ferrari 412-in england first owner keith downs

According to the DVLA the last road tax on the car expired on 1st August 1992 so it's either been scrapped or taken out of the country.

 

Chassis #80688 was the only RHD, Red with Crema interior 412 manual produced, currently in Australia.
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Actually F693 NVX is #79138, and it's in New Zealand with the appropriate registration 412 GT.
It has a beige, not crema interior, hence the confusion.
I have seen some photos of it at a car show quite recently but can't find the link right now.

 

It has been in New Zealand for the last 20 years. It was for sale through Continental Car Services in Auckland in 2006.

Jonathan

Edit: Beaten to it by David in the post above

 

Found the link now, a couple of photos on Flickr, taken 2 March 2013.

Still looks very nice.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=ferrari+1988+412gt

 

The data I have (from Maranello archives UK) indicates that 79138 was ordered with a blu interior ( strange combination !! ) Perhaps the data is wrong, or someone changed the interior color very early on?

Chassis............Ext colour..........Interior Colour........Dash.....................Carpet
79138.............Rosso Corsa......Blu 3218 hide.........Nero 8500 hide.....Beige


M

 

Maybe blue carpets?

 

Perhaps, as blue carpets where relatively common: 8 of the 24 RHD manuals had blue carpets.

M

 

VM 3218 is beige not blue.

Jonathan

 

Indeed it is !
The data came directly from Tony Willis.

M

 

In case it's of any interest, the car had only 24304 (miles?) showing on its odometer on January 20 this year. It is currently licensed and tested. It was first registered in New Zealand on 2 May 1995. As Jonathan pointed out, it looks like it last changed hands in 2006.

 

Unfortunately not...though prices have increased significantly since 2006. To give you an idea, Rardley Motors have just sold a black RHD manual with 57,500 miles that was advertised at £35,000, and there is another black RHD manual for sale in Ireland for £40,000 with 48,000 miles on the clock.
Is it a car you used to know? I am just curious as to why the interest.

 

Thanks for sharing, I thought there might be an interesting story behind your curiosity.

 

Hi

Here you go. I took this in New Zealand in 2002. Quite literally, I was walking along a street(in Auckland I'd guess) and walked past this car!

I did see the car as F693NVX in Chislehurst in Kent in the UK when it was in the UK. I'd been told it left the UK for NZ in 1995 too.

Robert W
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Who is Keith Downs?

 

He is some old geezer who used to own a 412.

 

Check. I suppose the same will be said of me some day.


Since a name was dropped I thought perhaps it was somebody of note. Drew a blank @ Google.