Where to locate records of what colour Mondials were delivered in what year, etc..

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So here is the White 308 GTB episode:

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On the off chance that you haven't seen this before, here is a list of the model types.

I've also seen a further breakdown by year, but I don't have that one.
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Here's a wag, 60% were red and another 15% were repainted to Resale-red.

 

But seriously, the question has been asked several times over the years and, unfortunately, a comprehensive "list" hasn't been found.

However, there was a running database with information provided by owners here:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/mondial/12078-mondial-registry.html

 

You need to contact Tony Willis of Maranello Concessionaires . He holds the official build records for all of the early cars .. it will cost you a small fee but the info he has access to is great .
I received copies of original order ( interior / exterior colours, required extras etc )and delivery forms - transportation details - frst reg details etc ...

His e mail is

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Forgot to say you will obviously need to send him your vin plate details for individual car records

 

His records cover primarily UK RHD cars as I understand it

As an aside 'I've never seen a list where colour and serial are linked but that info must exist.' - why ?

Don't you think by now it would have been posted if it did ! Same applies to production by calendar and/or model year etc

 

One thing I have found is that My QV is titled in the US as a 1985. I believe that when looking up parts etc. I have to look at a 1984 and on rare occasions have to look at the 8. I think that cars built for the north American market get thrown a change up at times. Hope this helps.

 

This is not something I expected. I bought my Prugna Metallica coupe simply because it was available and I liked the color. Over the last couple of years however I have done some research and some testing. My research has not uncovered more then four or five Prugna Metallica examples. And my testing [many 60mph indicated to 120mph indicated] simply do not even approximate the published numbers.

I confess I have become a bore on this subject. And even though the car seems faster then the red ones it still is not Vette. But 90mph in 1/8 mile seems to be my base line. And the run from actual 54mph to actual 112mph [60 indicated to 120 indicated] is WAY less then the published numbers. I mean by almost half. I could be mistaken.

I am tedious on this in the hope of flushing out additional evidence for or against. One poster [I unfortunately have lost his post] wrote the prugna ones are 1-2 two seconds faster. I assume that is in the 1/4 mile.

But none of this is all that relevant to whether the Mondial is a good purchase choice or not. I am one of the few people I know who actually drive their cars routinely at the far ends of their capabilities. Driven routinely as a daily GT + 4 I simply do not see anything even comparable to the Mondial.

Just LOOK at it!

 

This chart shows more then 90% of 3.2 coupes sold outside the N. American market. This seems odd to me since the dollar was WAY strong in those days. [I lived in Germany 80-83 and a Mercedes could be had for Chevy prices]. Less then 90 examples of 3.2 coupes in N. America?

Interesting.......

 

There wasnt a very large choice of verts. As I remember it, in the mid 1980s, all the domestics had phased out their convertibles.

Even with Ferrari, the majority of their cars were some form of Coupe. As I recall, the only cars Ferrari sold in 1985 were:

308
Mondial
400 (412)?

The BB wasn't sold / officially imported into the US.

Of these cars, only the Mondial came as a true vert. Even the 308GTS were really coupes. I think that Ferrari was trying to do 2 things by making the majority of the NA Mondials verts

1. Meet some unrecognized demand for a true convertible
2. Distinguish the Mondial from the 2 Seat sports cars
3. Distinguish the Mondial from the 4 seat GT cars (400/412).


My car is an 85 Coupe. There were only 19 Mondial Coupes sold that year in NA.

Personally (and I've said this before here on FCHAT), I like the looks of the Coupe just a wee bit better than the cabs. I think the hard roof line shows/highlights the subtle body curves. Also, my AC seems to work really well. I routinely drive the car in 97F heat here in Texas. The AC has no problem keeping me cool.

Sid