1981 Ferrari Other for sale

First sold in Europe this Boxer was brought into the United States in early 1981. No Berlinetta Boxer was ever sold new in North Americaand#44; as Enzo Ferrari did not believe it to be worth the cost of federalizing. Ferrari Compliance of Santa Anaand#44; CA imported the car and had it modified to US specification for around $16and#44;000. With an original list price of around $40k for the 512BBand#44; and an additional $16k for federalizing it looks like Enzo may have been right.

33971 was first offered for sale by Ron Tonkin Ferrari in Portlandand#44; OR in April of 1981. Frank Kawalkowskiand#44; a San Francisco commercial real estate broker and Ferrari collectorand#44; would be the first owner of the silver Boxer. After over a decade of ownershipand#44; in 1994 he would put the car up for sale with 48and#44;000 kilometers (29and#44;826 miles) on the clock. The next ownerand#44; another Californianand#44; would keep the car until 1997 when it would move on to its third ownerand#44; Ray Hartman of Santa Barbaraand#44; CA.

In 1998 the Boxer would be sent to Sal Garcias Waterfront Automobili in San Francisco for paint and leather. In 2001 the car would go to Symbolic Motors in San Diegoand#44; CA for major service including updating the Boxer mechanicalsand#44; gearbox and suspension to 512 BBLM specs. During this period of restoration the kilometer odometer was replaced with one showing milesand#44; and was reset to zero. Canepa would acquire the car from Hartman in late 2004 and put it into inventory.

Canepa sold this car to its last owner in 2005. He purchased the car showing 1238 miles on the odometer. Over the past 9 years he put on just about 11and#44;000 milesand#44; and during that time the car was maintained by both Ferrari of Seattle and Canepa. Some of the work included having the carburetors rebuiltand#44; all the shocks rebuiltand#44; a new radiatorand#44; cooling system serviceand#44; and regular timing belt services. The transmission was rebuilt by Bob Wallaceand#44; famous Lamborghini test driver and owner of Bob Wallace Cars in Phoenixand#44; AZ.

Right after coming through our doors the Boxer was partially disassembled so that the chassisand#44; frameand#44; engineand#44; transmissionand#44; belly pansand#44; suspensionand#44; and wheel wells could be inspectedand#44; hand cleanedand#44; and detailed. Over 350 hours of mechanical service and concours detail work were performed over the past few months until the car finally met our standards. Mechanical highlights include a complete timing belt serviceand#44; valve adjustmentand#44; water pump rebuildand#44; and all the gauges were cleaned and restored.

Now this rare Berlinetta Boxer presents as new; a flawless example of what Road and Track called the best all-around sports and GT they had ever tested.

The Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer was introduced in 1973 to replace the 365 GTB/4. Designed by Leonardo Fioravantiand#44; it was a radical departure from the front-engined Daytona in design and purpose. Enzo Ferrari felt that a mid-engined road car would be too difficult for his buyers to handleand#44; and it took many years for his engineers to convince him to adopt the layout. This attitude began to change as the marque lost its racing dominance in the late 1950s to mid-engined competitors. In the late 60s Ferrari finally allowed the production of the mid-engined Dino road carsand#44; but only if they used the less powerful 6-cylinder engineand#44; and not carry the Ferrari badge. Real Ferraris had 12 cylinders.

The 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer was the first mid-engine Ferrari badged street car. In 1976 the 365 GT4/BB was updated as the 512 BBand#44; resurrecting the name of the earlier Ferrari 512 racer. The engine was larger at 4942ccand#44; had an increased