Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Ferrari 400 Kroymans visit
Today I had to escape the house and went to Kroymans to stroll around. To my surprise I spotted the Freddy Heineken Ferrari 400 in the basement collection. The car was spotted several times in the country throughout the past year. I suspect the car must then still be part of the Kroymans private collection. I guess they take the 400 out occassionly to keep it in good running condition. And in the garage I spotted another 400 for maintenance. Good to see the 400's are taken care off.
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Ferrari 400 GT V12 Firing Ignition Order of march Ordine Di Accensione Plate
Today I received this item by post. A very good quality reproduction for a nice price. Just what I needed for the finishing touch. I ordered it here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ferrari-400-GT-V12-Firing-Ignition-Order-of-march-Ordine-Di-Accensione-Plate-/201440192424
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ferrari-400-GT-V12-Firing-Ignition-Order-of-march-Ordine-Di-Accensione-Plate-/201440192424
Monday, 19 October 2015
Ferrari 400i Bosch K-Jetronic Microfiche / Mikrocarte
Last week I bought this Bosch Microfiche regarding the K-Jetronic system used on the Ferrari 400i.
Luckily my parents had a reader so I could see what's on it. It does contain specific testing and required values. Quite useful documentation.The information is all in German though. I made a screen photo to capture all information. It's collated in a PDF and is now available in the download folder (manual directory). Ideally I would like to have a proper digitalized version as the pictures taken are not of good quality. Anyone outhere who can help?
Luckily my parents had a reader so I could see what's on it. It does contain specific testing and required values. Quite useful documentation.The information is all in German though. I made a screen photo to capture all information. It's collated in a PDF and is now available in the download folder (manual directory). Ideally I would like to have a proper digitalized version as the pictures taken are not of good quality. Anyone outhere who can help?
Saturday, 17 October 2015
2 years of blogging
And here we are. Another year passed by. It's exactly one year ago I wrote this blog:
http://erwin400.blogspot.nl/2014/10/1-year-of-400-blogging.html
At that time I felt it would be difficult to find more useable content for this blog. But somehow I managed to keep up easily another year. But this time around I can almost definately say I have exhausted mostly all available internet resources. So to continue further I simply rely on new input published on the Internet. Since the attention and appreciation for this car is taking off lately it's not unusual new items of interest are published. Furthermore I'm still hunting for time period magazines and articles. For this I welcome donations or alternatively you can buy them yourself and send me a digital scan. Feel free to reuse anything from this blog. As Always any input is welcomed. If I can be of any help just let me know. Happy to assist if I can.
And for those curious regarding the stats, hereby the snapshots. Over the past year it has been fluctuating quite a bit. But on average it's about 3000 hits per months, so about 100 per day. In total 60k of hits. Most of them are still generated by the United States. Typical, for a car that was never sold there.
http://erwin400.blogspot.nl/2014/10/1-year-of-400-blogging.html
At that time I felt it would be difficult to find more useable content for this blog. But somehow I managed to keep up easily another year. But this time around I can almost definately say I have exhausted mostly all available internet resources. So to continue further I simply rely on new input published on the Internet. Since the attention and appreciation for this car is taking off lately it's not unusual new items of interest are published. Furthermore I'm still hunting for time period magazines and articles. For this I welcome donations or alternatively you can buy them yourself and send me a digital scan. Feel free to reuse anything from this blog. As Always any input is welcomed. If I can be of any help just let me know. Happy to assist if I can.
And for those curious regarding the stats, hereby the snapshots. Over the past year it has been fluctuating quite a bit. But on average it's about 3000 hits per months, so about 100 per day. In total 60k of hits. Most of them are still generated by the United States. Typical, for a car that was never sold there.
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Ferrar 412 Vento Rosso by Pavesi for Sale
It was brought to my attention this very rare and special Ferrari 412 is now on the market for sale.
Di seguito alcune informazioni sulla Ferrari
412 in generale e sulla nostra Ferrari 412 "Vento Rosso" Pavesi.
NOTE
SULLA FERRARI “412” COUPE’
La Ferrari 412 Coupè ha sostituito la 400, che
era un po’ anonima, con intervento su alcuni particolari della carrozzeria e
sul motore aumentando la cilindrata da 4824 a 4943 i.e. con 340 Cv.
Produzione solo n. 303 esemplari dal 1985 al
1989.
