FOUND 1981 Ferrari 512 BB sitting for over 30 years 

When all the kids my age dreamed of the Countach, I dreamed of the 512 BB. Sammy Hagar made the desire even worse with his Video. What a find!

Sitting for 30 years and not one spider web. If he kept it detailed surely he would have kept it running. This vid is all acted out.

Every time I see the BB512, I think of Sammy Hagars, "I Can't Drive 55" video.

I can understand keeping it mint... but why not start if up once a month, maybe take it for a small drive around the farm a few times a year?

I had a picture of this car on my wall as a kid. Its proportions still sing.

If he wants 400K for it, he can get it, but he needs to take the risk in servicing and getting it running and anything it may need. Almost 40 years off the road - who's to say something isn't locked up internally. Buyer is taking all the risk. I even wonder if 350K is too high a risk.

Very cool. Always loved the 512. Closest I got was my aunts 1987 328GTB black on black. Was lucky to drive it around La Jolla ever so briefly each time I would go visit during the summers for about an hour. So I peaked in ‘87

My first Ferrari was a 365BB in the late 70's. So, a major soft spot here for the BB. Yes, major concern about old tires.

I love that he's not lost his Belfast accent. Top man, so he is.

Back in the 80s I found a Lamborghini Miura rotting in a field behind a gas station. Mechanics lien because the engine locked up after an oil change and the owner refused to pay and was suing the station. It was in sorry shape. I often wonder whatever became of it?

this episode is 10 or 15 years old....

How wonderful to have a car like this sleeping in a barn! Great example of one of my favorite Ferrari of all time in a good shape. Thanks guys!

Would LOVE to see the ACTUAL sale price of this BB512 because as soon as that nerd gets it he'll service it and put it up as a RARE diamond UNIQUE in it's kind NEVER to be seen again and sell it for 500K.

Beautiful in Black. Nice find! Hope you guys are well. Hiss seeing you vintage racing.

Amazing find but a shame that he did not store it properly. In 1981 I visited the Ferrari factory after they won the F1 race in Monaco. One of the guys in our group bought a Daytona convertible (red of course)

They say original TYRES like that’s a GOOD thing !! 😂

It'd be interesting to see the procedure to start an engine that hasn't run in 39yrs.

Why would you buy a car and not drive it for 40 years?

I bet that car needed more than $30k in service. $10-15k is for a major service every 7 years, not after nearly 40 years...

What a shame that car has been completely wasted, and will continue to be wasted, as a static sculpture seen by only one person and heard by no one.

This is an old episode - when was this recorded? It’s not a 39 year parked car…

Great deal. Nailed it. Fair for you fair for him. But you still rollin dice. Love these! So does Sammy! I can’t drive 55! Grew up watching this car on MTV with Claudio himself in the Vid!

Excellent video! 👏👏👏 Beautiful specimen! 😍😍😍 This is indeed a rarity!

Amazing how well those tires held air pressure, not being touched for all those decades... /s

Dang, I missed the Eddie G live, that sucks. And I heard about those tuned castings but haven't seen any yet. Looks like another rabbit hole 😂😭👍✌️

A close friend of mine's dad had a 512. I'm 99% sure a BB not a BBi. This is my 2nd favorite Ferrari after the 365 Daytona

Are the camshafts belt driven? I wouldn't describe it as a "service" when the engine needs taking out and having main seals and timing belts replaced as well as all fluids and filters. You can't store a car completely untouched for that long and have it just run after some new fuel and oil.

What a gem of a car 🥰 Great video, thank you posting 👍🏻

I couldn't think of a worse car than a Boxer to take on after so much time off the road. What a nightmare.

This is from around 2015 (judging from the “30 years” from 1985 comment). Also, the seller seems very unhappy with life.

I remember this episode

Dear owner, did you realise that a Very valuable car like that is entitled to top dollar ONLY IF you stored it properly &/or drive it consolistently to avoid locked up motors, brakes, nadty fuel systems, dry rings,bearings, rotted rubber, seals hoses. Great paperwork & history and conditio/mileage. If the seller is willing to have the car inspected by a qualified tech. Then its worth close to 400,000. Great & very fair compromise.

