Monday, 23 March 2026

Keith Richards - Ferrari 400i

 Keith Richards with his Ferrari 400i, outside Pathé Marconi Studios, in Paris, France - 1985


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.