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Surprises from the previous owner

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  1. daytona355

    daytona355 F1 World Champ
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    Mar 25, 2009
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    Sid Korshak
    what can I say? I attract em! I gave them to my wife’s hot little sister, they suited her
     
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  2. willrace

    willrace Three Time F1 World Champ
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    Oct 21, 2006
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    While going through the pouch containing the Boxer owner's manual, a handwritten note on a 3X5 card that just said "I'm sorry".

    OTOH, up front was both the little "briefcase" tool kit in the holder behind the headlight, and the toolroll hiding with the jack kit under the spare tire.
     
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  3. daytona355

    daytona355 F1 World Champ
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    Why was he sorry? Great car... very cool, what’s bad about it?
     
  4. mello

    mello F1 Veteran
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    Jul 12, 2013
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    I found that the passenger side power seat didn't travel along the full length of the rail. Discovered that a G string got tangled on the rail. The previous owner was in his seventies.
     
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  5. willrace

    willrace Three Time F1 World Champ
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    I was kinda worried for a while that there was going to be some nasty surprise, but nothing ever materialized, thankfully.
    It was bought through Berlinetta Motorcars, so I didn't have direct contact with the PO.

    PO named "Sid" from somewhere in London? :D (though I don't think that Sid is nearly that old)
     
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  6. Nospinzone

    Nospinzone F1 Veteran

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  7. daytona355

    daytona355 F1 World Champ
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    Mar 25, 2009
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    Sid Korshak

    Hehe could have been one of my disguises.... I always practice safe sex - I give a false name!
     
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  8. spirot

    spirot F1 World Champ

    Dec 12, 2005
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    When I bought my First Ferrari - 85 -308 QV, about a year later I decided to re do some of the leather color - so took the center tunnel cover off.. found $100 bill under the ashtray area wedged in there.
     
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  9. JimEakin

    JimEakin Formula Junior

    Jun 13, 2015
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    Ferrari 550:
    10 year old belts, but belt service was included in the sale.

    Passenger visor had the common droop. Some hack tried to fix it by gluing in a part. Still didn't work. Had to buy another visor on eBay for parts and sent everything to FerrariDriver to fix.

    Oil leak at bottom of oil tank. When I changed oil I got a new seal for the large hose. I discovered that the old seal was damaged and the hack didn't notice and re-used it. Tried to keep it from leaking by over-tightening.

    Steam coming out from coolant tank return line. Hose was overclamped until it cracked. I simply cut off 1/2 inch of the cracked hose, then re-installed.
     
  10. ag512bbi

    ag512bbi F1 Veteran
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    Nov 8, 2003
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    Not my car, not a Ferrari, But my sister just bought a car and she found a crack pipe in it.
     
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  11. 19633500GT

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    Was it a white Mustang? Would that be considered riding around on the white pon...I'll show myself out ;)
     
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  12. ag512bbi

    ag512bbi F1 Veteran
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    No.
     
  13. 19633500GT

    19633500GT F1 World Champ
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    No cocaine jokes here? JEEZ! tough crowd.
     
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  14. steved033

    steved033 F1 Veteran
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    Apr 12, 2017
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    My 348 had an autopage car alarm. no pager fobs though... ripped all that out, patched up the hack job wiring, likely going to pull the stereo and re-do or just dump it.

    The ground for the stereo is 3 self drilling screws through the bulk head in the front trunk.

    The earliness of my 348 (august 1989 build) means it should have had a service bulletin performed on a timing drive bearing. it hadn't.

    There was a weird clutch noise. It seems the bolts holding the flywheel to the clutch had backed themselves out and were killing the inside of the bellhousing.

    sjd
     
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  15. ag512bbi

    ag512bbi F1 Veteran
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    Sorry, didnt get the joke.
    Didnt want to expose car. Who knows what he was involved with.
     
  16. Bigilo

    Bigilo Karting

    Sep 28, 2013
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    I have all this equipment for G. Pepper’s car sitting in my store after he offered it up for free on this forum!
     
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  17. G. Pepper

    G. Pepper Three Time F1 World Champ
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    I thought you had a car you were going to put that in.
     
  18. RedNeck

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    **** man, been looking for that, I need it back. Tell your sister i found the owners manual too.
     
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  19. Wade

    Wade Three Time F1 World Champ
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    Serious high-dollar setup that must have been.
     
  20. Wade

    Wade Three Time F1 World Champ
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    Mar 31, 2006
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    During the early 90s I bought a low-mileage '82 Mondial 8. Look awesome, ran very well and everything seemed to work, except... Found out that someone had snipped off most of the LEDs inside the Check Control Panel. No wonder the big red warning light stayed on (Item A). After testing/repairing each input/system I was finally able to see the red warning light go out and the Green one activated instead (Item C).

    Sadly, I was never was able to replace the LEDs, nor find a replacement for the Check Control Panel (this was pre-internet).

    [​IMG]
     
  21. G. Pepper

    G. Pepper Three Time F1 World Champ
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    It was amazing. Over fifteen years of accumulated items, including a new radio head unit with a built-in, slide-out, flip-up screen that was also connected to a backup camera!
     
  22. Bigilo

    Bigilo Karting

    Sep 28, 2013
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    I had a 1996 300zx I was gonna put it into but ended up selling it before install. Now it’s going into a ski boat.
     
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  23. vjd3

    vjd3 F1 Rookie
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    Jun 3, 2005
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    Two shotgun shells under the seat of a 911. Was kind of glad I didn't try to negotiate any harder with the owner. ;)
     
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  24. daytona355

    daytona355 F1 World Champ
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    Yeah, if you’d had to shoot him three times, it would have been over the top!
     
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  25. rob

    rob F1 Rookie

    May 22, 2002
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    Found a Miles Davis c.d. in the stereo in my mondial coupe. Also found a piece of wood in the console in the back seat which I left in it when I sold it. Had a 73 maverick that I bought back in the day for a winterbeater and it had girls phone numbers written on the drivers door.
     
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