Description
Key information:
Registration – 412 NUO
Automatic transmission 3 Speed
Milage – 31, 000
Chiaro Blu with Crema interior.
Registered - 01/ 03/ 1986
Former keepers – 6
(86-89 4 owners including two connected companies).
Lady owner stored the car with occasional use from 2002-2020.
30, 000 miles up to March 2002.
Recently brought up to good running condition ready for a new owner.
The desirable 412 Personal registration comes with it.
This example has a very low milage and has spent much of its recent life in storage.
The car also has a recent spend in February 2020 totalling £7254 on Brake master cylinder and hoses, rear calliper overhaul, both fuel pumps, brakes, rusty fuel pipes, MOT and service.
The 412:
There were only 576 412’s made by Ferrari. Of these 576, there were 85 UK RHD models, with only 61 still on the road, making them a serious contender for the last under-valued Ferrari model around.
The 412 was introduced in 1985 and was a technically improved and modernised version of the classic 365 GT4 and 400, whilst still retaining a timeless and elegant shape. With a displacement of nearly 5 litres, the V12 engine now produced a healthy 340 bhp and Bosch ABS was available for the first time in a Ferrari. The Ferrari 412i is the ultimate version of the 400-series of four-seat Grand Touring cars and remains highly respected for its performance, luxury and ease of operation.
This 1986 Ferrari 412 Automatic is an elegant and practical grand tourer, and a prime candidate to take pride of place in a collection. Equipped with a fuel-injected 4. 9-litre V12 engine that starts and runs smoothly, it is paired with a three-speed automatic transmission.
While the styling often splits opinion, the 400/ 412 design was a favourite of renowned motoring journalist L. J. K. Setright. Writing in CAR magazine in period, he described it as “one of the few most beautiful, and one of the two most elegant, bodies ever to leave the lead of Pininfarina's pencilling vision”.
Accompanied by its original handbook and various documents for original appliances, a toolkit and a good history file, this Ferrari 412 is a well-documented car that is ripe to take place in a collection. It is an enjoyable modern classic.
Condition –
Wings and paint
No un-slightly dents or scratches on the body work. This is a car with good, original body work. Some very small areas of bubbled corrosion.
Windows:
Coloured delamination of top centre of rear windscreen.
Lesser clear delamination of bottom of passenger side of front windscreen.
Condition interior and boot:
Interior seats, carpets and headlining in exceptional condition.
Slight dark colouration on the creases on the driver’s door side seat cushion.
Slight discolouration on the passenger side dashboard/ glove box.
Boot side carpets slightly detached in areas.
Exhaust
EXCEPTIONAL EXHAUST
Full stainless exhaust, including headers and 10 silencers in exceptional condition.
Tyres
Michelin TRX metric tyres, correct and original
Spare on original wheel included.
Hydraulic self-levelling ride working. Air-Con. Everything functioning well.
