| Author | Message | ||
| ross koller (Ross)
Intermediate Member Username: Ross Post Number: 1076 Registered: 3-2002 |
thats a nice car, with the top down. top up its not so pretty and i wonder what the speed rating is. apart from the literal translation its a decent site as well. | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 998 Registered: 7-2002 |
Notice the clear engine deck lid and the added struts under the A pillars. | ||
| L.C.Plester (Lcplester)
Junior Member Username: Lcplester Post Number: 77 Registered: 2-2002 |
Here is a link to a really nice (for a change) 512M Convertible for sale in Germany: http://www.autosalon-singen.de/Katalogfahrzeug_RecordView_DetailAll.cfm?fahrzeugID=01180_0113_01_08&languageID=GB Much better, although I don�t like the convertible top so much. LC | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
Intermediate Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 2269 Registered: 2-2001 |
Did it sell at $105k ? The owner should have taken that $ And run with it to the bank. The chop isnt too bad but that interior makes me want to barf | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 4312 Registered: 5-2001 |
somebody needs to total this car to take it out of ist misery. Martin | ||
| Omar (Auraraptor)
Member Username: Auraraptor Post Number: 459 Registered: 9-2002 |
I like the lights and stock 512M rims alot, infact they are my fav. rims of any car. the no no for me is the non pop up lights....thats why I think the TR M in Singipore was the prettiest TR of all time...(check showroom - archieve Testarossa's) | ||
| Scott85 (Scott85)
Junior Member Username: Scott85 Post Number: 60 Registered: 12-2000 |
Auction results are in ; 512M roadster, high bid of $105K The only Ferrari that sold(out of 12 Ferraris listed): 97 F355 spyder $ 99,360 | ||
| RockStar (Remix)
New member Username: Remix Post Number: 9 Registered: 3-2003 |
Who would do that? A person with too much dinero and screwy priorities. I wouldn't pay $50k for this ugly thing. It was a shame when they turned the 512TR into that 512M. Round tailights on that car was a big no no. And those weird-looking factory wheels.... Maybe with a good set of cool aftermarket rims it MIGHT look better. Nah. REMIX | ||
| Erik (Teenferrarifan)
New member Username: Teenferrarifan Post Number: 28 Registered: 2-2003 |
Kind of off topic response but I once heard a story about Tyson trading a brand new diablo a few years back for a white tiger. Who would do that? Maybe the tiger died and he wants to pay respect with that tattoo just a though. erik | ||
| Ron Vallejo (Ron328)
Junior Member Username: Ron328 Post Number: 67 Registered: 3-2003 |
A desecrated 512M...what a shame! | ||
| Omar (Auraraptor)
Member Username: Auraraptor Post Number: 423 Registered: 9-2002 |
Will, A few laps? I think he would be lucky to make the first turn! "I thought it could make it at that speed! I mean its a Ferrari." -Tyson | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
Intermediate Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 2209 Registered: 2-2001 |
"The owner wants a premium for it " LOL  thats hilarious, he should be arrested for that interior, check out the subwooferbox behind the seats, I suppose that helps performance ? He'll be lucky if he sees $100k for it. I'd love to see the dope who drives around with that interior. Tyson has an F40 ? He cant even drive a lawn tractor without crashing, whats he doing with an F40. He may be King of the Ring but give me a few laps with him on a track & I'll knock the Mutha out | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 612 Registered: 5-2002 |
I would buy it and change the interior and the rims.. All the interior Ostrich crap would be changed into black leather. I won't pay more than $100,000 for it.. | ||
| Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
Member Username: Tillman Post Number: 516 Registered: 11-2001 |
Wow. Not only did they take the ugliest Testarossa and make it uglier, but they lost the strakes too. This thing actually looks like a kit car gone bad. | ||
| william speer (Wspeer)
Junior Member Username: Wspeer Post Number: 201 Registered: 8-2002 |
there were actually several testarossa and a f40 that tyson had customised that pretty hideous. this car is "classy" in comparison to those. if the price is right, i'd buy this car. however, i think the owner thinks it should demand a premium. | ||
| Erik (Teenferrarifan)
New member Username: Teenferrarifan Post Number: 26 Registered: 2-2003 |
