He kept it for quite a long period of time.
    Lost track after him.
    Best, Patrick

     
  7. godabitibi

    godabitibi F1 Veteran
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    Keep posting all these nice resto pics. Have you found any evidence of original color on the body?
     
  8. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    Thanks Patrick, good info, do you know if knight blue was the original colour? In which case the factory records would be wrong as they are showing Grigio Conchiglia with a blue and white leather interior. What was the interior colour at the time you knew the car?

    There seems to be no evidence of Grigio Conchiglia but I guess it is possible it was bare metal sprayed in the Knight Blue
     
  9. John Vardanian

    John Vardanian F1 Rookie

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    Bob, do you think the overspray behind the dashboard is the original paint?

    Thanks for sharing, BTW.

    john
     
  10. buster bram

    buster bram Formula Junior

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    Did you have it dipped or media blasted

    Sean
     
  11. shill288

    shill288 Formula Junior

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    What do people think of the dash being painted black and not body color? While most of the PF Cab II's I've seen have the dash painted the same color as the body, I've been informed that some of the cars came with the dash painted black. Thoughts?

    Steve
     
  12. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    To be honest I've no clue. It's not what the factory records would say but I don't know how accurate factory records are? Or given it was such an early car whether the factory themselves might have been playing around with colours?
     
  13. John Vardanian

    John Vardanian F1 Rookie

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    Hi Steve, some cars came with black (interior) door caps and some came with body color. The dashboard I have never seen in black.

    john
     
  14. Patrick Faucompre

    Mar 3, 2005
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    According to my (poor) memory, colour of the dash in your pics is the correct one I saw in the late sixties and early seventies.
    The car was never repeinted before I saw it. Very original, it was.
     
  15. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    So you're saying the original exterior colour was blue or just the dash? What the leather colour at this time? Were the seats blue leather with white central panels? Any information gratefully appreciated...
     
  16. kare

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    According to scocca (718) that dash belongs to 1803GT, which was blu sera. On which part is that other body number and what is it? Have others been found? Best wishes, Kare
     
  17. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    #69 Bobj, Mar 17, 2014
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    Slow progress but it's moving forwards...

    718 is all over the car on every piece from back to front, big parts and small. I did ask the body shop and their view was "without doubt these are the parts assigned to the car when new"

    I don't suppose anyone has colour chart of leather and carpets used by ferrari in the early '60s?

    I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with the original blue leather, which I think looks good with the pearly silver, but just wanted to see what other options there were

    Thanks
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  18. BIRA

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    Red ( in fact bright red, almost lipstick red) was a period color with body Grigio conchilia. Was the color of my former SWB.
     
  19. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    Thanks, yes I know the Pink Panther 250 Cabriolet was grigio conchilia with red, it was definitely on the consideration list but I think I prefer blue, particularly as this was the original colour.

    This is pretty cool:

    Leather Colors

    Hats off to who ever made this, same it's not available for all models...

    Surprising how much red there was going on in Ferraris in the '60's
     
  20. John Vardanian

    John Vardanian F1 Rookie

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    Bobj, interesting, the lack of a roof requires the extra frame tubing in the front bulkhead. Is there such a frame around the rear bulkhead too?

    john
     
  21. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    #73 Bobj, Mar 19, 2014
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    Looks good!
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  22. Bobj

    Bobj Formula Junior

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    #74 Bobj, Mar 19, 2014
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  23. John Vardanian

    John Vardanian F1 Rookie

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    Bobj, the coupe does not have that "X" brace in the rear bulkhead.
    BTW, I think grigio conchiglia and VM3015 leather will be an out of this world color combination.

    john
     

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