My Car Quest : When A Custom Car Builder Goes Too Far

With a reference to my own blog. Note that 3 has been build of the Pavesi Ventorosso.

http://mycarquest.com/2019/03/when-a-custom-car-builder-goes-too-far.html

For sale : Ferrari 400i manual in Montevideo - Uruguay

I noticed this 400i for sale in Montevideo Uruguay:

https://auto.mercadolibre.com.uy/MLU-461474863-ferrari-f400i-48-coupe-1983-unico-dueno-en-uruguay-_JM

Very likely it's this one:

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2017/07/museum-del-automovil-eduardo-iglesias.html

Update: 31 March 2026: Apparently still for sale:

https://www.altagamaonline.com/product-page/ferrari-400i

Ferrari 400i Project Artistique - Didier Chamizo

Via Aux Chateaux du Sud-Ouest : www.auxchateauxdusudouest.com/

Un réel plaisir et une grande chance de collaborer avec notre ami @didierchamizo sur ce projet artistique

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Chamizo

https://www.facebook.com/paganifrance/posts/2212951799034573?sfnsw=cl

And a lot more can be viewed on their Facebook site:

https://www.facebook.com/paganifrance/posts/2216220562041030:0

And a small French article: 

https://medialot.fr/cahors-chamizo-street-artise-une-ferrari/

https://www.ladepeche.fr/2019/03/27/tout-lart-et-lhumour-du-peintre-chamizo-sur-la-carrosserie-dune-ferrari-a-cahors,8094463.php

And more videos can be seen on the Instagram of the artist:

https://instagram.com/p/BvhttJalL6k/

https://instagram.com/p/BvE8DvHFydZ/

Spotted : Ferrari 365GT4 2+2 in South Africa

Great spot!

https://www.zero2turbo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ferrari-365-gt4-2-plus-2-south-africa-1024x781.jpg

Ferrari Club Sweden visits Ferrari, Scaglietti and Maserati, Modena, Maranello - Early Seventies!

What a great time period capture by Ferrari Club Sweden. It's likely taken somewhere early seventies and yes there are a few 365GT4 2+2 present. Enjoy the timewarp back in time:

https://youtu.be/q-AYm7hcD68



And a few screenshots I took:

Love that Verde color:

And a crashed 365GT4 2+2:

The car that jumped to mind is the one owned by Prince Bernhard. I suspect this video footage is from 1973 judging by the cars. And Bernhard crashed his in July 1973 during his holiday in Italy (and the crashed car was transported back to the factory). The color is difficult to tell, it might be black or dark green. Clearly the license plate is different but I would not be surprised if that was replaced for a reason. Or this is all simply a coincidence and thus it might be a different car.

Update 31-3-2019: Clearly I was wrong, see update Andreas Birner:

Andreas Birner Ferrari Consulting

Gisteren om 19:56

Flashback to 1974:

The Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 s/n 17491 was produced in December of 1973 and sold new to its first Italian owner on February 23, 1974. Only a few months old, the car apparently had some bad karma. The result was admired by members of the Swedish Ferrari Club who did visit the Assistenza Clienti in Modena‘s Viale Trento e Trieste in spring or summer of 1974 and captured it on Super 8. S/N 17491 was soon repaired and passed into the ownership of a lady resident in the Pisa region in 1976 and has disappeared.

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Brazil / Brasil - Belo Horizonte -- Ferrari 400 GT 1975

I spotted this unusual 365GT4 2+2 with a 400 backside via the following instagram link:

https://instagram.com/p/Bu_RuJ7AvmV/

I have however seen something similar before (I know The Gallery in Aaldering had once a similar one). It might very well be that a few late 365 series were done with this 400 rear fashion? The front bumper, wheels and interior clearly are 365 style.

Besides this, not many 400s are located in this part of the world, so adding this one to the blog just for the records.

update 24-3-2019: I received the following comment: no 365s were produced with the four round lights of the 400 as far as I know. It was common to perform this update in the late 70s especially - there was no hole behind the inner pair of 365 lights as these were just reflectors. 

Some people converted their 365 to have the 400 front spoiler. Some have both mods.

10 unfairly maligned classics by Martin Buckley - Ferrari 400

How true:

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/10-unfairly-maligned-classics

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/20-undervalued-classics-1970s

Update 20 Feb 2025: This was his own Ferrari 400, now for sale:

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1978-ferrari-400-gt-auto-8W9Wvn