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Ferrari 365 GTC4 In 1971 Ferrari produced the 365 GTC4 to appeal to a different market than the racy GTB4 Daytona. This was a 2+2 with a small pair of rear seats that were useful as extra luggage space but air conditioning and power steering made it more useable car for everyday motoring. It was an exceptionally nice car to drive & its initial harsh reception as "Il gobbone" (The humpback) soon softened after a short test drive. In a production run touching three years only 508 cars were built of which, according to Hilary Rabb's book, only 38 were right hand drive cars. My car is one of these much rarer RHD versions This is the story of MPB 130K & this site records the dismantling and subsequent restoration of this 1972 Ferrari 365 GTC4 VIN 15989.
Registration number MPB 130K Maranello UK order number 550 Original Body colour Grigio Le Sancy
Argento 2.443.048
Repainted Blue Sera Metallic 106-A-18. March 2002 Interior Light Blue Connolly hide VM3015
Factory build number 238 First registered 13th July 1972 in Surrey, England. I bought MPB 130K in October in 1998 and this is a detailed account of its restoration. It had a number of owners in its early life but the last owner kept the car & maintained it quite well for more than 22 years. After dismantling down to the last nut and bolt I then began the painstaking task of putting it all back together. It was a great enterprise but an extraordinary amount of time must be devoted to a project like or years disappear. I have been working my car for the past 5 years & the car was back on the road after seven years. It was well worth the wait Contact: naiyvel@tesco.net Website: www.ferrari365gtc4.co.uk/ Ownership History I thought this information might be really difficult to find but it turned out to be an simple exercise. A £5.00 cheque together with the VIN and registration numbers to the Fee Paying Section of the DVLC in Swansea produced the desired result. Three weeks later I received a printout of the main file entry and a photocopy of the original registration document. The complete ownership history listed below was mine for £5 & one letter! Mann & Co. 13 July 1972. Weybridge, England. as SA 132
Michael Leighton. 15 February 1974. Shropshire, England,
Albion Advertising Ltd. 23rSeptember 1975, Lichfield, England. Donald Keith Moon.10 March 1976.London, England. Ian Levy. 18th October 1998. Manchester England.
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