Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Good Afternoon

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Apparently the Italians really like the 400/412 as well.  I just
returned from Italy and saw a *lot* of these cars in for
complete restorations, including 3 of them in Ferrari's own
factory restoration shop.  Couldn't be cheap, but at least
a half dozen owners must think it worth it.

Hans.

On 12/8/07, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com> wrote:
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>
> Hoses that run in the V of the 550 engine fail because of the heat (I
> imagine that's even worse in the USA where its warmer than good old UK temps!)
> About 8-10 hours work to replace them. Only other issue is cost of parts. A
> radiator is 6-7 thousand pounds here in the UK (that's about 12,000 US.). I do
> know several people that have used the hell out of them and they are pretty
> durable.
>
> Don't forget the lowly 400/412 series cars. You may not know this cause
> there are few in the states and probably fewer that know how to work on them 
> but
> these things will do HIGH miles with very few problems. 70-80 thousand miles
> cars are common here and they still run strong. The engine/drivetrain of this
> series Ferrari is amazingly robust. Remember this was a car built for daily
> use  and with a 17 year build history they did have time to get the things
> right.
>
> Britt