http://www.motorclassiccorp.com/ferrari.html This 1989 Ferrari 328GTS is Rosso Corsa over a Tan Leather interior. The car has 64 original, one owner miles! It was incredibly well preserved in a climate controlled garage. It is evident there was very little temperature fluctuation in the storage environment because all the rubber is still in like new condition. This includes the original tires, which are excellent condition. The entire car is like new, including the interior, which smells brand new. The seats even retain their original dealer delivery plastic. The original cosmolene is still on the chassis and engine. Even the engine smells brand new. It runs, drives, looks and smells like a new car. It is a surefire preservation class winner and would be welcome at any event. We have all the original books and tools and the original window sticker. Overall, this is one of the lowest mileage collector cars we know of anywhere. It is one of the most remarkable survivors we have ever seen and warrants the attention of any enthusiast or collector.
Weird. Cool. Kind of sad. What's the story on this car? I wonder who's it was and how they resisted the urge to ever drive it.
A total and complete waste of time, money, and a car. And, the next sucker who buys it will probably do the same.
To me, pretty sad. I hope that someone buys it, services it and puts it on the road (but then again, I'm not an investor-owner ). Troubling if all of the '89 fluids are still in it. The guy states that the rubber is "like new", because maybe he hasn't looked at the inside.
I am sure it is for real. This was of course bought in the Ferrari frenzy of the '80s where people bought them just to speculate. And yes, it is sad - in a 40 year old virgin kind of way.
I've com across in another thread. If not driven soon, it should be in a museum, perhaps in Maranello. Asking price?
"This includes the original tires, which are excellent condition." Were the flat spots a factory option?
Personally I think that if it's gone this far it should continue to be preserved. If some one wants a car to drive why wast such a well preserved car? My only question would be, why sell now? Values are starting to rise. If this was purchased as an investment it may pay off in the next 5 or 10 years. Of course, the right collector would probably recognize the potential and the car may pull a good price even now.
Well why not use it? That's not wasting. Most really valueable Ferraris today (GTOs etc) are so valuable because they were once used as racecars or celebrity transport. They were wrecked, overrevved, parking dented, used to race, eaten in, had coffee stains in their leather, and probably even made out in. Its what makes them more interesting, not less. This one just sat in a garage for 23 years. Now that is interesting - not. To 'pay off' as an investment compared to back then, it would have to go to about 3 times the original purchase price - 1989 dollars bought you a lot more than todays'. But yes you're probably right, some strange charactered collector may one day see something in it. Still a waste though.
If the timing belts were replaced every 5 years, the shop must have been 6.4 miles away. This includes roundtrip mileage and next belt change would be due 2014, after which the mileage would be 76.8 miles.
Mama mia she's beautiful (ignoring the convex rims that is)!..uh in a 40 year old virgin kind a way LOL great for display but for me not being able to drive it is akin to being stranded on an island with a bottle of water and never being able to drink it
Preserved or not, there is no way that car doesn't need a ton of work sitting for that long. Even if the rubber looks to be in good shape, it's still 23 years old. It wasn't built to sit that long. First thing would be new belts, tires, etc... I agree, I doubt they trailered the thing somewhere just to have belts done. Gorgeous car none the less.
Judgement aside that center console is AMAZING to look at in that pristine state. The grease on the throttle assembly too.
Great, a 1:1 scale model... That said Ferrari historians should be all over this car to see how an original car looks like.
The 64 miles would've been test miles at the factory, so it either hasn't been driven at all since sold or someone disconnected the odometer while spinning around the block. An $80k conversation starter in your garage is about all this is.
