Ferrari 400

Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Magazine : UK CAR January 1980 - Ferrari 400i Automatic - Twelve singing a new song by Steve Cropley

Yes, another magazine article added to the archive. A very nice time period article from the early eighties. Now available in the download folder.

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Magazine : NL Octane - Ferrari 400 Automatic by Ton Roks

Sorry, this one is mostly in Dutch. The car in this magazine article was however on BAT a few years ago, see this blog:

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2020/05/bat-ferrari-400-carburettor-automatic.html

But it remains still in Dutch hands. The owner did happen to show up in this Youtube video, a small reportage was made on a cars and coffee meeting by Octane a few weeks ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMvz5jFLG5s

At 3:56 in this Youtube video the current owner of this 400 is being interviewed about the car.

At 6:00 in the same video a Fiat Mutliple is being discussed and a few seconds later you will see the car driving by. And I recognized that person as he happens to own a Ferrari 400 Automatic as well, how's that :-)

In any case, it's another very nice example and very well maintained in a superior color.

The Magazine article is now available in the download folder:

Monday, 26 October 2026

Ferrari 400 power window switch compatibility

What better to post the next day after posting about parts for sale. A new compatibility part item that was brought to my attention. A few weeks ago I had a very nice and interesting meet up with a few folks. One guy mentioned he recognized the window switch used in my 400. He instantly recognized it and said it belonged to a Mercedes W108, W109, W111, W114 and W115 series from the seventies.

I had this checked and in fact it's the button used to control the sunroof with part nr 15073100
Apparently it's also used as a sunroof switch in a Porsche 911/9212 but that one does not have a chrome bezel (it's black).

This also explains the typical pictogram used on this switch. The Ferrari part nr is 257-80-860-00

it's only used in the 400 and 400i phase 1.

Sunday, 25 October 2026

Ferrari 400i parts for sale - Redbay Cars Belgium

At first they made an attempt to restore this car. In fact quite a lot of work was already done but in the end it was decided to sell the car in parts. If you're looking for some hard to find parts you can look it up if it's available in their online webshop:

https://redbaycars.com/webshop/ws-/ferrari-400i/sort/created-desc

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

MAUTO - Aldo Brovarone exposition - Ferrari 412

Currently there is a exposition in the MAUTO museum in Torino about Aldo Brovarone.

https://www.museoauto.com/en/

There is no mention about this exposition on their website. But it was mentioned on their social media:

Not visible in their posting but I have seen from other sources the following drawing is presented in this expostion:

1984 Pininfarina Ferrari 412 Illustrazione Aldo Brovarone

I wonder if Aldo did had any design involvement in the uplifted design for the 412. As might be known he's responsible for the Lancia Gamma Coupe which has the same classic Pininfarina C-pilar characteristic as the 400 series.

I did happen to have met him in the past in the same museum but back then I was unaware of this drawing, else I certainly would have asked.

Update 25 Oct 2026: I checked his book and there is no mention of any design involvement for the 412. He was however responsible for the 365GT 2+2 (Queen Mary) to name one.