20-Years-Owned 1984 Ferrari 512 BBi

This 1984 Ferrari 512 BBi is one of 1,007 fuel-injected examples produced during a four-year production run and was imported to the US in December 1983. The car is finished in Rosso Corsa over tan leather and is powered by a 4.9-liter F110A flat-12 linked with a five-speed manual transaxle and a limited-slip differential. It features pop-up headlights as well as yellow-lens fog lights and rides on center-lock metric five-spoke alloy wheels fitted over ventilated disc brakes at all four corners. Inside, Daytona-style seats are accompanied by a Pioneer cassette stereo and Borletti air conditioning along with a MOMO steering wheel coupled with a gated shifter. Chassis 47565 was acquired by the current owner in 1995 and last underwent a major service in 2021. This 512 BBi is now offered on dealer consignment with manufacturer’s literature, service records, a tool kit, a car cover, spare parts, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Florida title.

The Berlinetta Boxer model was styled by Pininfarina’s Leonardo Fioravanti and introduced at the 1971 Turin Auto Show. The car features a steel-paneled cabin section paired with a tubular chassis. Aluminum is incorporated for the front and rear clamshells and door panels, while the lower panels are fiberglass. The 512 BBi variant was introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1981. The cars were not officially offered in the US, though some were imported and federalized in-period via the gray market.

This example is finished in Rosso Corsa and features a body-color front lip spoiler along with a black high-mount rear wing and intake covers. Pop-up headlights are paired with yellow-lens fog lights up front, and additional details include door-mounted Vitaloni mirrors, NACA side ducts, and quad exhaust outlets.

Center-lock 415mm five-spoke wheels are mounted with 240/55 Michelin TRX tires. The 512 BBi features a fully independent suspension with unequal-length double wishbones, anti-roll bars fore and aft, and Koni shocks all around with a double coilover setup out back. Service in May 2015 included rebuilding the steering rack and overhauling the brake master cylinder and calipers in addition to replacing the ventilated discs at all four corners.

The Daytona-style seats are upholstered in tan leather, which extends to the center console and door panels. A Ferrari-branded Pioneer AM/FM cassette stereo is mounted in the center of the dash and connected to a graphic equalizer to the left of the steering column. Further amenities include Borletti air conditioning as well as three-point seatbelts and power windows. Work in April 2021 involved replacing the air conditioning dryer, compressor, pressure switch, and expansion valve.

The three-spoke MOMO steering wheel is paired with a dogleg-pattern gated shifter and frames Veglia instrumentation including a retrofitted 200-mph speedometer and a tachometer with a 7k-rpm redline as well as a clock and auxiliary readouts that extend to either side of the instrument binnacle. The speedometer was replaced under current ownership in 1998 at 14k miles. The replacement odometer was set to zero upon installation and now shows 9k miles. Approximately 17k miles are believed to have been added by the current owner. The Carfax report notes 10k- and 13k-mile entries in 1995 and 1998, respectively.

The 4.9-liter F110A flat-12 features Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection utilizing twin CIS fuel distributors and was factory rated at 340 horsepower. The car last underwent a major service in April 2021 at Tim Stanford Foreign Cars, Inc. of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Work at that time involved changing the timing belts, cleaning the injectors, rebuilding the water pump, replacing the spark plugs, and resealing the exhaust ports. The selling dealer replaced the fuel pumps and regulators.

Power is routed to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual transaxle and a limited-slip differential. Work in May 2015 involved installing a replacement clutch kit as well as replacing the clutch release bearing, slave cylinder bracket, and hydraulic cylinders. The transaxle seals were changed in April 2021.

Manufacturer’s literature, copies of federalization documents, a tool kit, and a removed 200-mph speedometer are included in the sale along with a car cover that can be viewed in the gallery.

The Carfax report is free of accidents or other reported damage from its first entry in August 1995.