1982 Ferrari 512 BBi for sale on BaT Auctions

This 1982 Ferrari 512 BBi is one of 1,007 fuel-injected examples produced over a four-year production run. Chassis 38835 underwent refurbishment work by Paul Newman at Newman Automotive R&D in Minesing, Ontario, from 2021 to 2023 prior to being brought to the US, where it was further serviced by Team CJ of Austin, Texas. Finished in Rosso Corsa over tan leather, the car is powered by a 4.9-liter F110A flat-12 linked with a five-speed manual transaxle and a limited-slip differential. It rides on center-lock metric five-spoke wheels and features a front lip spoiler and a high-mount rear wing along with pop-up headlights coupled with fog lights. Inside, Daytona-style seats are accompanied by a Nardi steering wheel and a gated shifter as well as Borletti air conditioning and a Pioneer cassette stereo. Now showing 30k kilometers (~19k miles), this 512 BBi is offered by the selling dealer in Vero Beach, Florida, with manufacturer’s literature, tools, spare and removed parts, and a clean Texas title. The Berlinetta Boxer model was styled by Pininfarina’s Leonardo Fioravanti and was 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, intake covers, and side mirrors. Pop-up headlights with yellow-lens lamps are paired with fog lights up front, and additional details include an aluminum hood grille, NACA side ducts, and quad polished exhaust outlets. The lower rear grille was replaced in 2021, the undersides of the hood and engine cover were repainted in 2022, a replacement hood badge w