For those interested: https://auction.nicola-ac.de/
FERRARILot: 5682 Rechnungen der Garage Francorchamps über Ferrari 400i von 1983Chassisnummer: 46149 und 46153Zustand: 1-2Limit: € 70,00
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Saturday, 2 November 2019
Ferrari 400 Club meeting at the Louwman museum in the Netherlands
This weekend the European Ferrari 400 Club (https://www.f400club.com/) had organized their last event/trip for this year. And today they visited the Louwman museum in the Hague (https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/?sc_lang=en). If you ever have the opportunity you must visit it, it's worth it.
So this morning I had to pick up the 400 at another location and yes, I still have my Lancia Kappa Coupe, which is my daily driver. Check out the wicked blue teinted windows (Solextra).
Next, no surprise, I had to fill it up, V-Power only
And the weather was crap; windy and rainy.
Luckily the weather improved and it even became slightly sunny. I had arranged a meet up with one of the guys who joined the IHWC trips in another car. He fancied to drive the 400 and so it happened.
We arrived first on the scene
And shortly afterwards all the others joined in. According to the club:
6 cars, 6 different colors, 3 nations, 2 convertibles from various coachbuilders / BENELUX EVENT / @louwmanmuseum #ferrari #ferrari365 #ferrari400 #ferrari400i #ferrari412#pininfarina #leonardofioravanti #cardesign
One of the cars had this unusual color combo (exterior/interior)
After a joined lunch we got a guided tour and spend the time till the closure of the museum at five o'clock.
Luckily it was not raining when driving back home so I could park the car dry in the garage. I guess this was the last trip for this year. I again enjoyed the smooth ride of the 400, it's such a pleasure to drive this car. My friend kept saying how impressive the sound is (and the smell of the car). I have to admit, it's very addictive.
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Lookalike : Vauxhall Cavalier
This car was flying by on Facebook with some remarks regarding the Ferrari 400. And if you look quickly it does have indeed some styling elements. The car in question is the Vauxhall Cavalier.
The Peugeot 305 prototype is a closer candidate though:
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
For sale : Ferrari 400 pouch, owners manual, Cromodora ashtray and Pavesi knock-off hubcap gift
Yes, some nice items for sale to get your car and memorabilia complete:
- original 400 pouch, also correct for 308 and 512BB - € 1.200,-
- original 400 Automatic / 400 GT owners manual - € 175,-
- Pavesi VIP gift - € 450,-
- Cromodora ashtray - € 80,-
Seller details:
Monday, 28 October 2019
Book : Pininfarina Cinquantanni
A very nice book I recently purchased. I can't believe it took me this long to discover and buy it. The trigger was due to a roadtrip with my Fiat 130 Coupe to Italy to attend the 50th anniversary meeting in Milan. For this trip I had spend some additional days in Turin and visited the Pininfarina museum at their headquarters in Cambiano. But additional I arranged a meet up with designer Paolo Martin at the Pininfarina Windtunnel in Grugliasco. At this meet up I had some retrospective photo's taken based on historical photo's with Sergio Pininfarina, Renzo Carli and the Fiat 130 Coupe. Furthermore I also went to the restaurant in Tortana where Pininfarina in 1951 made the partnership deal with Enzo Ferrari. Due to all of this I stumbled upon this book. Although I haven't read it yet it did contain much uniqe and beautiful (of course) photographic material. I was very happpy to see some 400 pictures regarding the build up in their factory. Find them hereby enclosed.
PS Note the new option regarding the "like" and "dislike" option at the bottom of each blog post. It was a suggestion by one of the readers
PS Note the new option regarding the "like" and "dislike" option at the bottom of each blog post. It was a suggestion by one of the readers
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