Great video! I wish you had shown the oil change?!?

Did you replace the tires? 40 y/o rubber can be deadly. The rubber compound hardens and they lose a lot of traction.

Shock! Old car found in garage where owner last parked it!!!

Sweet car! 👍

Beautiful car but big risk on something that old. Seals etc decay. To buy that with only a 10% margin and potential for an expensive Bill is pretty brave. But he had to pay that to get it.

Owner probably got sick of those $4000 engine-out belt services every 4000 miles back then....more like $9000 now.

Did anybody else miss the 10-15 k service to pull the engine and do the belt service?

When was this? It's not even worth that now with inflation.

This guy is unrealistic in his expectations. A car sitting for that long has had all the seals and rubber bushings perish. The guy is crazy for not running it at least once a month. Sitting is the worst thing you can do to a car. The 512 Boxer is the last Ferrari that does anything for me. I had a friend that bought a 365BB in the early 80’s very cheap and had to restore it himself. Beautiful car unfortunately somebody stole it out of his garage after he finished it.

Cannot understand why he would not take the time to start the car and drive it to operating temperature of all components every 6 months or so. Change the oil once a year. Sitting unused like that is the worst thing you can do to a car.

When was this video originally made ?

He goes to look at the barn find car and doesn't bring a good torch. Uses his phone instead.

Great car. Pre start prep seems to be lacking on the mechanical side.

A black BB512 top!

F me. Why on earth would you shell out for a 12 cylinder Ferrari then park it up for decades and never drive it?

A bit more detail about this car that had "sat for thirty years" (yet had no visible deterioration), would have been nice. It had obviously been cleaned nside and out, to within an inch of its life before you set eyes on it. A first start up and what you had to do to achieve that goal are the meat and bones of a blog with the title you gave it. If it had sat for 30 years as the owner claimed it would show plenty of evidence, but one must ask why is the guy selling it now?

You need to be back on cable TV

Original tyres? They'll be 43 years old then!

It´s NOT a Boxer, it´s a 180 degree V12.

Must have kept the mice out of the barn, but how much money has to be spent on the fuel system?

That's not worth $400k. It's been federalized which means it's been modified which is not good. It'll also need a major service which is probably $50k. Hopefully it will not need a major rebuild. The seller is being greedy and Peter is taking all the risk.

Market might go up, might go down, he needs some room.. those concerns are nothing to do with the seller. You buy it market price at that moment. Also, why would you care about the buyer making money.

I see nothing but problems once they it put on the road after that many years many unforeseen issues will show up

Weird, for low mileage to leave it fester in a shed

how outstanding but I've got to know did something happen to make it sit parked and cared for like you were going to drive it tomorrow. I stopped watching so it might say but the owner is to me very aware and as you can tell he certainly knows his stuff. I'm begging my brother to sell his car that I curate and got it 1st place in its class the handful of times we entered it. now this is still driven but less and less. I was told that letting the car sit was the worst thing for it. its a newer but still a ey high performance car. its not a '81 boxer but its a '97 18k 993 turbo in guards red. its specced he's the second owner and its always been garage kept I'm the only person who has touched the cosmetic side of it. he also had the foresight to buy a bunch of O.E. parts that are no longer available. its a clean condition 2 way toward the high end. its optioned well and he is hesitent to sell now. I follow the market of it but I'm a car guy that knows about way more than he being a Porsche guy. I've seen them with more miles worse condition without all the extras. it does have a couple mods but has the O.E. parts in addition to all the other things he bought over the 15-20 or so years he's had it. I've seen where cars have sold like his but not as nice where he'd make 300k. is that a car that driving less is actually lowering its value. turbochargered ars need to be heat cycled and and have all fluids circulated as well as everything else from suspension to tires to the cooling system all need to be pressurized I believe more than he drives it. what is long between drives for something like that,. I fully understand this 512 is a different story(and the black just kills its) I've been a 512 and 400i guy since the early 80's and still think they are real ferraris. ones Enzo graced maybe even touched. what an outstanding buy. I grew up watching you on speedvision with my Dad (R.I.P.) and I think your content is better than ever!! let me know if you get a moment about the 993 question. always great to see any or all the Klutt family doing what they do best , dealing with Legendary CARS!! cheers

So confused by these videos: are they intentionally filmed to look as though it’s 2002?

