Friday 11 October 2024

Magazine Superauto illustrated 1987 - Ferrari 412

I was fearing already I would not get a response on this request:

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2024/09/usa-magazine-superauto-illustrated.html

Meanwhile I receive quite a lot of  requests to get access to my archive with the manuals. About 2 years ago Google made a change to this specific link because of security reasons. Apparently many people had this link bookmarked in the past which since the change no longer worked. On average I get a request for access every 2 weeks over the past 2 years. Most of these people are not even bothered to say thank you once I provide them the renewed link. On the right sidebar of the blog there is the correct link to the download folder which contains freely available all content regarding the 400, including the magazine articles and manuals. Perhaps I should consider a small fee to gain access so I can cover at least some of the expenses. I noticed I'm also start to run out of storage space on the Google Drive (nearly 80% used up), meaning in the future I might need to pay for storage. In any case, for now all is free. But if you appreciate all the content then the right side bar of the blog does also have a button at the top to make a Paypal donation.

So yes, this article is now available in the download folder. Unfortunately it's not a great article, more a brief sum up of the new specs. The Lancia Thema 8.32 article in this magazine is however excellent! But that is outside of the scope of this blog ...

Wednesday 9 October 2024

Ferrari 400i Automatic in Mexico

This car showed up for sale: 

https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=392200659


And it did include the following letter:


So apparently it was newly ordered via Symbol cars in Houston / Ferrari of Houston. I suspect this must have been a grey import into the USA and then sold to a customer in Mexico. The VIN book by Raab mentions for this serial nr only the remark: "EU".  I suspect around 1981 there was no Ferrari dealer in Mexico, so potentially this was the best and most affordable route for someone in Mexico to obtain one? I'm only guessing here.

Furthermore, judging by the reflectors and positioning of the rear bumper, it must have been federalized for the US market at some stage, either when newly registered or later on. Again, I'm only guessing here as I'm not familiair with the process or what happened in the past. Adding this blog just for the records. 

Thursday 3 October 2024

For sale - Ferrari 400i rear bumper

A friend of mine has this spare bumper for sale. It's original and in a decent condition (without the lights). It's located in France and offered for € 1.250,-

If you are interested then contact me and I will get you in touch with the seller.