• Delivered new in Germany
• Koenig body kit
• UK resident since 2015 (taxes paid)
• Standing unused for 10 years
• Requires recommissioning

Having reasserted itself at the top of the supercar hierarchy with the first 'Boxer' - the 365 GTB/4 BB - Ferrari went one better with its successor, the 512 BB.

For the new Boxer, Ferrari abandoned its long-standing practice of denoting a model by the capacity of an individual cylinder and adopted the Dino-type nomenclature where '512' indicates 5 litres/12 cylinders.

Displacement was increased by enlarging both bore and stroke, while in addition the compression ratio was raised and dry-sump lubrication adopted.

The result of all these changes was a useful increase in torque which, coupled with revised gear ratios, made the 512 more tractable.



Changes to Pininfarina's inspired coachwork were, not surprisingly, few.

The running gear likewise came in for only minor revision while the already excellent all-round ventilated disc brakes remain...