NEW F40 for sale

Rare chance indeed... But I guess "everything" needs to be changed? All the rubber including the tires, hoses etc...

Great for the guy who dreamed of it all his life and now get the chance to buy a new one...

Only thing is, it might end up in a collection and keep on not getting driven Me personally, would just get a high mileage F40 so I could keep driving it without thinking about the mileage.

 

dayum, at least 2 40's, 2 50's, all minty. I like that place, wherever it is.

 

yep, pretty slick

 

A nice time capsule, shame she never had her legs stretched. Still a virgin after all these years....

 

They have some other cool stuff on their site:

Enzo
http://www.miurashoji.co.jp/list/data/data231.htm

959
http://www.miurashoji.co.jp/list/data/data226.htm

XJ220
http://www.miurashoji.co.jp/list/data/data221.htm

F50
http://www.miurashoji.co.jp/list/data/data204.htm

288 GTO
http://www.miurashoji.co.jp/list/data/data203.htm

Exciting Car Plaza, indeed.

 

How much would a high mileage F40 go for roughly??

 

These days maybe $450k

 

How can you tell?? It's in chinese!

 

what would you call high mileage ?

 

Only a handful of these cars are really "high mileage" and the vast majority may as well be new cars.

 

20-30,000 miles i would think??

 

I always worry about putting too many miles on the clock. I've got 10000 miles (16000 k's)
on mine at the moment 1990 model.
Yet my 308 has 55000 miles on it and it doesn't worry me.

 

Thats just my opinion. But if i ever had a chance to get an F40 i wouldnt care about the miles as i would keep that car forever, hence why i would go for a higher mileage car as i would want to drive it...

 

Mileage schmileage, check out Napolis' sig

 

Hi mileage or low mileage on F40's and 288 GTO's, these cars are getting old; entering the restoration era. I have spoken to Tim Stafford several times regarding these cars; he sees them for PPI and or service. Most garage queens are in serious need of replacement of bushings, shock internals, all motor rubber, fuel cells, etc. Not to mention the usual under under-used master brake cylinder, slave cylinder, clutch assembly, brakes, etc. Bying a 20 year old car and storing it for pictures is ok to keep the status quo, but if you plan on driving it and or taking it to a track event or two per year, expect to go through the car. That being said, I would rather own an F40/288GTO that is 20+ years old rather than a 360/430/458/Enzo that is 20+ years old!

 

+1

 

A major problem with F40s is the lack of parts, just normal wear and tear items like turbos and head gaskets and impossible to find and/or ridiculously expensive. In many cases you will need to make your own parts. The cost of running an F40 will vastly exceed that of any newer car. My low mileage semi-garage queen has been in the shop for several years waiting on parts, or to make parts, and its never been in any accident. If that motor needs to be torn down then you may just end up with a very expensive coffee table.

I can see why some people don't want to put the miles on their F40, because the headaches simply aren't worth it.

 

Did you ever source/make head gaskets that you were happy with?

 

Its an insanely long story but the short answer is we just got our first beta set a couple weeks ago. Initial results are promising; they're not leaking water all over the place and the leakdown results show the heads are not being warped like the cometic's were doing. And we didn't have to use a ridiculous amount of silicone and copper spray like some people are doing (ie none). The car has a few heat cycles, but no miles yet. Dave posted some info and pics in a 348 thread.

 

Good luck with it!

 

Really? 1300 + cars made and parts are that much of a problem?

Is that because no one drives them, or what? For example, there are a similar number of Daytonas, and yet parts don't seem to be an issue for those cars.

 

Don't know. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess the F40 and Daytona don't share a lot of the hard to get parts.

 

The issue that you may be having sourcing F40 parts may be the doughnut phenomenon. Not old enough yet with the intertia of the majority of cars needing parts, yet not young enough for the first round of maintainance parts production, which you claim are scarce. May be so, I haven't tried to order a lot of small bits for F40.

I would agree, there was a time when getting any pre 1974 Ferrari part was hard, now it seem less so; had "no problems (its all relative)" getting parts for my 330, nor the Daytona.

 

Have you tried Michelotto?

http://www.michelottoautomobili.it/