Lot details Registration No: RUD111P Chassis No: 46755 Mot Expiry: Oct 2004
It was from 1960 that Ferrari, a mainly competition car orientated manufacturer, became a significant producer of road cars. Such was the demand that by 1965 road car production exceeded one per day!
In 1980, the Ferrari GT4 received a makeover and became the Mondial 8 with Pininfarina-designed and manufactured body with a longer wheelbase. This was actually the Modena manufacturer's first attempt at producing a 'world car' - for to meet increasingly green emission controls, the 3-litre V8 was fed by more efficient fuel injection. Meeting export market exhaust regs, however, resulted in a reduction in power and torque. To counter this, the engineers in the Maranello factory came up with a Quattrovalvoli (4-valves per cylinder) motor option for the Mondial from 1982. A cabriolet version was launched in 1983, the first rag-top Ferrari had offered their clients since the Daytona convertible.
The Mondial offered here, a QV cabriolet made in Northern Italy in 1983, had a thought to be genuine 53,900 miles displayed on the odometer when entered for this sale. The RUD 111P cherished registration currently on the car is included. Eight previous MOT test pass certificates are included within the documents file, the current MOT not requiring renewal until the end of October 2004.
The current open bodywork is described as being good, red paintwork fair, interior in red and tan very good, 3-litre V8 motor in very good order and 5-speed manual gearbox good.
PLEASE NOTE: We have ascertained that, providing the chassis number is correct, that this vehicle must be a fixed head example converted to a cabriolet. There is no information suggesting this has been done either originally or subsequently in Europe and therefore we assume that any alterations have taken place outside the EEC.
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