Drive or Restore

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
08/24/2017 at 16:38 • Filed to: Ferrari, barn find

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This beautiful one of a kind Daytona isn’t in the best shape, but it is an original one off of a very pretty car. Personally I would dust it off, wash and wax the exterior, get rid of the disease on the interior, make driveable ad leave it as it is. I would never restore this car. The patina and the story it tells would be worth too much to me. Who cares if it knock a few dollars off the auction block? It was built to be driven and every rock chip and splattered bug would tell remind me how great a vehicle it is instead of returning it to more that showroom quality (cause none of the Concourse cars were as nice as they are now compared to when they rolled off the production line) and letting it rot in my garage.

DISCUSSION (23)

HammerheadFistpunch > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 16:45

I think what its going to take to get it drivable is going to be most the way to a restoration.

MonkeePuzzle > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 16:48

neither. print this picture in poster size, sell to car nuts all over, profit

Kinja'd!!!

CaptDale - is secretly British > MonkeePuzzle
08/24/2017 at 16:49

Dude, this are amazing photos

CaptDale - is secretly British > HammerheadFistpunch
08/24/2017 at 16:49

But you don’t have to fully restore it. Leave The Patina

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 16:50

I think getting it derivable won’t be too hard. It’s just really really dirty.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/24/2017 at 16:51

I agree with this assessment too

Nothing > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 16:51

Depends how much “patina” I could get off of it. Something tells me the cost of a cosmetic restoration won’t be the bulk of the expense.

HammerheadFistpunch > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 16:52

I guess I just don’t really care much about the story it tells when its story is just “sat in a barn for 40 years”

Svend > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 16:53

I love the Daytona. But Ferraris are vastly over appreciated and over priced.

And now it’s trickling down to other cars like classic Lancias and Alfa Romeos.

If it hasn’t already it’ll be BMW and Mercedes next.

Chariotoflove > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 16:54

I’d restore it to stock, then drive it for the rest of my life.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > HammerheadFistpunch
08/24/2017 at 16:55

This. Apparently the fastest way to make money on a car is to neglect it for 30-40 years.

I remember reading about a guy with a Jaguar XK120 that was talking about ‘barn finds’. He had his XK120 from new, kept up with maintenance, had it repainted when it needed it, kept the interior in great shape...and then one that sat in a garage for 25 years sold for more than it at auction. Its a bit silly.

HammerheadFistpunch > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/24/2017 at 16:56

brb, finding low mile 80 series to store in a barn for 30 years.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > HammerheadFistpunch
08/24/2017 at 17:02

Just clean the salt off it before you do, otherwise in 40 years it’ll just be four tires and a pile of dust.

Mercedes Streeter > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
08/24/2017 at 17:02

It’s kinda ironic you know, because that car that got neglected for 25 years is just going to get restored anyway. So at the end of the day the two cars might as well be the same.

lone_liberal > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 17:12

Clean it and get it running as reliably as a 45 year old Ferrari can. Why keep it dirty and non-functioning? As a memorial to neglect?

CaptDale - is secretly British > lone_liberal
08/24/2017 at 17:13

No I am not saying keep it dirty and not running lol. I meant the same as you. Just I do not want a full press resto.

lone_liberal > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 17:15

I was talking about some of the barn find fetishists that have appeared in the last few years. They seem to get aroused by dirt, rust and dead mice.

CaptDale - is secretly British > lone_liberal
08/24/2017 at 17:17

Well I guess everyone has their kink. Maybe they like Hantavirus

NJAnon > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 18:14

Can they even verify that? like okay it doesn’t even look like they took the time to clear dirt to see what the VIN is or clear dirt on the back to read the model name. It looks like they just eyeballed the look of the ferrari and guessed the year.

Anyway, I don’t know how well a old ferrari can run without modern updates to it (does the thing even have ABS?) I’d at least want to put a modern ferrari OEM radio in it or something.

CaptDale - is secretly British > NJAnon
08/24/2017 at 18:26

Why would it need ABS or a modern radio? You don’t need those things to drive one. The factory radio would be highly sufficient and better to be in the vehicle if you ever sold it and adding ABS would be ridiculously expensive and greatly hinder the value of the vehicle.

ABS systems are required on all new passenger cars sold in the EU since 2007 and in the USA since 2010, so I mean you can get really new cars without it.

CaptDale - is secretly British > NJAnon
08/24/2017 at 18:34

Also they showed a picture of the manufacturer tag. This car is too old to have a modern 17 digit VIN which was required by the US in 1981.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2017 at 21:49

I am not a fan of cars that are nasty, people didn’t drive the car like that when it was younger, so why now? Restore it. I really don’t get the cars that are rusty and moldy and they keep them like that. Just restore it correctly and drive it like is was then.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > NJAnon
08/24/2017 at 21:51

That is the ONLY Daytona with an aluminum body made for the road. The others were race cars. There is very little issue with provenance here. It’s also in Japan so probably not too hard to track it’s life.