Lot details Registration No: J244WOB Chassis No: ZFFKA35C000093466 Mot Expiry: April 2016
- 1 of just 130 UK-supplied examples
- Recent new clutch and cambelts
- Original toolkit and 44,000 recorded miles
Further Info:
`J244 WOB' is a rare right-hand drive example of Ferrari's increasingly sought-after 348 TB model (just 130 of which were UK-supplied) and is very tidily presented in the classic combination of Rosso Corsa teamed with a Tan hide interior. The history file contains evidence of recent replacements to both the cambelts and clutch, plus details of the previous keepers and sundry old MOTs; as well one valid well into 2016. The Prancing Horse is now being sold complete with its original tool kit and is considered by the vendor to have `good' bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, V8 engine and five-speed manual gearbox. Its odometer currently registers an unwarranted but credible 44,049 miles.
Ferrari considered mid-engined technology when replacing the 275 GTB - Lamborghini had already declared their hand with the prototype Miura - but were concerned how customers might cope with the related handling of so large and powerful a car. The ensuing Dino therefore represented their first foray into the mid-engined road car market, a line then successfully followed with the 308, 328 and 348. First seen at the 1989 Frankfurt Motorshow, the Pininfarina-penned 348TB (Berlinetta) and 348TS (Spider) were the first series-production Ferraris to feature a steel monocoque chassis as opposed to a tubular frame, and a robotized production line was installed at the Scaglietti works in Modena to produce the new shells. The newcomer shared a number of components with the Mondial, not least: the longitudinally placed 3405cc quad-cam 32-valve V8 engine and transverse (hence the T in the name) five-speed manual gearbox. Cradled in its own subframe, the V8 developed 300bhp and 238 lb ft of torque - sufficient to propel the 348 to 60mph in 5.4 seconds and to a top speed of 170mph. A total of 8,844 348s are understood to have been produced before the model was superseded by the 355 in 1994.
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