I have a full set of luggage for a 512.

I do hope they put fresh tires on the car before the drive... as not doing can easily lead to a blow out... and could create hassles with their insurance given the age of the tires.

What i want to know is why did the guy park it after only 3 years...

Explain boxer

"My Uncle has a Country place that no one knows about..."

Worth more than 400k imho

What a waste to let a car that should, needs, to be driven just sit and rot. All the hoses,bad..all the gaskets,bad..all the rubber trim,bad. Old gas,gas tank,carbs,bad. Just sell it so it can be truly appreciated not hidden away.

Guys... we need to HEAR the V12... not lame Discovery channel music.... you are NOT on tele-a-vision anymore...

The first guy who drives this thing for longer than an hour, will be replacing leaky seals and hoses for the rest of the year. Better keep it as a garage queen/investment.

350k a great offer for a non running car

Tight paddy seller. What do you expect 😅

6:23 I'm thinking "NO, NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Interesting but too many details missing to make it informative interesting.

Worst thing you can do is let a car sit without being started or driven. The only value this car has is for someone dumb enough to buy it and let it sit for another 30 years

How can someone buy a Ferrari and not take care of it

Come on guys, this is a staged video… Tires are pumped and in perfect condition, no dust, spider webs, or rodents poop… Give us a break 😂

The owner should have sold it at auction - like Bonham's are similar instead of selling it to this guy.

What?!; listen to the accent - He's Irish. Doesn't speak English. Yeah nice. My favorite Ferrari salesman. I'm quite sure he's honest..

Peter just scammed that old guy -

This car's engine is NOT a "boxer" engine, it is a 180 degree V12! You can call it a flat-12, but the crankshaft has six throws instead of one per cylinder that true boxer engines have. Why the hell Ferrari named it this is beyond me. These are seriously cool, but the name is completely wrong! Folks, I think the car is worth twice what the house is worth~

Hustled him with the easy deal angle, is nothing to be proud of man.

Jay Leno's Garage car badging headlight bezels appear J L

So he paid 395k?

The original owner sounds Irish.

Get a real flashlight for God's sake.! You can't see sh&t with the phone.

bull that car has not sat for that long

Horse traders by any other name, how could you ever trust these guys!? 512s like these in 2008-09 were going for 90k and even then nobody wanted them !

come on man... This car is worth over 1 million If you take it to an Auction, there will be a rich dude who will bet for more than 1 million. you scam an old man

1500 miles, you won't find another one, 400k will be very cheap when talked about in 10-15 years.

Old Fossil buys brand-new Ferrari - NEVER drives it..... What a pathetic waste of money. OF COURSE - he thinks its a cherished heirloom and demands 'top dollar' for it. The car needs $100,000 worth of service before anyone will consider driving it - suspension, brakes, engine ($60K alone).

One of my most depressing car moments was the first time I saw the BB512i's replacement: The unbelievably ugly Testarossa. Never in my life have I ever been more disappointed. I always felt that Ferrari replaced a gorgeous car with the ugliest possible design. I still hate them. Totally butt-ugly car.

Nope

Greedy seller not run for nearly 40 years I would nt touch it with out even hearing it run

I don’t understand why you would buy a car like that and just let it sit at the least start it up and keep it serviced that’s just mind blowing to me

SORRY THIS IS ALL BS

Why would you buy the car brand new and stop using it after 4 years.... I'm sorry but this guy is pathetic.

Absolute rip off!

this old joke don´t need 400 anymore.........he is wrecked.

Fantastic.