Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Prestige restoration : Ferrrari 400i bodywork

 And another one whereby high quality work is being done on a 400. 
I had already shared some work on this car by this specific company but it's just great to see this work. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWgmbTxisYx/?img_index=1

1981 Ferrari 400i project making good progress in the metalwork shop.

Engine is rebuilt and ready to go, interior is in the trim shop, suspension parts stripped down, powder coated and ready for reassembly. It won’t be long until this one is pushed into the printshop. Can’t wait!

Photo’s by @jack.passey

Click the photo's to enlarge (they are in reverse order):








Saturday, 28 March 2026

Nürburgring 1991 : Ferrari 365GT4 2+2

Via Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/abi2612/posts/pfbid0WkpkFVn1PmLq5Vk4dk4tBmR8vdiuouyzbLdPhYtbgFzfwjL5msHyn4Hf6gfTDQfNl 

It‘s #ferrarifriday, so what could be a more adequate post than a photo of a Ferrari meeting?

Today‘s flashback takes us back to the weekend of August 9 through 11, 1991. Gregor Schulz and yours truly did attend the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nürburgring together. The then only two years old factory-subsidiary German Ferrari importer, Ferrari Deutschland GmbH of Frankfurt am Main, hosted a big Ferrari meeting on Saturday and Sunday which attracted more than 400 Ferrari from all over Europe.
Gregor took this photo of an unidentified white 365 GT4 2+2. I only know that the car was owned by Hermann Nalop, a notary resident in Bünde, Germany. The Borrani wire wheels are of course not original on this model from the early 1970s, but don‘t look totally off on the car IMHO. Furthermore, the small front spoiler of a Ferrari 400 had been fitted on this 365 GT4 2+2.
The red 412 parked behind is s/n 64607, owned from new by the late Armand Weyer from Luxembourg.



Friday, 27 March 2026

Monaco Ferrari 365GT4 2+2

I hit this Instagram post because of this 365GT4 2+2 (what else). I spotted it had the MC sticker and the associated "Monaco Motors - G. Cavallari" decal as well. So likely an original delivered car in Monaco albeit currently on French plates. For a moment I thought it was this one:

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2022/07/autogespot-ferrari-365gt4-22-monaco.html

 But it's not. Adding it here just for the records. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWWIYB7DK8F/

The owner runs this car business:

https://www.gtc-collection-cars.com/

For a long time, I didn’t really like the 365 GT4 2+2, the 400i, and its successors. But I think I’ve finally changed my mind — better late than never, right?

I started one for the first time yesterday, and somehow we just clicked. Maybe it’s because this one is completely original, or maybe it’s the sound from its drilled exhaust (Definitely not the weak battery that left me stranded)

I guess some things are hard to explain — you just have to feel them.


Thursday, 26 March 2026

Hagerty ; The Valuation Verdict: Ferrari 400

 https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/valuation-verdict-ferrari-400/


Adding the X post for their comments;



And Instagram:

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Czech Ferrari 400i Automatic

Today my radar hit this Czech article, published today, but it was behind a paywall;

https://ieuro.cz/automobilovy-klenot-ferrari-400i/

But upon further checking I found another 400 article on their website;

https://ieuro.cz/estet-z-maranella/ 

Which appears to be the same article but with a different header and not behind a paywall.

English translation:

https://ieuro-cz.translate.goog/estet-z-maranella/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

And upon checking my own blog I found this post with the same article again, back then it was blocked;

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2024/09/czech-magazine-dolce-vita-photo-shoot.html

And hereby also the original Linkedin post with the reference;

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/veskrna_beautiful-blue-ferrari-400i-photographed-activity-7224768450563354625-mrDA