The F50 Thread

Not sure of the sale price but there was the car sold by superventura in UK a few years back of a brand new unregistered F50 listed at £3m at a time when ‘normal cars’ were asking £1.6 -£1.8 with a couple reaching £2m.

My thoughts too..... I’d be fearful of glue degrading or foam falling on a hot exhaust. !

 

It has come to light that 74/349 is in fact 104234. 76/349 could be 104262

 

Love that blue!
What is it?
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@Birel, re post #2902 (and unknown reference #):

104267 is NOT an F50. It is an F355 Berlinetta.

Marcel Massini

 

Noted

 

What about 104277, ass#21147, do we know what #/349 that one is?

 

Assembly #21147 is 104314, not 104277.

Marcel Massini

 

My mistake, you are correct, 104277 should be assembly #21126, but I don't know what #/349.

 

104277 IS assembly #21126.
Unfortunately the factory does not list the "#/349" in their systems.

Marcel Massini

 

Thanks, we will have to wait until the car 104277 is seen somewhere.

 

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So if the a 2k mile car is 3.6 what does that make the very low mile Nero car worth? Strong numbers regardless.

 

USA Car?

Exact miles?

 

I think he is referring to the MacNeil car.

 

Yes, the reason for my question is "very low miles" can mean a lot of things, meanwhile that car isn't for sale.

 

'delivery' miles always commands a premium if authentic from what i've seen

 

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"Exposed carbon fiber" F50 by @strokerphoto :/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CM8CnLjBXmq/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CM7-_iGBW-W/

 

Is this CGI, or has someone really taken a Picasso and vandalized it?

 

Looks real based on the description. I'm guessing it's a veneer over the real CF bodywork and sprayed with a blue clearcoat rather than aftermarket body panels with the originals left untouched and stored away. Seriously doubt the F50's original panels have weaves lined up like that from the factory to strip and respray. Probably done by the same people that did the CF Enzo, 16M, Stradale, etc.

 

Seems like this response from them will clear things up. But yes Joe — it's real.

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Not sure I understand what they are saying there...they are calling the F50 composite chassis rudimentary? And then because it has aluminum honeycomb with layers of carbon to make it inches thick? That's not rudimentary...that's how carbon fiber chassis are made. They use aluminum honeycomb and sandwich it with carbon on either side. F1 has been doing that for decades now. They're not full thickness carbon if that's what they think it should be.

 

I also don't really understand, did they now add an extra layer of carbon on the existing panels for a nicer, shiny finish? Like the glazing on a cake? Just extra weight with no structural or engineering reason? I wonder what re-curing with the original panels underneath does for the structural integrity, doubt they would have thought about that if aluminium-honeycomb seems strange to them

 

Yes it's a veneer. I wondered about recuring too. Never heard much about that being done with cf as usually they are one use and any damage is scraped and not relayed and cured. Hopefully someone can chime in like @lmpdesigner

 

I think the idea of adding a new final layer of carbon was to achieve a finish like seen by pagani and some mclarens were the carbons line up on panel edges as well as the central join on the bonnet/hood.

Better photos and an example of that can be seen here.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CM_obUmpICR/