I own a Ferrari!!!

OK, just a piece of one. And technically it's from a Dino, which isn't a "real" Ferrari, but dammit it's mine! I was at the Portland Swap Meet all day and scored a Dino steering wheel. Not the aftermarket like Nardi kind, a real one. From a 308 GT4 Dino (which later became a Ferrari). I have no idea what year mine is, and it's no where near perfect, but it was $10 (cause the center cap was missing and Chebby salesman thought all furrin' parts were inferior) and now it's mine. It says "Made in Italy". Sweeeeeeeeet.

Yes, I made vrooming noises.

Is this a bad time to mention I've owned a 70 AMX steering wheel for ~10 years? I did better at collecting that car 1 piece at a time as I have a gauge surround, gauge cluster, and engine for one...

You are strange. In a good way, but still....

I have a steering wheel from a 1971 Datsun 240Z - now if I can get the rest of the car under it........by the way we need pictures................

That is so awesome... I'd hang that on my office wall. Great score!

Wow, it is with real apprehension that I post this because owning a Ferrari piece is/would be cool.

I am sure your is not an aftermarket piece from this company.
http://www.dinomarine.com/

That is not grassroots! (Sorry, somehow had to say it.) I have some Ferrari parts, too: four valves and a piston. I have like $10 in everything. It's neat what you can find for sale at Monterey.

David S. Wallens wrote: That is not grassroots! (Sorry, somehow had to say it.) I have some Ferrari parts, too: four valves and a piston. I have like $10 in everything. It's neat what you can find for sale at Monterey.

The really weird thing is, if you know what engine those parts belong to-you could post them up over at Hemmings, and there'd be three guys that rebuild the things asking what you want for them.

cue Grieg's "Hall of The Mountain Kings"..

BTW: P71, stop that E36 M3. For a second, I thought you'd made a 308 barn find or something..it's the kind of thing I've seen here before..

I'm not being serious, just jealous.

I have the horn button from a Porsche Speedster. I like where this thread is going....

I have a piece of a 1990 Tyrrell F1 car that crashed at Montreal. It's like a kevlar sandwich. I'd rather have the Ferrari steering wheel, though.

In have 4 valves from a caddilac lmp race car engine that burned up at lemans. Actually only three, as I gave one to a girl I knew.

Joey

In some cultures I think the gift of a burn valve to a girl is about the same as a wedding proposal. Of course, I could be wrong.

Pics of you iz a liar!!

I have a top fueler piston autographed by Don Garlits. Wonder what it's worth now.

jrw1621 wrote: Wow, it is with real apprehension that I post this because owning a Ferrari piece is/would be cool. I am sure your is not an aftermarket piece from this company. http://www.dinomarine.com/

(Luke)Noooooooooo!!!(/Luke)

Now I'm not so sure. None of their wheels look like mine, and the company info says USA, and mine says Italy, and and and...

Dammit.

It's still a damn cool steering wheel. And I still have the AMX wheel (and dash, and motor...).

What mine looks like:

And the AMX wheel:

(Note, neither picture is my actual wheels, I need to grab camera for that)

I've got a trim badge from Pontiac Phoenix, so there.

I've got the crushed right hand header from one of Darrell Waltrips many trips into the wall at Darlington. Still has the fire extinguisher chemicals on it.

The steering wheel in this video looks like yours:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEcarWThdP4

put it on ebay and put the $ into your automotive ADD fund

Ive got half a connecting rod from an Iron Duke that decided it didnt want it anymore! wait...

I don't know how I missed that wheel. I spent 2 days scouring the PIR swap and the expo center looking for exactly that kind of thing.

I did manage to score an alloy Fiat 850 oil pan for $20 from a guy who had no idea what it was. I paid $150 for the last one and thought I had gotten a decent deal.

I was looking for AMC parts and got jack nothing. One crazy old coot wanted $5,000 for a cobbled-together cross-ram (69 lid on a 70 lower, wrong carbs, no velocity stacks). He had 68 AMC models (most were worth about $35) that he wanted "$6,800 for all of them, will not separate". He was off his rocker.

Another dude had a Big Bad Green 70 Javelin hood for $200. Base hood, not the Ram Air one. Pass.

There was an admittedly restorable AMX as well. 68, 390, 4-Speed, Matador Red on Tan. Except the dude wanted $9500 for it! It wasn't a Go-Pack car (which means no "Twip-Grip" LSD rear, no HD suspension, no sway bar, no front discs, no stripes, no aux gauges inside), and it needed paint, bodywork, an interior, tires, suspension, you know, a whole restoration.

A lot of prices were at the swap meet...

Not trying to burst a bubble:

Interior shots of two different 308 GT4's.............

That said, Dino wheels for $10 are a great deal and would be a worthy addition to most any vehicle, or wall.

Uh, we figured out it wasn't a real wheel about 20 posts ago. It looks like a knock off of a real 246 Dino wheel.

I have one of those Dino "Made in Italy" wheels too. A guy at work gave it to me for my locost that I need to start building. It was on his parts car GTV6.