1980 Ferrari 512BB Chassis 32237

Hmmmmm, I’m curious why this car sat for over 30 years......?

 

All original rear wheel flares? Driver’s door not too straight. Interesting bumpers.

 

LOTS.........of money to spend to bring that car right.

 

This has been up for a couple of weeks on CL and FBMP. Spoke to the seller yesterday, seems nice. Maybe I’ll pop over there for a look. Original wheels not available, stored in a barn since 1987. Motor turns. What do folks think it would take to make into something useable but still rough around the edges (not concourse)?

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/d/napa-1980-ferrari-512-bb-berlinetta/7266424180.html


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Spoke to the seller yesterday - it's his father's car, one of many in a collection. My guess is something else shiny got the attention.

 

Thanks Sam - my search skills obviously need an upgrade! I can do almost all of the work myself and have the time, so will go after this one. I enjoy working on cars even more than driving it seems.

 

I love carbed BB's.

I love this color combo, esepcially with the striped seats!

I used to have a bad habit of trying to rehabilitate stuff like this in the past. (As a retail customer)

Sadly I am not in the market these days.

GL to the seller!

 

I would do a fluid service and crank the thing up.......LOL!

Fix it where it hurts...that's one wild interior.

 

The flares do not look correct.

I wonder what has been Federalized, or not?

 

Yes it has the DOT bumpers

 

I was a dreamer in the Boxer market for awhile last year. I saw a few cars in this $225-$240k bracket that all needed some $30k or more of immediate servicing to get to what I thought was driver grade. Now all those cars were running cars in FAR better cosmetic shape than this poor thing is in.

Go look at Ratarossa's project Boxer on youtube. He paid $104k.

 

But he is missing its toolkit !

 

I get 225 is way too much for a non-runner. But I have the feeling he is patiently waiting for that one special buyer who DNGAF what he spends. I respect that technique, it's served me well on some car and house sales. Perhaps when he's grown bored of dozens of messages a day from craigslist and facebook he will look me in the eye and see someone equally patient, and he will blink first.

Ratarossa's BB had factory wheels, this one has BBS aftermarket uggos. I'll use a jedi mind trick to get scott to trade w me.

 

So much to look at on this car, hard to say where to start, forget the cosmetic side of things for a moment, but sodium exhaust valves and replace the diff carrier with one of Paul's units has got to be up there.
and then the "while we're in there" starts to creep in. The standard Borgo pistons, out, and down the rabbit hole we go.
Cooling system, brakes, shocks, rust to look at, then the interior.
I think I'm breaking out in a rash!

 

I think at 150K on this you can easily find yourself upside down if you have to pay retail for work. But it is Black/Red! Mmmmmm Black/Red....

This might be a fun one on BaT.

 

My 78 was stored indoors and in excellent cosmetic shape when I bought it in 2011, but had not be used much for years. It ran ok, but quickly developed a noise on one of the bearings behind a pulley which runs the timing belt. One lengthy engine out project later, it has 12 new 1mm over HC pistons (some liners were rusted!), new valves, new crank and rod bearings, new seals and gaskets, rebuilt carbs, plug wires and distributor cap, a new clutch, new coolant and heater hoses, refurbished a/c, overhauled brakes, replated hardware, all new suspension bushings, etc. I love the car and am pleased with the work, but it was a far better car to start with (no cosmetic or interior work needed) and still cost about $100,000 to bring back. My guess is that unless you can do much of the work yourself, this is a $150,000 project. Still, I look at those photos, think about a cool project to undertake and get itchy....

 

Just saw the ad running in Dallas, the listing went up to $230k. You don't often see flared fenders on Boxers, I guess that was more a group B rally thing. It's going to need a lot of love to make it a proper boxer again.

 

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/d/napa-1980-ferrari-512bb-berlinetta/7277956897.html

Maybe the seller thinks he can get more money for it from a Texas buyer.

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I visited this car in person a few weeks ago. The photos are a good representation of the car. The paint has micro bubbled all over the body and the owner indicated it was under a tarp in the weather for several years. The car is missing the front grille also, but the owner may have found it since my visit.

Koenig Clamshell?- Does anyone know if this is a Koenig rear Clamshell? The only other car I found on the internet with rear flares such as this was advertised as a Koenig clamshell. The Koenig car had transparent windows to make the carburetor velocity stacks visible. The Napa car's clamshell doesn't have the carb windows. These wheels also appear to be Koenig.

Stock Clamshell- What are the chances of finding a replacement stock clamshell without the exaggerated fender flares?

 

OMG, what a nightmare! I wouldn't go near this for anything over 70K. After paying for a '77 308 GTB restoration(#21039) that started in about the same shape as this, all I can say is good luck to someone!