E’ l’ultima vettura con motore 12 cilindri
prima di adottare ABS
NOTE
SULLA FERRARI 412 CARROZZERIA PAVESI “VENTO ROSSO”
Secondo notizie da noi assunte dal precedente
proprietario (Museo delle Comunicazioni, Cormano), ed anche dai tecnici che
hanno contribuito al progetto, la Ferrari 412 Pavesi denominata “ Vento
Rosso” è stata realizzata su disegno di un architetto interno alla Pavesi allo
scopo di potersi accreditare, una volta ultimata la vettura, presso la
Ferrari come carrozzeria di riferimento al pari di Farina, Scaglietti, etc, anche
in considerazione del fatto che la Ferrari già autorizzava la stessa Pavesi a
realizzare le capote elettriche sulle 400 eseguendo interventi, oltre al
taglio del tetto, anche per irrobustire altri componenti di carrozzeria.
Pertanto la Ferrari 412 “Vento Rosso” è
rimasta a livello di unico esemplare
in quanto tale iniziativa non ha avuto seguito anche per le note
vicissitudini finanziarie della Pavesi stessa.
Alla luce di quanto sopra ci sembra opportuno
rilevare che tale vettura appartenga a quella categoria di unico esemplare “ONE
OFF” che per un collezionista, ed ancora di più se possessore di altre Ferrari,
rappresenta un pezzo unico di rilevante interesse storico e di sicuro futuro
valore.
NOTE
TECNICHE
La Ferrari
412 Pavesi denominata “Vento Rosso” è stata realizata dalla
carrozzeria Pavesi tra il 1991 ed il 1993, su un telaio (n.81.011) della
Ferrari 412. Non si tratta di una
modifica parziale (come ne erano già state fatte su altre Ferrari 400) bensì di
un design della carrozzeria completamente nuovo e realizzata interamente dalla
Pavesi stessa, per cui rappresenta un esemplare unico (ONE OFF). Il nome Vento
Rosso è stato dato da Pavesi stesso per dare alla vettura una connotazione
diversa dalla Ferrari 412.
Il cofano motore, il bagagliaio ed il coperchio della
capote sono stati realizzati in alluminio, i paraurti in vetroresina ed i
restanti lamierati della carrozzeria in acciaio. Il cofano motore ha una
pendenza maggiore della vettura di serie; la parte posteriore è più alta e
priva di spoiler. Sulle fiancate la carrozzeria è marcata da uno scalino che
inizia anteriormente in maniera leggera, poi aumenta la sporgenza fino ai ¾
della vettura, per poi diminuirla nuovamente verso il bagagliaio.
L’interno è rimasto quello originale con i sedili in
pelle nera mentre la capote è stata completamente ridisegnata ed è stato
realizzato appositamente un sofisticato sistema di movimentazione
elettro-idraulica che esegue le manovre automaticamente in sequenza.
Caratteristiche
tecniche:
Anno produzione telaio: 1985
Motore: 12 cilindri a V, 4942 cc
Potenza: 340 HP a 6000 giri
Peso: 1818 kg
Velocità max: 255 km/h
Colore : rosso
Interno: pelle nera
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
1983 Ferrari 400i Once Owned By Tennis Icon John McEnroe To Be Offered On Ebay
Quite a few well known people have owned a Ferrari 400. John McEnroe was one of them, it's now up for sale. The car is getting quite a bit of exposure now, so I can't stay behind:
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/tennis-legend-john-mcenroe-is-selling-his-ferrari-400i-photo-gallery-100904.html
http://www.autoblog.it/post/748291/in-vendita-la-ferrari-di-john-mcenroe
http://carvaganza.com/2015/10/14/dijual-ferrari-400i-milik-john-mcenroe/
http://www.indosekarang.com/article/2208733980.html
http://judionline247.com/legenda-tenis-john-mcenroe-jual-ferrari-400i-ada-yang-minat/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1983-ferrari-400i-once-owned-by-tennis-icon-john-mcenroe-to-be-offered-on-ebay-by-beverly-hills-car-club-300157618.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221910145856
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/tennis-legend-john-mcenroe-is-selling-his-ferrari-400i-photo-gallery-100904.html
http://www.autoblog.it/post/748291/in-vendita-la-ferrari-di-john-mcenroe
http://carvaganza.com/2015/10/14/dijual-ferrari-400i-milik-john-mcenroe/
http://www.indosekarang.com/article/2208733980.html
http://judionline247.com/legenda-tenis-john-mcenroe-jual-ferrari-400i-ada-yang-minat/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1983-ferrari-400i-once-owned-by-tennis-icon-john-mcenroe-to-be-offered-on-ebay-by-beverly-hills-car-club-300157618.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221910145856
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