Mega Thread: The FERRARI F50

cool shot....
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brave soul....
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more of the yellow one...met a very nice couple at FCA in '07 that owned the ex Ralph Lauren yellow F50....very classy couple and enthusiastic to the core.
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sustained high speed driving with straight pipes and top off =
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this coming from the man who said the following in this very thread

try using your own advice eh Jas

 

no F50 content, next....

 

Marcel Massini published a very nice 4 part series on the F50 in the Ferrari Market Letter in 2000. It is Volume 25 issue 6,7,8,9....very encompassing and well worth the read.

 

23 Giallo F50's ? correct or incorrect ? seems like a lot considering there are 3 that I know of in the USA.

 

Netiquette...hehe.

Proper netiquette starts with the poster's pinky fingers at or as near vertical as possible...see tea sipping etiquette for proper placement of pinkies; this placement is to be used whilst typing on internet forums so as not to ruffle the lace collars, white powdered wigs and hand-knit doilies of the locals.

It's also considered excellent netiquette to use the words "I dare say", "I do say", "My dear chap" and "Would you like some tea?" or "Would you like a spot of tea?".

Netiquette demands certain rituals that must be adhered to at all times. To wit:

"I dare say, dear chap, that you could use a spot of tea, if I do say so myself, so as to placate your aggrieved nerves in such a way that we can arrive at a common conclusion as gentlemen do; and I dare say we are both men of gentle nature and uncommon of educational achievements insofar as we can see past the menial mental trappings of merely mortal men...not we as commoners and thus can see eye to eye ... would you like a crumpet, my dear sir?"

 

here is another yellow F50.
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Are you sure that 95592 is a F50?
I have it as a Mondial...

Thanks

 

I think that there are 33 in the "official" production run; but no doubt there are more in the other 40 or so S/N's.

 

Off topic - what was done to the F1?

 

hmmm, I was quoting the Sheehan article...NNO would know

 

When they bought it it was a yellow street car. They took it back to Mc Laren who made a lot of modifications including changing the color, interior, and installing many LM mods. NNO hosted a Video about it.

 

Awesome.

BTW, look at this F50 with colored headlight buckets. Interesting, eh?
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here's a picture of the McLaren F1 in question...as Jim stated, all work was done at McLaren at their usual standards
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I very much like the 1932 Boat Tailed DV 32 Studz it's sitting next to...

 

That's what I have; two US yellow F50s (although I know that there are three) and 21 others that are yellow, around the world.

A great car - 95592 is, indeed, the second F50 prototype. But the twist is that it was built on a Mondial platform. So that explains the confusion.

 

some more pics.....
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The following post from Scott's (360C) comprehensive F50 thread illustrates all of the bits and pieces that came with a new F50...complete with pics.

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136250668&postcount=141


If you want an idea of what is involved in fanatically refreshening an F50, installing tubi headers/exhaust, refinishing carbon fiber bits, along with some aussie banter, I refer you once again to a thread I call "The F50 guts"

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=127114

 

I believe thats 360C's car

 

Out of the 349 produced I found this breakdown of colors:

Rosso Corsa (Red): 302
Giallo Modena (Yellow): 31
Rosso Barchetta (Dark red): 8
Argento Nurburgring (Silver): 4
Nero Daytona (Black): 4

 

Thank you! Only FOUR silver and black... Rare stuff...