[Spridgets] No LBC - Affordable Ferrari on CraigsList

Brad Fornal tequila.brad at gmail.com
Sun Dec 2 13:36:05 MST 2007


My neighbor has one, and he got screwed hard on an engine rebuild.



On Dec 2, 2007 2:30 PM, Larry Daniels <ladaniels at 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 at sbcglobal.net
> Cc: spridgets at 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 at sbcglobal.net]
>      Sent: 12/2/2007 3:17:26 PM
>      To: spridgets at autox.team.net
>      Subject: Re: [Spridgets] No LBC - Affordable Ferrari on CraigsList
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: "pdxpete" <pdx.pete at verizon.net>
>      To: "'Spridgets'" <spridgets at 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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