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#1 ·
Just seen this 365 come up for sale in Switzerland. Looks very nice (although reality could be different up close).

FERRARI GT4/BB, Occasion, Benzin, 53'465 km,CHF 178'000 - AutoScout24

Power output on the 365 is quoted as 380...anyone know what the actual figure was/is?

Given that so few 365s were made, the prices do seem pretty reasonable (especially if you look at its predecessor).
 
#3 ·
Spencer, I have seen and driven that car 3 years ago when it was with the previous owner. I already talked yesterday to the present owner which I know as well.
Now, the present owner (as the one before) are very nice and careful, knowledgeable persons. When I drove the car 3 years ago, it was fast, great on cams and had the steel tubes braking system. Veeeery efficient but not homologated in Switzerland (you would need to have it examined and prooved by the Swiss Strassenverkehrsamt). The car still has those tubes.
The car has a wrong front grille, wrong front ventilators, wrong air ducts/filters above the intake, a modern radio in the cabin, and some small unnecessary painted details wrongly. Also the present owner told me that he will take care for slightly oil leaking cam axle points and give it a full service including the belts change.
This car original was Pozzi blue (great BB colour btw).
Now I know this sounds like a lot of downs but it is not. I have driven 4 365 BB in my live and this one was by far the best running of them all. Its a rocket "on cam". With the car comes a huge file of restauration material/photos as the whole body, chassis, engine was restored about 10 years ago. Additionally the interior has been restored as well. Give it a little love towards restoring full originality and you have a great BB.

Thats all I can say AND that the seller is very trustfull. Good luck !:crowngrin:
 
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#5 ·
Thanks for that. Sounds very interesting. I wish this had been on the market before I bought the CS as I don't think I could justify changing cars so quickly to my wife (and even for me it would be too soon). I wonder if my neighbor would rent me his other spare space.....ahhhh...better get such thoughts out of my mind or I will really be in trouble!!

Out of interest, how much do you think it would cost to bring it back to full originality (including painting blue)?
 
#4 ·
Spencer- Actual hp figure from the owner's manual is 344 hp SAE net. Daytona is quoted at 352 hp SAE net. You can download a BB owners manual from ferraridatabase.com.
 
#15 ·
Schnellmann, I have no time now to go through your posts and I'll be away for a while sailing until the end of next week.

But I just wanted to let you know that my car is available for a test drive in Exeter, should you want to pursue the 365BB and want to drive one. Mine is running very sweetly indeed at the moment.


Onno



 
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#16 ·
Schnellmann, I have no time now to go through your posts and I'll be away for a while sailing until the end of next week.

But I just wanted to let you know that my car is available for a test drive in Exeter, should you want to pursue the 365BB and want to drive one. Mine is running very sweetly indeed at the moment.


Onno
Hi Onno

Thanks. That is a very gracious offer. Would love to take you up on it....although logistics might be fun given our respect locations.

Have a good time with the sailing.

Regards

Spencer
 
#17 ·
Oh Spencer, forgot to mention, the 365 BB which you started the thread about initially: Before restoration, the car burned partially down:cry:, thats why it was totally restored. The previous owner was a Swiss insurance specialist and (I believe) bought it with that partially burned status from his insurance/employer as a partial wreck and rebuilded it over the years. Just to complete the story.
 
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#19 ·
OK. That perhaps explains why it didn't sell. It is exactly that sort of point that worries me about buying a classic Ferrari (any classic really) is that there could be some skeleton hidden in the cupboard that only surfaces after you've bought it!
 
#22 ·
212, Boxer- Agreed. Some of the histories of the 250 GTOs and 250 LMs are pretty scary. I think there were three LMs with the same serial number for a while, all with original parts from a heavily crashed car. Someone could have gotten rich buying up old wrecked Ferraris and piling them in a barn, if we had only known.
 
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