Daytona Prices

That's it, thanks. I had just sold a Daytona in Houston and Steve Ahlgrim sold me his QV out of FAF. His QV was perfect. The joke use to be everyone hoped he cared about his patients as much as he cared for his cars. I'm sure you got a very nice Daytona. We have to hook up some time and share some stories.

Regards,

Drew

Hi all. Well, here's the "Daytona fanatic's" response. A good car should be in the $125-140 range (coupe not cut). Typical repair costs are $3k for minor transaxle rebuild with new synchros amd $20-25k for complete engine overhaul. Rust repairs to doors and quarters can be very costly, so price is difficult to pin-down. Other common problem with older rebuild is oil leakage, especially from the myriad of O-rings between the timing chain case and block. This repair is an engine-out job. Best to find one with recent overhaul and/or good compression and leak-down numbers. One of these should fall within the price ranges above. Otherwise, anything over $90k will easily put you over market by the time it's made perfect again. The good thing is that these cars are extremely reliable and very strong, so once you get one that's in good order, it takes little effort or expense to keep it that way. Good hunting!

Bill: I had a Daytona once. To me it is not worth the $125-140K price.......but, someone else may pay that......that is up to them.

For $10K more I will be looking at the new Bentley Continental GT......seems like an awesome car. NO rust......NO rebuilding ANYTHING!!!!!!

Ferrari.........beware!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Henryk,
I respect your opinion. The Daytona is not for everyone, that's for sure. I personally like them very much, as is obvious because each time I bought a different Ferrari, I replaced it with another Daytona. For me it's a fun car on weekends to be driven simply for the experience of a period Ferrari. My daily transport is much more conventional.

I have spent a small fortune restoring a 1971 daytona...and I am now ready to sell it, not because I don't like it but because I have two of them and I kusting for a 550 maranello...no more room in the garage, breezeway, etc... I think it is worth 135,000.00 and I have someone looking at it right now. I have restored the body (all rust removed) car was taken down to bare metal, and an atlanta artist resprayed it. I have done many many restorations and this car is as original as any I have seen. It probably could have more done to it...but then .... it looks and drive beautifully. If anyone is interested, I have some photos I can email

Thanks

"It probably could have more done to it...but then .... it looks and drive beautifully."

I think that could accurately describe ANY Ferrari that is over 10 years old! I once read where someone posted that an old Ferrari was like an airliner. There is ALWAYS something needing attention. You keep a clipboard and list everything as it comes up and then correct things in the order they appear. Getting the mousehair on the dash replaced and re-wrinkle painting all the engine heat shields is next on my list....

You should try to bring your Daytona down to Atlanta sometime soon. I would love to see it! PCA is sponsoring a ralley Nov. 3 or so....

when I used to be an FOC member, I volunteered to be a daytona consultant. I learned quite a bit about originality in those cars simply by talking to many people who owned daytonas. I have put that knowledge to use on my cars, and needless to say, after spending tons of money...I have managed to keep the cars as original as possible..and yes Terry, I will bring it to Atlanta soon, we are in the midst of football season and my weekends can be horribly busy since I cater to Clemson fans who attend games..I sell Clemson merchandise on www.tigersports.com and in my two Clemson stores...thanks for the invite