"The first step was to join The Other Dino and find out what I could about the cars history. My car was one of the last 50 off the line, just before 2000cc production stopped, so it should have the best of the 2000 development modifications (it certainly has late heads with bucket and shim valve adjustment and late timing chain adjustors). Sometime in the mid 80s, Mike Elliot of Superformance and Brian Boxall of The Other Dino, travelled up to the highlands of Scotland to pick up the Coupé (my Coupé) which theyd bought as a joint venture. It was in poor shape. The body work was a patchwork of blue paint and grey primer and the exhausts were holed with some bits missing. On the way home the window stuck down and the wipers packed in. Brians way around this was to drive faster so that the screen cleared of rain. So, with the window stuck down and very little exhaust, travelling at true continental touring speeds, the journey was loud and memorable.
With the car back down South, Mike and Brian tidied it up with a re-spray and some new exhausts and sold it. A couple of years later, Phil Stafford bought the car. While he owned it, I think he re-built the engine and modified it with a 2.4 oil pump and late heads. He then sold it and a few years later, Mike Elliot bought it again with the intention of breaking it up for spares. This is where I came in.
Prior to the 80s, the history of the car is a bit of a mystery. As far as Im aware, it hasnt been owned by anyone famous or been used in any films. However, its certainly been owned by some of the UKs most important Dino people which I find far more pleasing. Brian was recently contacted by a man whos cousin bought a nearly new light metallic blue 2000cc Coupé in Switzerland in the late 60s/early 70s and later imported it to Scotland. Could this have been my car?"
(Mark Devaney)
With the car back down South, Mike and Brian tidied it up with a re-spray and some new exhausts and sold it. A couple of years later, Phil Stafford bought the car. While he owned it, I think he re-built the engine and modified it with a 2.4 oil pump and late heads. He then sold it and a few years later, Mike Elliot bought it again with the intention of breaking it up for spares. This is where I came in.
Prior to the 80s, the history of the car is a bit of a mystery. As far as Im aware, it hasnt been owned by anyone famous or been used in any films. However, its certainly been owned by some of the UKs most important Dino people which I find far more pleasing. Brian was recently contacted by a man whos cousin bought a nearly new light metallic blue 2000cc Coupé in Switzerland in the late 60s/early 70s and later imported it to Scotland. Could this have been my car?"
