Bonhams Auction ResultsCarmel, California August 14, 2014 |
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1981 Ferrari 512 Boxer Berlinetta Le Mans Endurance Racing |
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Sold For: $990,000 This Boxer Berlinetta Le Mans was assembled initially as a rolling chassis under the supervision of Gaetano Florini at Ferrari's customer Assistenza Clienti division in Modena. It is one of the so-called third series of 16 512 BB/LM competition Berlinettas – several of which would never be raced but would instead sell direct into Ferrari collections around the world. Chassis '25229' now offered here, however, was very much a real race car, and in April, 1981, it was delivered brand-new to Fabrizio Violati's Scuderia Bellancauto workshops in Rome. Specialist engineer Armando Palanca, assisted by Roberto Lippi and the Ferrari factory's renowned veteran chief mechanic Giulio Borsari, then embarked upon an intensive programme of development and individual modification to create the definitive Ferrari BBB512 – Berlinetta Boxer Bellancauto. Uniquely sophisticated 5-litre flat-12 engined aerodyne Veteran of not just one Le Mans 24-Hours race – but two Also competed at World Championship level at Monza and Mugello Offered after 23 years in the Collezione Maranello Rosso A highly individualized 200mph Boxer Berlinetta/Le Mans |