The F50 Thread

Looks like it went to Jhas Dillon, who posted it on IG today.

 

Yip saw that, great home for that car to go to. The original owner who had quite a few Ferrari's used to park them all around huge sort of bronze statue of Enzo Ferrari.

 

Yesterday I had the task to go and give a maintenance clean/wax to a car.

When I stepped in, that is what I saw

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It right away took my breath away. And I thought ‘clean what?’

But then I dug into the task.
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Then a sweaty well-deserved rest.
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Then I enjoyed the intricate and deep weave pattern everywhere…
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… Including the two bumpers (a sure sign of originality, care, and possibly low mileage).
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And, finally, how beautify immaculate the interior is
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Unfortunately, that is not enough. I will take the engine out to clean the exhaust system and some other parts over few months at DK Engineering once they are done with F50 JF.
Continuous improvement is never ending…

 

fantastic...love all the detail. Thank you.

 

My favourite colour for them too. Absolutely love it.

 

Fantastic looking in Yellow.

 

It went to a true blue car enthusiast, it's in a great place www.instagram.com

 

The December 1995-built 104790 which we've sold.

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A few more details of 104790, still shod with Goodyear GS-Fioranos, images by Vince Sackey.

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Surely driving on those old tyres is not a good idea?

 

Agreed, fresh rubber is required if it is to be driven!

For the new owner these original tires are good to underscore the car's low miles and be used for Concours D'Elegance originality or preservation classes, my recommendation is not to remove these from the original rims, but have a 2nd set of wheels with fresh rubber mounted for driving.

Goodyear Eagle F1 GS Fiorano high-performance pneumatics were developed exclusively for Ferrari SpA for production application for their F50 as a street-legal version of the mid-90s Ferrari F1 rain tire, state-of-the-art for the period, so they are a really cool F50 application and an interesting part of the car's specification. Therefore, when you have a super-low-miles example unlikely to ever be driven, still with it's original tires, in today's high market where originality appears to be everything, that's quite special.

 

Agree, yellow fits the model very well.

 

Just back from last visit of the F50 JF’s mechanical micro-detailing at DK Engineering before she returns home.
Looking quite good and with brand new tyres and fuel cells.

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As well as the 19th stamp on its Warranty Book.
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Is there a registry of yellow F50's anywhere?

 

On Instagram there is the account "f50 registry" that analyzes each F50 one by one

 

Very nice. I'm working on making a registry of Giallo F50's. Would it be ok for you to say which one this one is?

 

Of course, Furmano.

Here are some basics:
Chassis: ZFFTA46B000106510 (#204/349)
Assembly: 23655
Engine: 43923
Gearbox: 166965 No: 316
Colour: Exterior, Giallo Modena 102 (yellow) with Glasurit/Nero (headlights); Interior, Nero 8500 (black); carpets, Nero 152 (black)
Production date: 9/9/‘96; Finishing date: 2/10/‘96
Delivery date: 25/11/‘96
Warranty start (end) date: 25/11/‘96 (‘98).

Let me know if you need any other and good luck with the Giallo F50 registry!

 

Furmano, You can also get some details on the Giallo F50 recently on RM Sotheby’s sealed auction from their description.

 

106510:
Here's some more basics:

Body #148 (Source: Factory).
Actual factory completion date is 29 October 1996 (not 2 October 1996 as per Factory Modis System).
Actual date of first registration in Switzerland is 22 November 1996 (Source: Swiss Title).
106510 is the 14th of a total of 31 units originally painted in Giallo Modena 102.

Marcel Massini

 

Thanks man, I'll add it to the list. Regarding the one at Sotheby's 107060, I sent a correction to the Barchetta website because they had it listed as Rossa Corsa lol.

 

Marcel Massini.

Marcel, over the years I have received conflicting claims as regards some Rosso, Giallo and at least one Argento F50 with black-painted headlight buckets.

My Ferrari SpA contact who's been with the company for over 30 years and was involved with F50 production tells me that these are post-production applications done by individual dealers upon request, and that in fact, all F50s were produced at Maranello with the headlight buckets painted in body color like the cars below.

What are your thoughts on this, were there exceptions to the above rule he's stated to me, and, if so, is there any factory documentation stating explicitly that some non-black cars had the headlight buckets painted black at point of production?

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F50 Press Release, a must for literature collectors.

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It is my understanding that black or silver painted headlight buckets were always done privately, by a dealer or individual paint shop, but not by the factory. I also have never seen written factory documentation where such an option was offered or invoiced. I do agree that all F50s were manufactured with the headlight buckets in body color.

Marcel Massini