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500 Superfast, the Royal Ferrari

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  1. GIOTTO

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  2. GIOTTO

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  3. JazzyO

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    It brought a nice result at the Maranello auction in 2009. Lovely car.


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  4. carvad

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    Is it a photo from road-test by USA magazine? Which one?
     
  5. GIOTTO

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    Just a photo from a french magazine.
     
  6. carvad

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    Which one? Would love to read this article
     
  7. Marcel Massini

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    It is the most original 500 Superfast on the planet and currently sitting in my garage here (I am just the babysitter, not the owner), waiting to be driven in an exclusive tour from Monaco via France and Switzerland to Italy, this coming April.

    Marcel Massini
     
  8. carvad

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    #33 carvad, Feb 9, 2012
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    Is interior at this example differ from other cars?
     
  9. Marcel Massini

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    No.
    It is LHD although the original owner was from the UK but he kept it for a long time at Pininfarina in Torino and everytime when he travelled from the UK to Italy he used the Superfast on Italian roads.

    Marcel Massini
     
  10. GIOTTO

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    The magazine was not very interesting. Just a short article with one or two photos. I did not keep the magazine.
     
  11. Marcel Massini

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    #36 Marcel Massini, Feb 9, 2012
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  12. carvad

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  13. Marcel Massini

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    #39 kvisser, Feb 9, 2012
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    Here are a couple of photos. Perhaps they can be better id'ed by someone more knowledgable.

    The first shot was taken at Grand Touring in Laurel Maryland. They now are relocated and named at DEW Motors in Reston VA. Great crew of craftsmen and enthusiasts.

    the other shots were taken at Amelia Island back in 07. I had the pleasure of running into Marcel there as well.

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  15. Marcel Massini

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    #40 Marcel Massini, Feb 9, 2012
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    Ken

    Thanks, very nice pix. Photo 2 (chassis #4031 SA), photo 3 (chassis #3949 SA) and photo 5 (chassis #4251 SA) are not 500 Superfasts but rather 400 Superamericas. Photo 4 shows chassis #8565 SF, a 500 Superfast. May be I will see you again this year at Amelia? It's only 4 weeks until that fabulous show starts! Can't wait to escape the current snow and ice and minus -20 degrees Celsius in my country.

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  16. carvad

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    The same interior as to 6661 SF (exept the radio) but different from 6043 SF
     
  17. Aardy

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    s/n 7817 SF in french magazine Auto Passion #105 (january-february 1996)...
     
  18. carvad

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    Cyril, thank you for information
     
  19. kvisser

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    Hey Marcel,

    thanks for the ever pleasant corrections. I need to get my spotter goggles on better.

    As for Amelia, I do hope to come down again. It all depends on that all important conversation with the wife! With GTO's hitting the greens, I really, really want to go.

    I hope to see you there.

    warm regards

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  20. Marcel Massini

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  22. carvad

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    First time I've seen the photo of the 7975 SF, thank you
     
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  23. JazzyO

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    Thanks for that little insight, Marcel. I can see you sitting there with a glass of wine admiring it. :)


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  24. carvad

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    Found in another thread (about Peter Sellers):

     
  25. Marcel Massini

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    #50 Marcel Massini, Feb 10, 2012
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    Taken at DK Engineering, UK.
    See also the color photographs on pages 142 to 149 of the book "Ferrari - Le Stradali", authored by Sergio Massaro, with photos by Giancarlo Reggiani, published by Ediauto in Guidizzolo/Mantova, Italy, October 1992.

    Also, 7975 SF was color featured in the Italian magazine "Auto Capital", issue of December 1992.

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