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A white F50 in Japan

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  1. gtofreak

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    #1 gtofreak, Jan 14, 2005
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  2. crazy-enzo

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    #2 crazy-enzo, Jan 14, 2005
    no but it looks pretty good :-D:-D
     
  3. Wolfgang

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    #3 Wolfgang, Jan 14, 2005
    Is this a rhetorical question?
    ;)
     
  4. BigTex

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    #4 BigTex, Jan 14, 2005
    Most likely original........white is a very popular color in Japan, can't remember the basis off hand, but a LOT of Fcars there are ordered white.
     
  5. ChallengeDK

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    #5 ChallengeDK, Jan 14, 2005
    Dont think so!
    I dont think that rebuilding/repainting, to unoriginal, is OK... But that is just my opinion... The F50 is Great, anyway :)
     
  6. ytosun

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    #6 ytosun, Jan 14, 2005
    i like it
     
  7. gaggi

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    #7 gaggi, Jan 14, 2005
    I don't know if white is original, because it was said that the production is:

    304 red
    31 yellow
    4 black
    4 silver
    6 rosso barchetta

    Total: 349

    1 red became azzuro California but is red again and I think that there are 2 repainted silver and 1 original silver became dark red.

    But as everyone knows, there were more than 349 made, especially a dozen for Sultan of Brunei.

    regards
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  8. VROOM!!!

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    #8 VROOM!!!, Jan 14, 2005
    If that was the Sultan of Burnei's i wouldn't be surprised because he always gets his cars in unusual colors. So, i guess this could be an original...
     
  9. Webby

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    #9 Webby, Jan 14, 2005
    does anybody else not like the sultan of brunei and his sons at all?
    lol
    geez
    so many cars and they don't drive 99/100ths of them more than a day if at all

    I think white looks bad on most ferraris, especially the F50, espeiclaly with those white rims.
    But it is an F50 still so I'd still take it.
     
  10. jordan747_400

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    #10 jordan747_400, Jan 14, 2005
    I like it a lot!

    Gaggi, you said one car was repainted dark red. PLEASE tell me someone has a picture of that car!
     
  11. McLaren_boy

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    #11 McLaren_boy, Jan 14, 2005
    I think it looks good in white, although my F50 would be painted black. :)

    A dozen? Are you serious? What the heck do they have a use for 12? That just doesn't make sense, and why were they above and beyond the 349 production cars? Why didn't they just buy 12 of the 349?
     
  12. Ferrari0324

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    #12 Ferrari0324, Jan 15, 2005
    I don't know what it is, but there isn't anything sexier than a white Ferrari.
     
  13. gaggi

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    #13 gaggi, Jan 15, 2005
    Jordan,

    I do not have any picture of it unfortunately. It is probably in Japan now. If it can help you s/n is 103794. It's a shame to repaint a silver, there are "so many" red...

    Mc Laren Boy: Why? because he is the sultan (in fact it is Prince Jeffry, not the sultan himself) and does not want basic production cars and because all of his F50 (and cars) are RHD. I dont know if they are directly fitted with RHD or if it is done after, but the fact that they do not belong to the production would indicate that they are fitted directly with RHD.

    I think he had 2-3 cars BEFORE production starts and about 6 cars AFTER the end of production. Probably most of theme were red, 2 were silver.

    All this info was not verified by me :)

    Regards,
    Greg
     
  14. jaturon

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    #14 jaturon, Jan 15, 2005
    Never seen a white F50 before but sure looks very nice, can't really make out whether it is RHD or LHD.
     
  15. Fan512bbi

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  16. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    #16 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jan 15, 2005
    Sorry, I only have a before picture when it was silver. There's some info at the bottom of the picture. I got it off of an auction website a few years back, I believe it was in Switzerland (Brooks). It sucks that it was painted red since it was originally silver. Why not paint Rossa Corsa a darker red instead since there were so many painted in RC?

    http://img52.exs.cx/img52/4231/ferrarichat5fn.jpg
     
  17. gtofreak

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    #17 gtofreak, Jan 15, 2005
    If the white F50 in Japan is indeed S/N 103794, then the history is as follows:

    F50 S/N 103794, Assembly #20681, Original engine #40862 (not 42458), Build #037/349, original color Argento Nürburgring, seats with yellow inserts
    11/28/95 thru Denzel, Vienna/Austria, to first owner Jean-Robert Grellet, Lustenau/Austria
    12/05/95 registered on Austrian plates DO F 50
    06/96 driven at Ferrari meeting in Radstadt/Germany
    07/03/96 at Girard-Perregaux F50 Watch Presentation in La Chaux-de-Fonds
    07/20/96 at the Ferrari Racing Days at the Nürburgring
    03/30/97 at the Ferrari meeting in Monte Carlo
    06/06/97 at the 50th Anniversary meeting in Modena
    09/20/97 at the Club Ferrari Suisse meeting at the private racetrack of L'Anneau du Rhin/France
    08/22/98 at the Ferrari Days Eastern Switzerland at Altenrhein
    12/19/98 sold at Brooks auction in Gstaad to John Hunt, England
    05/06/99 at Maranello Sales, Egham/England, now on British license plates N 880 OGC
    2001 repainted dark red
    06/06/2001 displayed at the FOC UK meeting at Bond Street, London
    10/20/2001 stolen from a hotel car park at Lake Como in Italy
    2002 in Japan, now painted white?
     
  18. SefacHotRodder

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    #18 SefacHotRodder, Jan 15, 2005
    I doubt thats the white car. It possible the car was just put in storage for a few years until the owner (real owner) gives up trying to get it (he knows its in Japan, but the authorities aren't really helping) and then they'll put it on the market
     
  19. gaggi

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    #19 gaggi, Jan 15, 2005

    No, it is the dark red, ex-silver which is 103794, not the white !!
     
  20. v15ben

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    #20 v15ben, Jan 15, 2005
    It's definitely different though, looks quite cool IMO!
     
  21. Webby

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    #21 Webby, Jan 15, 2005
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    I believe this is a picture of it, not entirely sure
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  22. SefacHotRodder

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  23. Jin1976

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    #23 Jin1976, Jun 30, 2005
    I like him. I'm one of his subjects people. The Ferraris might be his brother's though.
     
  24. gbrown37

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    #24 gbrown37, Jun 30, 2005
    nice color, but the rims look very cheap, dont fit a car of that worth
     
  25. SefacHotRodder

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    #25 SefacHotRodder, Jun 30, 2005

    They are racing wheels. Not cheap at all
     
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