Saturday, 21 March 2026

Ferrari 400i Automatic 1981 - Bekleidungswerke Hucke AG Lübbecke

Adding this one just for the records and for the original car telephone kit. And it had the original registration booklet. This car was ordered as a company car for the German company "bekleidungswerke Hucke" which is a fashion clothing brand:

Hucke (originally Hucke AG in Lübbecke, Germany) was a prominent German clothing manufacturer, founded in the late 1940s, known for women's ready-to-wear and European-style coats. Today, the brand is primarily found as "vintage" or second-hand clothing, such as wool blazers, trench coats, and coats from the 1980s.

https://www.classiccar-auctions.com/en/lot-details/33629/auctions/Classics/ferrari-400i-1981









Thursday, 19 March 2026

Ouch - project car - Ferrari 400i RHD 5 speed manual

Via https://www.gullwingmotorcars.com/1981-ferrari-400i-c-5633.htm

VIN: 38913
Price: 
$24,500

It was shipped to the US from the UK in 2012. It has been off the road since 1993. 

It is still in its original colours of Azzurro Metallizzato with Tabacco VM 846 (dark beige) hide. 

It has a sunroof which most probably would have been fitted in the UK when new. 








Thursday, 12 March 2026

More Maranello Concessionaires - parked in the street

 Via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVx-yovDMuD

Maranello Concessionaires… Unsure whether to title these photographs as The Montpelier Street Car Park or Maranello Concessionaires London SW7.
In a post yesterday I explained Mark Konig’s idea in 1980 that rather than trade every part exchange I should take some of them home and attempt to sell them privately.
Here are a selection of a few parked outside of my house … the Argento GTB 21785 (UYF 20S) was not a trade car but my own. Nevertheless my neighbours wouldn’t have differentiated and became increasingly annoyed they couldn’t park their own cars. My immediate neighbour was the producer of all the James Bond films and threatened to have said Mr Bond implode all my cars. I never knew if he was joking. However his wife was Italian and loved having lots of Ferrari parked in front of her house.
I know my ‘record’ was 7 all in a row but I can’t find a photograph and it’s possible I didn’t take one. My photography was sporadic and as can be seen usually when it was raining. As the photographs were never used in the adverts I’m unsure why I took them.

I only copied the "400s" from his post.



Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Ferrari 400i phase 2 (1982 - 85) - heater control frames reproduction

A German owner has created a high quality reproduction of the heater control frames. It has been a very small batch of 5 sets only. So hurry if you need them or be on the safe side and have them as spare in your own stock.  

See thread on FChat or on FB below

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/reproduction-heater-control-frames-any-interest.697490/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/8727831092/posts/10164665519481093/

I've finished the first set of heater control frames.

They're made in Germany of CNC machined aluminium, trowalized and anodized, with the "dots and arrows" recessed by 0,5mm and filled with enamel paint.
The buttons and adapters for the levers are 3D-printed.
200€ + shipping for the set as pictured.

Sunday, 8 March 2026

Ferrari 400i at Hockenheim 1988

Adding this one just for the records and for its rarity.

I spotted this one on Instagram. It came with the information: Hockenheim 1988.

Typical to see a RHD car on Swiss license plates. But additional information was provided by someone else:

#34983, a manual 400i in the rare shade of Rosso Metallizzato. First owned by Shaun Bealey, the Deputy Chairman of Maranello Concessionaires.

Friday, 6 March 2026

Ferrari 400i on NY plates in Stuttgart 1988

Ferrari 400i Oktober 1988 at Hotel Intercontinental (today Hotel Le Merdian) in Stuttgart.

Yes, it's on New York plates - ORW 507. And judging on the reflector at the backside it might be a federalized US car.

Did the owner ship it to Germany to cruise around in Europe? Or touring around for business purpose?

Does anyone knows this car or the owner?

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Thursday, 5 March 2026

Ferrari Factory 1987

Of course only red Ferrari Testarossa's and 328's and 1 black Ferrari 412 in the background.

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Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Stuttgart Motorshow 1985 Ferrari 412

1985: Ferrari 412 i beim Messestand des süddeutschen Ferrari-Importeur Autexpo' im Oktober 1985 bei der Automesse AMA in Stuttgart

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Monday, 2 March 2026

Niki Lauda Ferrari 365GT4 2+2 spotted in the wild on the Dutch roads

The Niki Lauda 365GT4 2+2 was sold on an auction and showed up in the Netherlands, as per blog:

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2025/12/niki-lauda-ferrari-365gt4-22-on-dutch.html

And yesterday it was spotted in the wild in Laren. Although it has a Dutch License plate registration (as per previous blog) it was driving around on green dealer plates:

https://www.autogespot.com/ferrari-365-gt4-22/2026/03/01