Whatever happened to 9217? / 330 GTC offered on ebay

Good question.
Isn't it often the case that new owners spend quite a bit bringing even "perfect" cars up to their specs?

 

I think we're all still a bit too accustomed to being sensible and writing a car like this off.

An insane project, for sure, but GTC's will probably be trading at $1 million when this is finished.

 

could you please post some "before" pics?

 

There is for me at least. I would certainly favor original components like fenders, framerails, bumpers, grill etc...

 

It looks like a beautiful green, but it doesn't look like British Racing Green to me. It's really hard to tell from the photos and condition of the car, but it looks to be metallic. It must have been really beautiful when it was still in good health.

 

I found that interesting also -- I lusted after Campy bike components (when I was young) long before I knew they made car wheels.

 

Ferrari Other Base | eBay

1967 Ferrari 330 GTC, wrecked on front driver's side. All parts are still on the vehicle, 99.9% complete, other than one windshield wiper arm. Very repairable, this car can be an awesome restoration project or a parts rich car for another Ferrari restoration.

This Ferrari 330 GTC was stored many years, after it was damaged. Recently recovered from a storage barn. Its now ready to be put in someone's hands that can appreciate the rarity of such a car.

 

When he said "stored in a barn", I guess that was just for the last few days looking at the rust on the body and corrosion on the engine !
But what to I know, look at the price already and 70 bids !! But it does have a tool kit!

 

The title is under a dissolved corporation the seller and his brother used to own. This is the story I got. He wants proceeds to be wired to the brother's account. I know the legalities that govern this area and this is a major kink to iron out before $$ exchange hands. Who knows what sort of pledging/liabilities/judgements related to the former corp that owned/owns the car. Not saying that this is what's there, just need to be cautious. The brothers DO NOT own this car nor have they ever. The corp did/does. Kink after kink to deal with...

 

This should be combined with this thread:
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/vintage-thru-365-gtc4-sponsored-redline-restorations/169341-what-happened-9217-a.html

 

One could guess that this will be interesting. Hopefully the various steps and a completed pic will one day appear in this thread.

You can definitely see that this one is truly a "hammered" body.

 

Or, because it was fleabay, maybe it was never a real auction…..

 

I was highest bidder last night and then it just disappeared.

 

I spoke to the seller today. Although still a tricky deal with the car titled to a dissolved corp's name, the seller is a legit businessman. I offered $200K two days ago. He got offers that were higher than mine, up to $250K. He sold the car yesterday for a little north of $200K. Mark my words this will seem like a bargain after the upcoming AZ auctions and certainly by next August. With E Type Jags bringing $500K (auction result from today) the world has finally gone mad! These 330 GTCs are still relatively cheep being under $1MM, but not for too much longer.

Geno

 

Geno, what was your estimate on the cost to restore it?

 

Depends on who gets hired to do the job. If Motion did the work it would easily be $400K do get this car done up. My restorer who I've used for some time looked at the pictures of the car and advised to add $75K extra above and beyond the typical costs to get a new nose build from scratch for the car and other repairs as needed to the chassis. They build new body parts all the time and it's not as expensive as some people think. If this car was as rough as it was with out the accident damage I could get the entire car gone through for about $150K give or take $20K. So add the extra the $75K and the total I allocated was $225-$250K. The result would be a fully restored car (not Pebble quality but a very nice result) for $450-$500K. This was a deal...

Geno

 

That makes sense. Thanks!

 

It absolutely was a deal.

 

i bought it

 

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