The 2004 Ferrari 360 Moldena is perhaps a screaming deal, but it surely may also be a biohazard
by Sebastien Bell
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by Sebastien Bell
Looking by means of the listings at public sale websites like Copart and IAA will be an effective way to search out loopy bargains, so long as you’re prepared to place some elbow grease into repairing a automobile. This 2004 Ferrari 360 Modena, although, will actually put that willingness to the check.
Provided on the market by IAA, this V8-powered Ferrari is on the market in Florida, the place it apparently went for a swim. The particular circumstances that led to it being underwater should not made clear—whether or not it was unintentionally pushed right into a physique of water or the sufferer of flooding is just not said—however that’s type of tutorial.
A technique or one other, the 360 Modena didn’t take pleasure in its moist journey and is now—to make use of a technical mechanics’ time period—yucky. Pictures of the Ferrari’s inside present that the seats, the middle console, and the sprint are lined in inexperienced mould, which along with being gross, may very well make it a biohazard.
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Declared a wreck, it’s unclear how far more harm has occurred to the automobile. So, together with being revolting, it’s additionally a bet, particularly as a result of good Ferraris are costly to keep up, so the considered attempting to repair a busted one makes my checking account quake with concern.
In case your abdomen (and your checking account) are stronger than mine, although, you would possibly get a screaming deal for this Ferrari, which might doubtlessly be parted out or, as IAA factors out on Fb, be the premise for a fairly cool racecar. Think about displaying as much as a Lemons race with the Ferrari 360 Moldena.
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It is perhaps value it, too, as a result of someplace beneath all that mould there’s a 3.6-liter Ferrari V8 that when made 395 hp (294 kW/400 PS) and 275 lb-ft (373 Nm) of torque. Though it doesn’t seem to have a guide transmission, it’s nonetheless a mid-engine supercar.
What do you suppose? Can this Ferrari be saved, or ought to it merely have been let go like Jack on the finish of Titanic?
