Grrr, my 348 search.

What's that about those who wait?

A few years ago I set out on a search for a blk/tan '88 Mondial 3.2 Coupe. Even though I repeatedly mentioned "black" and Coupe" lots of well wishers offered info on red cabriolets instead.

I even tried to buy from existing owners here on FerrariChat, to no avail (they know how awesome the car is).

Finally, after 5 years of intensive searching (offered a $1000 finder's fee as well) a blk/red Coupe shows up on ebay out of Georgia.

After about a year or two of ownership I learned that only 35 Coupes (all colors) were imported in 1988.

 

Not too many Silver with Bordeaux interiors were manufactured, it took me 2 years to find the right one.
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Seems like Ferrari called it a few things through out the years, red on 348's bordeaux on 550's...

 

Looks good in silver!

 

Secretly lurking and posting the in 348 section I see.

Something you want to tell us Adam?

 

It's always been called Bordeaux hasn't it?

Going all the way back to the 60's.

The 348 interior is definitely Bordeaux, not red in colour.

 

Good luck finding a silver one. I wanted a silver 355 GTB manual in the worst way and it was impossible to find. I settled for red. I would probably sell or trade if I found one

 

I can't answer your question exactly but I have 845 US 348 ts' in my database. Of those, three are silver with red. You could be waiting a while.

Jonathan

 

And there you have it.

 

I know a guy in San Diego with a silver/red (Bordeaux) 348 ts, I think it is a 91 model. He doesn't drive it much anymore - if you are a serious buyer, I'll ask him if he is considering selling and put you guys in touch as he is not on F-chat.

 

Currently for sale on copart, there is a silver 355gtb, but it has a tan interior, that's got to be rare , and not in a good way.

 

Jonathan, do you have the color breakdown posted online somewhere? I'd be very interested to see it.

 

I don't but what do you want? Here is US 348 ts breakdown (as percentages since I don't know what proportion of cars are in my database):

348 ts (US only)

Black - 16.2%
Blue - 2.1 %
Green - 0.3%
Grey - 1.3 %
Red - 65.6%
Silver - 1.8%
White - 6.0%
Yellow - 6.7%

I'll do the same for 348 tbs in a moment.

Jonathan

 

348 tb (US only) - a lot fewer US tbs than ts' in my database (227 vs 845)

Black - 16.4%
Blue - 3.0 %
Green - 0.0%
Grey - 0.7 %
Red - 62.7%
Silver - 3.0%
White - 3.7%
Yellow - 9.7%

Jonathan

 

Thank you for the info, Jonathan. That's exactly what I was looking for.

 

Cool info. I had no idea the Grigio cars were that rare.

 

He is considering selling - contact info emailed to you, hope you guys can work something out! LMK if you come into town, Stone brewery is about 5 minutes away from where the car is located, maybe we can grab a beer if time permits.

 

Good luck with your search Brian!