Lot details Registration No: D500GUV Chassis No: ZFFAA17C000065933 Mot Expiry: June 2005
Ferrari's Testarossa flagship was a sensation when unveiled to the world's motoring press and top car punters at the Paris Salon in 1984. With low drag and supremely functional, and devoid of added aerofoils, though with half a dozen strakes cut into the flanks to cool the twin radiators located in front of each rear wheel, the Pininfarina-styled supercar's appearance was certainly controversial.
However, although the rest of the bodywork was fashioned from aluminium, the employment of galvanised steel for doors, roof and bulkheads promised owners greater longevity with added strength. A longer wheelbase, wider track and revised double wishbone coil-over suspension resulted in better handling. Interior space was greater, with the Testarossa driver benefiting from an adjustable steering column. Importantly for the Italian manufacturer's dollar earnings, this was the first twelve-cylinder Ferrari to be marketed in the US for a decade.
This Testarossa, a right-hand drive two-door with Pininfarina-fashioned two-door coupe, was built in the Maranello works in Northern Italy in 1987. The H R Owen supplied single mirror fixed head has centre-lock alloys and is in possession of full service history.
According to the entrant, the GT is sound both cosmetically and mechanically with paintwork in traditional Rossa Corsa and magnolia hide interior said to be in good condition, and 4942cc twelve-cylinder engine and five-speed manual transmission reportedly also in good order. The 39,000 miles displayed when entered for the sale is believed by the vendor to be the genuine total mileage for this exotic and high powered Italian from new.
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