My neighbor has one, and he got screwed hard on an engine rebuild.
On Dec 2, 2007 2:30 PM, Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I would imagine that someone with something as pedestrian as an SHO Taurus
> would run into the same problem. Imagine getting bled out for Taurus
> parts.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris King
> To: ladaniels@sbcglobal.net
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] No LBC - Affordable Ferrari on CraigsList
>
>
> That's rather like the situation I find myself in with the Cosworth Vega.
> Even
> some simple things, sich as rear brake hardware, drums, or a lower
> radiator
> hose, are hard to find or aren't made anymore. EFI computers, injectors,
> sensors, fuel pumps, etc are available used, with NOS stuff commanding
> good
> money on ebay.
>
> Fortunately, there's the Cosworth Vega Owners Association, which has
> spnsored
> some limited runs of essentials such as timing belts, engine gaskets, and
> such
> wich are for sale through the club.
>
> -=Chris
>
> Chris King
> http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/ <http://home.comcast.net/%7Ekvcbk/>
>
> <-----Original Message----->
>
> From: Larry Daniels [ladaniels@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: 12/2/2007 3:17:26 PM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] No LBC - Affordable Ferrari on CraigsList
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pdxpete" <pdx.pete@verizon.net>
> To: "'Spridgets'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] No LBC - Affordable Ferrari on CraigsList
>
>
> There was an interesting article, written by Ferrari broker Mike
> Sheehan, in
> the December issue of Sports Car Market. He said that any Ferrari
> this
> side
> of the 512 BB (circa "76 - '81) will represent a "challenge" to
> maintain
> and
> restore. Apparently some model-specific parts, especially the
> electronics,
> just might not be available outside of a salvage yard. (Ferrari also
> uses an
> SD3 diagnostic computer that is not compatible with the standard OBD2
> boxes.) In terms of the cost of parts that are available, he cites
> the
> prices associated with 355 parts .... 40 valves at $179 each,
> flywheels
> at
> $4,100 a pop, etc.
> ================================
>
> I never had a Ferrari, but I do recall a Corvette who's parts were
> three
> times those of any other Chevy. Then I got a Porsche 911 and wished I
> still
> had the Corvette. Highway robbery.
>
> You don't need as deep of pockets to buy that stuff as you do to
> maintain
> them.
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