Wow and to think now the car won't go for anything close to what it sold for new. Would anyone here actually buy this car with this interior? | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 611 Registered: 5-2002 |
Tyson is like school on Christmas Day  No Class | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 610 Registered: 5-2002 |
Erik, Straman use to charge about $45,000 for the conversion.. Another company out there use to charge $25,000 on a TR targa. | ||
| Erik (Teenferrarifan)
New member Username: Teenferrarifan Post Number: 25 Registered: 2-2003 |
What do you guys think it would have cost new to have that top conversion done? I agree the person that had the top and interior done couldn't be anyone but mike tyson or p. diddy. Erik | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 606 Registered: 5-2002 |
I would never make a convertible out of a 512M..Out of 7177 models of the TR, that may be a different story. I just feel with only 75 of these U.S. versions, why do this.. The Ostrich interior has to go.. YOu can't even wear shorts. | ||
| Dirk de Jager (Dj_dirk)
New member Username: Dj_dirk Post Number: 45 Registered: 2-2002 |
somebody shoot that owner please that's hidious | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
Intermediate Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 2205 Registered: 2-2001 |
Benn Correale at Shelton told me chopped TRs sell for $45k Less than standard, I'd take another $20k off for that vile interior | ||
| Omar (Auraraptor)
Member Username: Auraraptor Post Number: 420 Registered: 9-2002 |
Ross, lets not forget the steering wheel and possibly dash. How much does *it* (too ugly to be a she) normally get to at auction? Less or more than a normal F512M? | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Member Username: Doody Post Number: 962 Registered: 11-2001 |
ostrich, no? doody. | ||
| ross koller (Ross)
Intermediate Member Username: Ross Post Number: 1001 Registered: 3-2002 |
theres no accounting for bad taste. but this might lower the price enough to make it worthwhile taking and exchanging wheels and seats.... | ||
| Bart Boonacker (Sharky666)
Member Username: Sharky666 Post Number: 267 Registered: 9-2002 |
Wooooow that's ugly  Looks like a plucked chicken, ready to be cooked. Tnx for that photo, micheal. | ||
| michael platzer (348spider)
New member Username: 348spider Post Number: 9 Registered: 9-2002 |
i saw the car at the 2003 cavallino classic. it�s chopped by straman and has a 625bhp twin turbo engine. but the interior is really funny - look at the leather !  | ||
| Coop (360)
Junior Member Username: 360 Post Number: 93 Registered: 4-2002 |
What color is that F50? Yikes ! ! ! | ||
| RockStar (Remix)
New member Username: Remix Post Number: 7 Registered: 3-2003 |
Ewwwwwwwww! | ||
| Bart Boonacker (Sharky666)
Member Username: Sharky666 Post Number: 265 Registered: 9-2002 |
Looks good to me, except for the wheels. But I'd rather have the one on the right | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 950 Registered: 7-2002 |
Looks like Mike Tyson and his gold Teefasus got ahold of that car. | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Junior Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 231 Registered: 11-2002 |
What a shame... | ||
| Scott85 (Scott85)
Junior Member Username: Scott85 Post Number: 58 Registered: 12-2000 |
   It'll be up for auction at the Palm Beach Barret Jackson auction from April 11-13. http://www.barrett-jackson.com/events/florida/vehicles/cardetail_list.asp?id=173507 | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 947 Registered: 7-2002 |
I remember that car too and couldn't believe they chopped a new 512M. It did look good, but I remember it having some funky wheels or something. | ||
| william speer (Wspeer)
Junior Member Username: Wspeer Post Number: 193 Registered: 8-2002 |
i believe this is the same car that was converted to a twin turbo as well. it has been making the auction rounds for the last several months. | ||
| Erik (Teenferrarifan)
New member Username: Teenferrarifan Post Number: 24 Registered: 2-2003 |
I was going through some old issues of the dupont registry and when I was flipping through the July 1997 issue on page 163 I came across a company called Eurotech which had an advertisement for custom convertible and shows a black 512m convertible. The pic is pretty bad and I searched the internet for another one but I couldn't find a copy. This picture was taken with my screwed up digital camara, but it is a 512m convertible. erik  |