$40K F355 Berlinetta on CL in Orange County, CA

We did see the car. I passed.
Folks I won't comment on anything else or speculation.

 

Anyone have the pic of this car with an airbag-less dash? Was pretty unique and still the only one I’ve seen till this day. Rather odd really, but beautiful! If you have the pic, please upload! Need it for reference .

 

I had been looking for this thread for a while, both as a reference as well as curiosity.
I tried plugging the original link in those internet page history vaults to no avail
Wonder where it went? Sucks we never got a vin, and I never got a reply from emails.
I believe someone may have successfully contacted him, maybe they still have his email?

https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/4864828433.html

 

Car has been bought rebuilt and sold several times. Ended up a really nice car after a few fixes.

 

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As you requested above, Here is my (unrelated) air bag less dash (with glove box) for reference.

 

nope. Not the one. This one had no box or bag

 

youve got the pics, post em

 

Never took any. It was sold on BAT a while back I believe

 

It's was not this one, but this I did find pictures of one with a no airbag dash


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That’s it! Wow, that makes 2 cars! I guess this confirms this did in fact arrive from the factory this way. Most likely the very first batch of 355’s.

 

got the BAT link?

 

Wait a min... might be the same car? I know the car was black for sure.

 

how was a euro car able to get registration for US roads?

 

Was a US car all along. was a challenge clone with a motec ECU and airbags taken out and the dash recovered on the passenger side, had a homemade plate filling the hole. Nothing special at all

 

It was black, but definitely had a big brake kit. I remember the picture of it sitting on a sloped driveway with a brick behind the rear tire and I remember it having challenge wheels. I suppose one could have removed the brakes.
Any one here is the one i got the picture from https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-ferrari-f355-12/ , you'll notice the seller is " plugzit" which is a well known member here

 

Yuup had challenge brakes now on another car and the wheels went on another

Thats the car. Like I said after Plugzit finished it the car sure was a good running and looking machine for sure

 

gotcha. So was not a factory dash. This confirms it. Was well executed.

Motec Ecu was working well? Challenge bumpers?

 

Motec was running like poop, super rich with the exhaust valve closed. Get rid of that wonky exhaust valve open exhaust and tit would have been a real runner. maybe it was at one point. Motec was the early style from 1995 or so. I think re pop challenge bumpers not OEMs

 

non-airbag cars have a glovebox on the instrument panel and basically look identical to airbag equipped cars

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Looks like you have a euro car? You've got some extra stuff going in the back of the center console. Interesting

 

Believe it or not, a Californian car since birth, just heavy mods, indented fenders, 430 wheels/tires, F40 brakes...& totally Europeanized. I don’t want to hijack the thread, so one old Image Unavailable, Please Login photo.

 

Was your "storage" airbag a conversion or came originally with the car? Original Ferrari indented fenders or stamped elsewhere?

 

Had to be a conversion afaik. I think all US delivered cars were airbag

 

Yes, everything is non-factory, but mainly OEM. The best thing is the custom “center console”. You can take it out or put it in, in seconds. It’s really nice storage & helps me get in & out of the car. It’s a nice arm rest also. I’ll take some photos later.

 

It goes through DOT and they approve it.

I have a Euro 355 and its legal on US roads.