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  1. James_Woods

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    #1 James_Woods, Jan 5, 2013
    Somebody on another forum asked me this question - he said he just went to Maranello three weeks ago and they did not have an F40 on display.

    I cannot imagine that - it being the last road car made while Ferrari was alive...

    He wondered if they had loaned it out to another show or something - I did not think they ever loaned out the museum cars for outside display.

    Anybody know more about this?
     
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    #2 GTE, Jan 5, 2013
    I believe it is the other way around. Ferrari loans cars from costumers/collectors to put on display. Im sure normally there is a F40 present.
     
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    #3 James_Woods, Jan 5, 2013
    That could very well explain it - and it would be typically Ferrari.
     
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    #4 Drive550PFB, Jan 5, 2013
    I don't remember seeing a a 288, an F-40 or an F-50 last time I was there. I did see an Enzo.
     
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    #7 Drive550PFB, Jan 5, 2013
    The display has moved since I saw it. When I walked up the stairs, I was staring at the rear of the Enzo. It was 90* from the stairs. In this picture, it has been moved since I was there.
     
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    #8 James_Woods, Jan 5, 2013
    Well, thanks everybody.

    I had somehow just assumed that the Ferrari organization actually OWNED all these cars...
     
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    #10 frefan, Jan 5, 2013
    I saw one in 2010 but there was a sign on it that stated it was on loan from someone. It was a *very* used car!
     
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    Safe to say the Ferrari museum is in a constant state of change. When I was there in May 2012 there was no F50, the Enzo was in the room with the boat, and an F40 and 288 GTO were tucked in a corner together upstairs.

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    #12 Drive550PFB, Jan 5, 2013
    Yep. All of these pictures are different than my last visit.
     
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    Here is what my friend photographed there on his visit (and believe it or not, he did not know that I owned a Testarossa at the time he did it):
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    #14 Gran Drewismo, Jan 6, 2013
    I was also there in May and saw them arranged like that.
     
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    #15 GatorFL, Jan 7, 2013
    It was different by July. I don't recall seeing the F40. The 288 was in the stairwell all by itself.
     
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    The stairwell platform had a beautiful dark grey Daytona Spider during my visit, but sadly they felt the need to leave the top up.

    Also, I don't know the date this photo was taken but I'd have loved to see the Mythos concept and it wasn't present when I went. :(

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