Ferrari Mailing List: Re: BaT: 1981 Ferrari 400i 5-speed

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

Um....NO....there were many 5-speed manuals built.  My mechanic spent the summer resurrecting one such car while finishing my 308 up.  They're a royal handful to get 'right' if they've been neglected.  The single-distributor and points setup alone is an 'art', as is the electrical diagnostics for the fuel and ignition systems.  A patient person with an electrical/engineering background can handle it, however.  There just aren't that many people looking for the challenge that these models can bring, considering that a person can spend the same amount of money to get a reasonably-sorted 328 in their garage. 

 

I'd look at these cars as being $40K cars all-day-long.  Might be bought for $25K, but will need another $15K in work to get things running correctly.  However, the back seats and the trunk are quite spacious and the lines are really nice.  Some of the service-areas of the 400's flat 12-cylinder engine are VERY difficult to access, the layout in the engine bay is not what one would consider logical or well thought-out.  My mechanic friend told me he spent about as much time cursing at the car as he did working on it, and he can assemble a Boxer's engine in his sleep....

 

M

 

 

--- On Sat, 12/29/12, Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:

From: Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] BaT: 1981 Ferrari 400i 5-speed
To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 11:27 AM

Dennis - ALL 4001's are GM automatics.  They are all the same except for the
differences. <g>
DOUG



-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Liu [mailto:bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 8:25 AM
To: DOUG
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] BaT: 1981 Ferrari 400i 5-speed

This was on Bring a Trailer this morning.  There can't be THAT MANY 5-speed
400i Ferraris out there, no?

http://bringatrailer.com/2012/12/29/1981-ferrari-400i-5-speed/

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