Pierio Lardi Ferrari's 400i GT Just Crossed the Auction Block

Jasonberkeley · Apr 23, 2021

https://silodrome.com/ferrari-400-gti/

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26125/lot/108/

Looks like it sold for $83k at Bonhams earlier today.

Maeter1 · Apr 23, 2021

I looked at bidding on it, but instead found a carbureted 400GT, more to come this weekend as I should be picking her up tomorrow morning...

Jasonberkeley · Apr 23, 2021

Maeter1 said: ↑

I looked at bidding on it, but instead found a carbureted 400GT, more to come this weekend as I should be picking her up tomorrow morning...
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Very cool! Congrats! Share some pictures, please!

Ak Jim · Apr 23, 2021

Was the price increased because of who first bought the car and if so by how much?

roger21 · Apr 24, 2021

Increased? 69000 € just sounds « normal » for a manual, doesn’t it?

samsaprunoff · Apr 24, 2021

Just Adding Doc...

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Sam

1983 Ferrari 400i GT
Color: Blu Ribot Exterior with Tan Interior
Mileage: 118 000 km
Location: Monte Carlo
VIN: ZFFEB07B000046017
Chassis: 46017

Sold for € 69,000 (US$ 83,255) inc. premium

First owned by Piero Lardi Ferrari
1983 Ferrari 400i GT 2+2 Coupé
Chassis no. ZFFEB07B000046017
• Delivered new from the factory to Ing. Piero Lardi Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari's second and only living son
• The only example to feature a higher console/third rear seat instead of the central armrest on the rear bench, believed especially ordered by Piero Lardi
• Originally Blu Ribot with beige interior
• Desirable manual gearbox and fuel injection
• Sold through famous Belgian Ferrari importer Jacques Swaters of Garage Francorchamps in 1986
• Period photograph with Piero Lardi and this Ferrari 400i, as well as Francorchamps' invoice on file
• Only three registered owners from new, the last one for over 30 years
• Highly original example

One of only 571 manual transmission examples out of 1,810 (carburettor and injection) models produced, chassis number '46017' was delivered new to Ing. Piero Lardi, as confirmed by factory correspondence on file. It is believed this is the only Ferrari 400 with an optional third rear seat (or higher centre console) replacing the standard central armrest. A photograph of Piero Lardi behind the wheel is on file, taken in 1983 at Imola by Marcel Massini. We have been advised that Piero Lardi travelled some 35,000 kilometres with his 400i between 1983 and 1986.

In 1986 Piero Lardi sold the Ferrari to Jacques Swaters of the famous Garage Francorchamps in Brussels, Belgium. Philippe Lancksweert remembers driving the car back from Italy to Belgium for Garage Francorchamps but more importantly he remembers Jacques Swaters driving the Ex-Piero Lardi 400i to Hungary for the first Grand Prix at the Hungaroring near Budapest. In October 1986, Jacques Swaters sold the car to a Belgian lady residing in Monaco, at which time the odometer reading was 43,177 kilometres. The car was used frequently and only two years later had covered some additional 60,000 kilometres.

In January 1989 the Ferrari was sold again, on this occasion through Ferrari Garage Monza in Ghent to the current lady owner with a genuine 106,000 kilometres recorded. Currently showing 118,000 kilometres on the odometer (12,000 kilometres in more than 30 years), the car is now being used much less frequently, which is why it is looking for another custodian.
The Ferrari has always been serviced with Garage Monza since 1989, as confirmed by them (some older invoices are on file). It has a lovely original interior and is presented in good, unmolested original condition, benefiting from professional detailing carried out recently. The car comes with the following:

Correspondence between Garage Monza and the Ferrari factory regarding the car's history.
Correspondence with Garage Francorchamps dated January 1989 confirming production figures; Piero Lardi Ferrari's ownership; and the approximate odometer reading of 35,000 kilometres in 1986
Certificate of Conformity dated 1986 when the car arrived in Belgium with Garage Francorchamps.
Sales invoice from Garage Francorchamps to the second registered owner, Mme Doris Helewaut, dated October 1986 (Belgium to Monaco).
Sales invoice to the current owner dated January 1989 (Monaco to Belgium).
Service invoices: 01/1993 and 07/1997 (replacement timing belts); Dinitrol treatment in February 1990.
Spare keys and tool kit.
Current Belgian registration documents (please note a clerical error recording the chassis number prefix as 'ZFFGB' instead of the correct 'ZFFEB').
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3500 GT · Apr 24, 2021

Seems very reasonable for a real Ferrari! -Wink-

JLF · Apr 25, 2021

Cool car seems like a good price!!!

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