Seeking 355 Challenge in US

the car in the factory museum is very interesting .. its not a challenge .. though the sign on it says so ...

its the 355GTC

theres a thread on here about it .....

 

I sort of see what you are saying .. I actually did it with a 360 spider ... NGT parts, engine maps, exhaust, seats etc etc ...

but after spending alot of money .... I eventually realised its all the small modifications that make the difference .. the factory did them on purpose .. the big visible changes are easy .. the small ones .. very expensive and hard to apply.


however i think we are on the same page 355 challeng .. very special ...

and i am biased because there are only 18 RHD cars and only 3 full 98/99 factory full evolution cars


only thing wrong with mine is I wish it was an F1

(there is only 1 F1 i believe)

 

Someone has a pictures of the 355 GTC from the Museum?

 

Stephen,

There were 20 or so 1995 F355 GTBs that were ordered and converted to Challenge cars by United States Ferrari dealerships for the North American Ferrari Challenge Series. I'm not sure how many of these cars have survived. I've only seen one other titled F355 Challenge but it was sold earlier this year. I've seen two other 1995 F355 Challenge cars which were originally titled but whose current owners would have to have retitled should they so desire. Neither are for sale.

You can include 1995 cars which might not have current titles in your search. Once you find and drive one, I'm sure you'll see why its place is on our regional tracks at DE events.

Barry

 

Here you go...

 

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Anyone know the history of this after Ferrari built it ....?

 

It's very different .. Has an early f1 system in it

 

Thank you for posting that. The Ferrari Factory asked Classic Coach for detailed pictures of this F355 Challenge and for its spare decals. They recreated its late 1990s Tommy Hilfiger livery for that display...
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So this is a GTC?

 

The one I posted is a 1995 F355 Challenge, here pictured with mine...
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The one in the factory is the gtc

It's quite different ... The wing was originally further forward ... It's now like a challenge... But you can see the remnants of the mounting points on the rear deck

Note the filled in section
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Thank you .. You solved a mystery as to the decals on a car that I believed never left the factory ...

So as suspected its a fake challenge hiding a 355 gt competizone !!!



Anyway I was very proud that Ferrari felt the 355 challenge was an important enough car to have in their museum. The fact that they dug out something super special and dressed it up as a challenge speaks even greater volumes about how important the 355 challenge is in the history of modern Ferrari

 

Btw your car is looking very cool in the yellow... Mine is bit of a patcHwork can't decide what Color it is

 

I think your car's livery looks so cool!

Mine looks the way it did when it was raced by Peter Sachs in 1995...
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Mine is in its final state as I bought it after it had raced in gt3 in Bahrain

It was a leading car in 99 but looked very different
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It's very noticeable now .. I can't decide which I prefer
(Photo outside old TVR factory)
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It's like a starsky and hutch car

 

Yes, that is exactly it. Here is my terrible pic from 2 weeks ago.
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not sure of the legality of this one for road use.

Inventory

 

Nope. 98 won't do it.

I'm aware of two 95 cars that are for sale, they just aren't what I'm looking for.