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Who has ever dated 1983 Ferrari Meera S (Michelotti) heard? It was joined by a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family in the early 1980s Giovanni Michelotti commissioned. The basis for the conversion was a 400i with automatic as a new car from Maranello. So it was rebuilt directly. The 400i was completely turned inside out by Michelotti and only kept a few OEM components. Outside you can only see the 400i from the windshield and the pop-up headlights, but all the others body parts are changed. the Windshield since then has been seamlessly integrated into the design of the side windows A distinctive bead is drawn over and to the side over the entire length of the vehicle. The "crease" even dominates the rear. And the back pulls too slices from one pillar to another.
Restoration in 2020!
There were also various Air inlets and outlets at the front and above the rear wheels. The four round taillights spray some Corvette-C4 optics, but they are still the ones from the original. At the wheelset on the other hand, everything stayed the same. Because the five-spoke rims are the factory wheels from Ferrari. But what exactly is the background for them Windows in the doors was, that remains questionable. Because you can only open the lower corner next to the door handles. And inside? The blue leather upholstery installed by Michelotti at the time was thrown out and it was replaced by a Facilities Replaced in light beige in combination with a lot of red. The dashboard has a few details of its own like special Instruments, but is also not what Michelotti installed at the time. The one-off was namely in November 2010 at Ferrari Classic extensive in Maranello restauriert, whereby the 340 HP strong V12, the automatic transmission, the exhaust system and the electrics have been revised. And in the course of the restoration, the classic got the original dashboard back, as already mentioned.
at the beginning it was painted in two colors
Incidentally, the body was already at before the visit Ferrari Classic in Maranello repainted. Since then, it no longer shines in mother-of-pearl, but in "Bianco Fuji"what, according to the owner at the time, "fits better with the new interior“Than the two-tone look with the blue wide stripe below the bead. Incidentally, the unique Ferrari is officially called "Meera S.", Where the name corresponds to the wife of the first owner at the time. From a technical point of view, the oldi is equipped with air conditioning, a sunroof and some chrome details. At the beginning of February, RM Sotheby's is auctioning the Meera S in Paris. If we get more information, there will of course be an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply do ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!
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Photo credit: RM Sotheby's, Ahmed Qadri
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