Ferrari Dino with our Michelin XWX tires
August 26, 2011
My week of events of Monterey/Pebble Beach include a Friday Foray into everything Italian at Italiano Concorso. I ran across a new friend Eric Sander who asked me to photo up in front of his boss's Ferrari Dino with our Michelin XWX tires on it. Williams owns a company called Kings Electronics (www.4king.com) who makes distributor based ignition system testers. Looks like an interesting product. Thought you guys might like the picture of his Ferrari. The guy with me in the second picture is Eric Sander. I have been thinking about a starting a Concours de Elegance in Chattanooga. Since some smart guy already started the Concours de Lemon which features Gremlins and Pintos and all that sort of stuff, I thought my Concours should focus on my kind of folks..... I think I should call it Concourso Redneckio. Whaddayathink?
[caption id="attachment_1948" align="aligncenter" width="500"] 1974 Ferrari Dino | Michelin XWX[/caption]
1974 Ferrari Dino | Corky Coker and Eric Sander[/caption]
From the road,
Corky
The Dino was first produced in the late sixties, running through 1980 in its final iteration. The car was intended as Ferrari's less expensive sports car model. It ultimately was Enzo Ferrari's answer to Lamborghini's Miura which had debuted in 1966. Dinos appeared in Paris 1965 and Turin 1966 auto shows, the 1966 Turin 206S prototype affirming the idea into production. The Dino wasn't considered particularly collectible after 1976 largely due to its position in the Ferrari lineup, but that has changed dramatically in recent years. More inline with other collector Italian cars, a 1968 Dino 206 GT is valued at $695,000 with the later 1979 308 GT4 models ringing in at a much more digestible $66,000, give or take a bowl of pasta. These values taken from Hagerty's Valuation Tool
1974 Ferrari Dino | Michelin XWX[/caption]
"This car's beautiful shape and Michelin XWX tires are a not-so-subtle nod to its race pedigree"
[caption id="attachment_1949" align="aligncenter" width="500"] 1974 Ferrari Dino | Corky Coker and Eric Sander[/caption]
From the road,
Corky
The Dino was first produced in the late sixties, running through 1980 in its final iteration. The car was intended as Ferrari's less expensive sports car model. It ultimately was Enzo Ferrari's answer to Lamborghini's Miura which had debuted in 1966. Dinos appeared in Paris 1965 and Turin 1966 auto shows, the 1966 Turin 206S prototype affirming the idea into production. The Dino wasn't considered particularly collectible after 1976 largely due to its position in the Ferrari lineup, but that has changed dramatically in recent years. More inline with other collector Italian cars, a 1968 Dino 206 GT is valued at $695,000 with the later 1979 308 GT4 models ringing in at a much more digestible $66,000, give or take a bowl of pasta. These values taken from Hagerty's Valuation Tool
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