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An Ex-McRae 550 Prodrive appears on the market

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  1. MogulBoy

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    #1 MogulBoy, Mar 27, 2017
  2. BigTex

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    #2 BigTex, Mar 27, 2017
    Way cool!

    Thanks for posting!!
     
  3. Ferrari 308 Vetro

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    #3 Ferrari 308 Vetro, Mar 27, 2017
    Since month, asking is close to 4 mio. EUR
     
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  5. 308 GTB

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    #5 308 GTB, Mar 27, 2017
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcQooF6tIc[/ame]
     
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    #6 308 GTB, Mar 27, 2017
    Not a Prodrive, but here's how it looked when the IFS 550 Maranello GTS passed me going into The Bus Stop at Watkins Glen...







    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHb28gNkUIY&t=415s[/ame]







    18:15

    :)
     
  7. tres55

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    #7 tres55, Mar 28, 2017
    4 million euro? :|
     
  8. MogulBoy

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    #8 MogulBoy, Mar 28, 2017
    I had no idea that Prodrive built 12 of them but I this one could be there pick of the bunch. Is it / could it be made street legal?
     
  9. 500tr

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    #9 500tr, Mar 28, 2017
    This asking price is completely crazy...
     
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    #10 Ferrari 308 Vetro, Mar 28, 2017
    Never street legal again. It was, at the beginnig of his normal street car.
     
  11. MotoMeccanica

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    #11 MotoMeccanica, Mar 28, 2017
    I love that car. I worked on a American Lemans team in 2003, and the Prodrive team gave me the front bumper cover of the class winning car at Laguna Seca. Not for free though, I had to buy them some beers!

    Scott
     
  12. MogulBoy

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    #12 MogulBoy, Mar 28, 2017
    I thought as much but do note that McLaren have helped a number of F1 GTR owners convert their cars for road use.
     
  13. Bas

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    #13 Bas, Mar 29, 2017
    Possible? Yes. But after one trip you'll realize how utterly pointless and hateful it is. Also change brakes as I believe this one has proper carbon/carbon brakes.

    It'll be incredibly loud, incredibly noisey, the gearbox will piss you off in traffic...
     
  14. MogulBoy

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    #14 MogulBoy, Mar 29, 2017
    Very true. The Piero Nappi hill climb specification car make one dream what it would be like to drive a 'race-prepared' Maranello on the road but in all practical situations, it would simply be impossible to get anywhere near the speeds that these cars have been set up to deal with and it would undoubtably be a huge exercise in frustration running around at lets call it 5/10ths.
     
  15. tazandjan

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    #15 tazandjan, Mar 29, 2017
    Ride would beat you to death, too. AC seems to be missing, too.
     
  16. Bas

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    #16 Bas, Mar 29, 2017
    Exactly > > >
    Also true.


    IMO if one wants a fast Maranello, put one on a diet. There's a lot, a stupid amount, of weight in these cars. 150kg can easily be lost by basically recreating all panels (except doors/roof) for carbon, proper racing seats (memory foam lined), a new exhaust system (preferably Fabio's ;)). Obviously fully modernize it by getting up-to-date brakes in there as well, like you have done and new rubber.

    It'll be a totally new car. Obviously easier to buy a 599 but what if one wants a Maranello ;)
     
  17. tres55

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    #17 tres55, Mar 31, 2017
    Again...4 million euro? Am I mistaken?

    That's LaFerrari money. That can't be right.
     
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    #18 Bas, Mar 31, 2017
    Correction: That's a Laferrari, 550 Maranello, Challenge Stradale, 599 GTO and on top of all that, a Carrera GT! Whilst I'd love a 550 Prodrive, this really isn't an argument.
     
  19. tres55

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    #19 tres55, Apr 1, 2017
    Agreed. Price is out to lunch in my opinion...but it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay.

    Personally, for that much...I'd rather have an F40, Stradale, Scuderia, Speciale, and probably enough left over for an Enzo. :D
     
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    #20 fou, Apr 1, 2017
    But can it cut grass?
     

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