Tuesday 10 February 2015

Ferrari 400i Ferrari Rebodied as a 1958 Testarossa

Here is another example of a Ferrari 400 which has been reused for a kit car. Just adding it for the records. Note I have a label on the side bar to keep track of these converted models. It was listed on Ebay last week:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400i-Ferrari-Rebodied-as-a-1958-Testarossa-Bugatti-Atlantic-Delahaye-Figoni-/111586157230

With the following supporting text:


Relisting due to an Ebay error.

Hopefully the title got your attention so Welcome to my Rolling Art collection.

You are bidding on a completely changed for the better Ferrari 400i.  400i's are kind of ugly so I gave it a facelift.  It has been chopped, cut and rebuilt as a 1958 Testarossa.  

Yes it carries a Ferrari title from the 400i donor car.  I had trouble with ebay loading these details of the donor car so here they are for your use.

The VIN on the donor car is ZFFEB06G000041217.  Year 1982. Body 2 door. Make Ferr.  Current title is Florida.

The body is hand formed Aluminum that took over 3 years to build. 

Keeping with the Italian theme the motor is a Ghibli Maserati V6 DOHC and matching automatic tranny showing carbs down the middle.  

This drive train was sourced because it was affordable and fit in the engine bay.  But there are always lots of options if you are willing to pay for them.

I will be happy to put a Ferrari V12 250, 275, 330, 400 or 456 motor in there for market price (I have contacts for a few of those engines but they are dear).  

Some pictures of other builds in my collection are provided as reference material.  This way you will get a feel for the quality of the Art this Ferrari shares.  

First Reference is my Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing built on Mercedes platform and Mercedes title.  

Second Reference is my Bugatti Atlantic built on a Jaguar platform with Jag 6 DOHC.   This is hand formed metal body.  

Third Reference is a real Delahaye 135 and titled as such.  The entire rolling running chassis is Delahaye.  The hand formed aluminum body is a rebody of the famous Figoni Torpedo.  

Fourth Reference, is a Ferrari 196S Dino with hand formed aluminum body.

Thanx for your interest.
 
 

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