Enzo Magazine numero 24 : Ferrari Felber Croisette & Ferrari 365/400/412 series

A double whammy in the latest French Enzo Magazine. 

1) an article about the Ferrari Felber Croisette
2) an article about the 365/400/412 series

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Instagram posting : The boss's car.

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The boss's car. Paradoxical as it may seem, both Enzo Ferrari and Ferruccio Lamborghini, among the builders of the most famous sports (and racing) cars in the world, loved comfort with a touch of luxury. No mystery that Lamborghini liked Espada and Jarama, and his absolute favourite (and personal everyday car) was an Islero rather than the ones for which his maison would become more renowned. Ferrari wasn't even looking for power for personal use, often further dampened by his chauffeur Dino Tagliazucchi: Peugeot 404, Fiat 131 and 132. Absolute fulfillment reached in the 70s, delicate moment in which the sports car, caught between two fires (social protest and oil crisis) split up and specialized in order not to risk its very existence. As in the USA the fuel shortage makes the horsepower battle disappear from market and advertising, moving on to highlight a much more spongy and baroque luxury to divert attention from weakened engines with ridiculous and compromised efficiency, Ferrari moves the engine of its total-performance machines to the rear. While on the other hand creates a big luxury car with less compromises. Instead, until the previous decade, its entire range was conceived and built in the same way, classic fuselage-like front-engined GTs, larger or smaller and more luxurious or essential, following a single common line: there was only to decide whether they were also ideal for racing or not. So if this role is now covered by the hyper-focused 365GT4 BB, while best-seller Daytona leaves the scene and precisely due to market needs the GTC4 hadn't completely convinced, the GT4 2+2 becomes the most indicated full-fledged luxury car, authoritative, snob, geometric and essential outside, sumptuous inside. Pininfarina loves continuity...(in first comment) #ferrari #ferrari365 #ferrari365gt4 #ferrari365gt42plus2 #365gt4 #berlinettaboxer #ferrari400 #ferrari365gt2plus2 #v12 #ferraridaytona #enzoferrari #ferrariclub #ferrariclassic #classicferrari #scuderiaferrari #ferrarifans #ferrarilovers #ferrarilove #1970s #anni70 #italiancars #sportscar #ferraristyle #ferrarilife #drivetastefully #pininfarina #ferrari365gt #ferrarifans #ferrari2plus2 #ferrariheritage

Therefore all the lines, the details, everything has the meticulous precision and sheer simplicity of its finest creations. And mind you, here he had a lot of time to start from afar and gradually refine this modeling, from the Lancia Flaminia Coupé to the 365GT 2+2, to the Fiat 130 Coupé, passing through the one-off Bentley T1 Coupé Speciale. Like the latter it has the rear whose seriousness is only slightly dampened by the circular taillights, plus the concession to sportiness of the trendy pointed front and the retractable headlights is obvious, but still managed with discretion. Mission accomplished, if Enzo himself drove one it means that it's the perfect car for the bosses, even if for emissions regulation reasons it was never sold in the USA and therefore only equipped with a normal (and rather tricky, especially when cold) manual gearbox . He drove it anyway, but it's understandable that in the 400 evolution, the automatic transmission would later have made sense and was quite well-suited.

Rare 1970s Ferrari 400 Abandoned for 33 Years Is a Sad Sight

 It's another true story:

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/rare-1970s-ferrari-400-abandoned-for-33-years-is-a-sad-sight-232642.html#

For sale : 1984 Ferrari 400iA £49,999.00 | €58,519.43 | $62,247.11

Published both online and in the magazine:

 https://www.classicmotorsforsale.com/home/car-details/137654-1984-ferrari-400ia

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Alpine Rally 2023

A few cool photo's of a roadtrip story via https://www.instagram.com/duke_of_london/

Rally organised by https://www.acvillars.com/

Auction Bonhams : 1974 Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 Berlinetta

Just for the records and the mention of the 1st long term single family ownership (1974-2021):

"Most important was the double overhead cam engine. Like Rolls-Royce, no horsepower figure was quoted, but surely it was at least 320. More important was its massive amount of torque. Taken together with the turbine-like characteristics of the V12 engine, it mattered little which gear one was in or at what speed." – Stanley Nowak on the 356GT4 2+2, Ferrari on the Road.

Introduced towards the end of 1972, the 365 GT4 2+2 was the biggest and best equipped four-seater Ferrari so far. Flagship of the Maranello range, it reaffirmed Ferrari's determination to compete with the world's finest luxury saloons. Based on the preceding 365 GT 2+2, albeit lower, longer and wider, the newcomer was fitted with a four-cam version of the 4.4-litre V12 engine while retaining its predecessor's mechanical underpinnings. A total of only 524 had been completed by the time production ceased in 1976, of which only 94 were supplied to the UK.

A rare, right-hand drive, manual transmission model, this fine example of the ultimate Ferrari of its day was supplied new in the UK via Maranello Concessionaires to a Mr Hitcham of Warwickshire (since deceased). Delivered on 1st June 1974, the car was finished in Azzuro Hyperion with dark blue leather interior and had a base price of some £12,960, making it around £4,000 more expensive than a Daytona. The Ferrari was first registered on the private plate '9999 NX', which to this day remains the only registration it has ever carried.

When Mr Hitcham died in 2007 the Ferrari passed to his wife, its second keeper. In 2008, a Ferrari Classiche Inspection was carried out, confirming the car's matching numbers. In June 2021 a new clutch and stainless-steel exhaust system, including manifolds, were installed and an extensive service, including new HT leads, was carried out. Some 550 miles later (at 25,276 miles recorded), the Ferrari was purchased at a UK auction by the current vendor in 2021. A measure of this car's exceptional quality may be gauged from the fact that it won the Club Trophy at the Hampton Court Concours the following year.

https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/29331/preview-lot/5837653/1974-ferrari-365-gt4-22-berlinetta-chassis-no-17835-engine-no-17835/

1987 super saloons - Ferrari 412

 Just a one pager from 1987 for the records - magazine unknown.

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