What have I done? (New owner - '83 Mondial QV)

GUMBALL!!

 

I was starting to get confused:

rtking has a Mondial Qv coupe
rfking has a Mondial 3.2 Cabriolet

Clear now.

 

Yeah, I was right there with you on that one for a while. Took me a bit to figure it out.

 

But I bet you could set the record for the "unproven, potentially unreliable Italian car with wife and young son on board" class!! I think the current record is something like 8 days, 14 hours, 34 minutes, 3 bottles of Tylenol, and 1 divorce.

 

Rich and his wife drove the DeMoise rig to deliver one of my cars. I couldn't have been happier - and the price was right!

Now, the other important stuff----------CONGRATS & drive in great health

Cheers, Hank

 

congrats on the car, it looks clean/great. just a thought...why change the interior color? i'm not a fan of seat covers but sheepskins are the way to go for hot or cold climates. I haven't seen a good dye job yet. I understand that at 25 to 30,000 mi a major tunup is in order for about $6,000+-. Did you take that into consideration? How do the inspectors calcualte that? Also, not to offend you but...total selling priice without shipping? I'm a new Ferrari guy too and interested in others' great deals. ($29,000 for "88 Mondial w/33,000 mi and all records and maint.-Ebay) Wait till you feel the excitement of driving and the attention given.
thanks,
scott

 

See my comments here:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132330&page=9

Post #167.

I met the PO at the American Mall in Manhasset, NY. Very upscale type of place. The car was not all dressed up like in the pictures but was clean.

It was a Saturday and the mall was busy with car and pedestrian traffic. I saw the car in the parking lot before I met the owner, so I gave it the once-over without trying to look too foolish (no, I didn't get on my hands and knees to look for oil drips).

As I waited for the owner, several people walked by. I just watched their expressions and almost EVERYONE gave the car a glance. Two gorgeous girls walked past and I heard one say to the other "It's a Ferrari..."

The owner took me for a ride around the block. I thought it was too much traffic for me to drive an unknown car. Also, this was my first ride ever in a Ferrari. Even though it was a short ride, I had an ear-to-ear grin on my face when I got out. I just could not believe that a car could handle the turns like it did. Not a squeal - just like it was on rails!

It had a couple cosmetic needs but it looks like Gullwing took care of them.

Congrats! Drive it in good health! I bet you'll get that ear-to-ear grin too!

 

Bob,

That car rocks,,,, that color combo rocks.

(Love her for what she is.)
( BTW,I have 3 days, and a wake up to go for delivery of my 1981 Euro mondi... )

 

Hey, congrats again on the car. Putting the numbers together sounds like you did great. Appreciate the mechanical info as I am a very skilled (weekend) mechanic and purchased the Mondial Service manual. Will try to do mt own maint. to save costs.
Safe and fast driving for ya.
scott

 

Both of which are great cars!

 

Bob,

My last 85 Mondi Cab, had a NORWOOD Turbo motor in it... It had 350 HP at the Rear Wheels. (It liked to eat clutchs too,,, LOL Good thing they are easy to get to on that car.)

Now, I want a Black Non-Sunroof Coup.
I just spent $ 480.00 on Paint. (PPG)
My Euro 8 is an origional Nero Car with Tan interior. (I am soooo happy.)

Your baby is very pretty too!

 

Bob, great buy!
Birdman take a look at his engine pic, Qv with a K-basic distributor body no TPS and a divertor valve. that's a Euro, it's going to be tricky getting it smogged in CA, however the flip side is that that CIS setup is perfect for large HP increases!

Now to go get Jon's attention....

 

Bob,, is that a Euro?


(It should have elecronic pulse injection, , if you want to Own it in HB.)
I know people in colorado, thus I had the non-Smog Mondi registured over there.)

 

(Scott, have you been busy? check your email and PM's,,, 24mm is what I got. (0.9455'))

 

Bob,

Euro,,, ! Then it Might pass the 49 other states,, CA has grey market car import limitations, one per your lifetime.

(This is why I went with my 1981 Euro. My car is a 1982 CARB car.. and, has documents on file with them. There is an FCHAT contact with the CA DMV, sorry I don't know his name, He can find your documents, if they exist.
(CARB = California Air Resources Board)

They might impound your baby, until it is inspected and CA federalized? (Is that even a correct word combo?) Whew, she might even go to car jail.!

Good luck,
Edwardo

 

Ed, thanks, Yes I got the msg I've been VERY busy this last week/end sorry for the delay in response.

Bob, If it checks as a US spec car, then the distributor body may have been changed, but it is entirley possible that ferrari didn't start the use of the lambda until later or it was a mid year change.

the hard part with smog is that the CIS system you have now has no way of keeping stoic, so if it runs rich it runs rich. if you need help when it shows up for smog PM me and I can get you what you need. there is always a way

 

Better call him now, he gets booked months in advance!

Jeff

 

If your VIN reads ZFFHD08A0000XXXXX (Note 8th character is an A.)
then, all is,,, aaaaa-contair' mon freir. (No problemo. )

If you have a B,, BTW, in CA, B stands for bend over,,,, Here comes the DMV. Lots of standing in lines and $$$$.$$ gone!