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  • Market Find: 1986 Ferrari Testarossa in Rosso Metallizzato

    Market Find: 1986 Ferrari Testarossa in Rosso Metallizzato

    What: 1986 Ferrari Testarossa
    Color: Rosso Metallizzato (rossometallizzato; metallic uni; 305/C / 20-R-187; Ferrari)
    VIN: ZFFSA17A5G0061107
    Mileage: 35,000
    Price: Upon Request
    CarFax: N/A
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Graham Rahal Performance, Zionsville, IN
    Listing: Link

    Maybe it’s EVs making us yearn for classic and obnoxious ICE again, or maybe it’s just Generation X feeling nostalgic as it watches its amassing 401Ks, but Reagen era hedonistic sportscars are enjoying a renaissance that most any of us can get behind.

    Take the Ferrari Testarossa. In any other era, a car with those cheese grater intakes on each side would probably be considered extreme, but sitting next to a Lamborghini Countach the Testarossa struck a toned down and almost subtle pose. Add in a factory color yet rare paint like Rosso Metallizzato and it looked even more reserved.

    FYI, there’s just such a car right now at Graham Rahal Performance. If you’re seeking a unique car from this era, this one definitely qualifies. Unlike today, paint to sample services in this era were pretty few and far between, making rare shades such as this one a great get if you want something tailored from the 80s era.

  • Market Find: 1986 White on White Ferrari Testarossa

    Market Find: 1986 White on White Ferrari Testarossa

    What: 1986 Ferrari Testarossa
    Color: Bianco a.k.a. Bianco Avus (bianco; non-metallic; 100; Ferrari)
    VIN: ZFFTA17B000065669
    Mileage: 34,500
    Price: Upon Request
    CarFax: N/A
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Los Angeles, CA
    Listing: Link

    Why We Love It:

    Popping up in RM Sotheby’s Private Party sales is this very desirable 1986 Ferrari Testarossa. Granted, it’s a factory order book specification car, so why is it desirable? We’d point to two reasons.

    First, it’s a ‘Monospecchio, Monodado’ configuration. For the non-Italians amongst us, that translates to “single mirror, single nut”. From the beginning of production of the Testarossa in 1984, Ferrari fitted cars with a single mirror mounted half-way up the A-pillar, and center-lock single nut alloy wheels. When the car received its mid-lifecycle freshening in 1987, the mirror was replaced with two conventional mirrors at the base of the A-pillar, and the wheels now had exposed conventional lug nuts.

    Next up, it’s Bianco over Bianco leather. Monochromatic colors are always a unique decision – red over red on the F40, green over green, blue over blue, and so on. Bianco over Bianco (white over white) was a standard yet rare option that helps make this car so very 1980s poster spec whether that’s because of the product placement presence of a near identical car in Miami Vice or because that television show likely helped inspire the phrase “cocaine white” for such configurations – cocaine being also associated with the gluttonousness of the 1980s that inspired the Testarossa itself.

    This is a European specification example delivered new to Salem Ali Abdul Al-Sabah of Kuwait, a member of the Kuwaiti Royal Family, via the Ferrari dealer in Kuwait. It was imported into the USA in 2001.

    We notice this car has what appears to be plus-sized replicas of the original wheels (possibly via Augment Wheel Company where we’ve seen these offered, but we’re not entirely sure and it’s not disclosed in the listing). What is disclosed is that the car is accompanied by its four original Monodado wheels, some original Testarossa marketing literature, a set of manuals, tool kit, jack, original key, Ferrari-branded car cover, and OEM Ferrari seat covers. It’s also got a period-correct Nakamichi head unit with an A/D/S amplifier.