Chassis No.

35409


Engine No.

00797


Transmission No.

813



Chassis number 35409 was completed in January 1981 as one of the final carbureted 512 BBs, its 4.9-liter F102B flat-twelve fed by four triple-barrel Weber carburetors.

Like many of its exotic contemporaries that were never sold through official channels in the United States, the Boxer was imported stateside and federalized.

A plaque in the door jamb notes that Auto Palace Sales, Inc.

of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, carried out the conversion work.

A copy of the original sales invoice on file, dated 18 May 1981, records the sale of chassis 35409 through Auto Place, noting the finish as red over black, at a cash price of $90,000 to an out-of-state buyer.

The accompanying odometer disclosure noted a reading of 400 kilometers at the point of federalization.



Its first owner, a collector in Dallas, Texas, retained the car for the next 33 years and scarcely drove it, reportedly keeping it in storage with the protective ...