Yo Ho Yo Ho a Shaughnessy Barn Find for me! - Page 4

**4za** · #61 07-08-2005, 01:34 AM

That looks like a great find, especially in white/red - very classy

Thats the same combination as my '64 Nova SS, but it doesn't have redline tires on it...

Thanks for sharing the story and the pictures of the car.

**shaughnessy** · #62 07-08-2005, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by T308

Done....

Dear John:

NOT THE GIRL !!! One Strike YOUR OUT!!!! Shaughnessy Baseball.

**bill365** · #63 07-08-2005, 12:15 PM

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Dear John:

NOT THE GIRL !!! One Strike YOUR OUT!!!! Shaughnessy Baseball.

Tom YOU DOG,

You already have his engine sold????

Gary48 · #64 07-08-2005, 12:20 PM

Nothing quite does it like a classic. Have fun with the resto.

grahamdelooze · #65 07-08-2005, 12:55 PM

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Dear John:

NOT THE GIRL !!! One Strike YOUR OUT!!!! Shaughnessy Baseball.

Tom got any more gte rollers forsale.

**shaughnessy** · #66 07-08-2005, 12:58 PM

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Tom got any more gte rollers forsale.

As of today yes, maybe one, THIS ONE!!!!

barchetta · #67 07-08-2005, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by shaughnessy

As of today yes, maybe one, THIS ONE!!!!

Care to elaborate Tom?

Thank you.

**T308** · #68 07-11-2005, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by kare

>Maybe you should further ask whether they can provide PF start date and job number (Raab gives 68272, which must be wrong, I guess!). According to Raab intended customer was "Neri" (factory won't reveal customer info due privacy issues). I find the production dates pretty amusing as they don't tell what it means (start or completion or something in between, these cars spent 2-3 months in production!).

You can also get engine, gearbox and rear end numbers confirmed (can you report that engine number, the photo shown in this thread is not clear enough to read it - 364/62 maybe?). Gearbox number can be fished out without removing center console by removing overdrive service door and pressing a piece of tin foil or wax on top of gearbox right in front of the door. Rear end number is stamped on diff housing and can easily be seen looking under the car.

I haven't "fished" out the gearbox number yet, but I do have the motor and rear end. The motor's 554/62E and the rear end E 579-731. The 7 in the 579 looks like it's overstamped on a 5, perhaps it was mis-stamped 559.

Also, the PF number is 242. I wrote it down wrong.

T308

**8valve** · #69 07-11-2005, 04:58 AM

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Also, the PF number is 242. I wrote it down wrong.
T308

Looks like 272 to me....

**T308** · #70 07-11-2005, 09:32 AM

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Looks like 272 to me....

Yes, I am king of the typos. It is, of course, 272 (which is about the number of hours it'll take me to sort out and assemble the door pieces!)

T308

**Birdman** · #71 07-11-2005, 01:08 PM

WOW, what a great story! Congratulations, and thanks so much for sharing it!

I would love to hear the other half of the story...how Tom found the car in the first place. I can't imagine how much effort that must have taken.

I'm going to ask the question everyone wants to ask but is too polite. I know that it is rude to ask and I understand if you do not wish to answer, but what does one pay for a beautiful barn find like that?

Best,
Birdman

**Horsefly** · #72 07-11-2005, 01:18 PM

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I'm going to ask the question everyone wants to ask but is too polite. I know that it is rude to ask and I understand if you do not wish to answer, but what does one pay for a beautiful barn find like that?
Best,
Birdman

Perhaps you've hit the nail on the head. The REAL question is: Is a "barn find" REALLY a big deal if the price tag is just as much as any other vintage Ferrari? How about a barn find for $2500 or $7500 or something that REALLY is a bargain. Now THAT would be something worth crowing about.
Just last Wednesday night, I talked to a family member of a fellow with a 250 GTE sitting in a garage that hasn't been driven within the past 20 years. Technically speaking, it's probably a barn find. But you couldn't pry this car away from the owner for anything less than big bucks, and probably not even then because he's been offered serious money several times and doesn't need to sell. So it sits.

**RAMMER** · #73 07-11-2005, 10:45 PM

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Perhaps you've hit the nail on the head. The REAL question is: Is a "barn find" REALLY a big deal if the price tag is just as much as any other vintage Ferrari? How about a barn find for $2500 or $7500 or something that REALLY is a bargain. Now THAT would be something worth crowing about.
Just last Wednesday night, I talked to a family member of a fellow with a 250 GTE sitting in a garage that hasn't been driven within the past 20 years. Technically speaking, it's probably a barn find. But you couldn't pry this car away from the owner for anything less than big bucks, and probably not even then because he's been offered serious money several times and doesn't need to sell. So it sits.

I think its more than the money.....99.9% of people who have a ferrari know its worth some money. Its also about finding and rescuing a car. I loved this story and I am almost sure the car wasnt $2000. Its more than the money.

**Birdman** · #74 07-12-2005, 08:17 AM

I'm not about to knock the story if he paid a lot for the car. I just want to know if he got a good deal or not. But of course the story is better if he got the car cheap. But in the case of a car like this, cheap is relative.

Birdman

**T308** · #75 07-13-2005, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Birdman

WOW, what a great story! Congratulations, and thanks so much for sharing it!

I would love to hear the other half of the story...how Tom found the car in the first place. I can't imagine how much effort that must have taken.

I'm going to ask the question everyone wants to ask but is too polite. I know that it is rude to ask and I understand if you do not wish to answer, but what does one pay for a beautiful barn find like that?

Best,
Birdman

As for how Tom found it, he's not tellin', but it was a car he'd been chasing for years (no joke).

Let's just say what I paid was well below the sale price (not the asking price) of the other GTEs I've looked at recently (including the very rusty series 3 car with a sick motor at FJ). Even if it had a dead motor we could have parted it out and broke even. It felt like a no lose situation which is why we took it down with no PPI.

The car's for me, I'm not selling it on. I'm going to have fun doing it for myself, without the burden of a customer's expectations and the tyranny of a timeline and a price limit.

So, forgive for not answering your questions, but that's the story!

T308

**Tenney** · #76 07-13-2005, 06:47 PM

Cool car. Recall a white w/red guts GTE at Marchetti's in the late 80's.

**kare** · #77 07-16-2005, 05:41 PM

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Yes, I am king of the typos. It is, of course, 272 (which is about the number of hours it'll take me to sort out and assemble the door pieces!)

Thanks for numeorus cool photos on your car - and yes, it looks GREAT in white! Please have a look at:

http://koti.welho.com/kpietil4/250gte.htm

I do think it might be the most accurate list over GT/E production ever published.

NVLambo · #78 10-09-2007, 10:19 PM

sweet barn find!

***Rob Lay*** · #79 10-09-2007, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by NVLambo

sweet barn find!

27 months, wow.

**Horsefly** · #80 10-09-2007, 11:01 PM

Maybe it's time for an update? Did the barn find turn out to be all it was hoped to be? Or did it simply move to another barn?