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500 Superfast, the Royal Ferrari

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  1. bigodino

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    I didn't get a chance to see the chassis stamping myself, just the plate and engine number. Maybe a friend of mine, who was there, did. I'll ask him.
     
  2. bigodino

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    He didn't see it either.
     
  3. Enzo Anselmo Ferrari

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  4. daytonaman

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    Yes same as 330GT, blinks when brake on with ignition on.
     
  5. miurasv

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    8897SF. Just a typo I'm sure.
     
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  6. Enzo Anselmo Ferrari

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    thank you Howard! I had never noticed it until now! That’s a cool feature :)
     
  7. Enzo Anselmo Ferrari

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    Thank you it was a typo yes! My apologies! :)
     
  8. ArtS

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    330GT 7919 predates this so I suspect its only on later superfasts.
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  9. daytonaman

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    blinker can under dash
    same type of unit used on 60's BMC cars -- they get HOT when used for a while
    PS congrats on your Vanden Plas Princess unusual and rare
     
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  10. Enzo Anselmo Ferrari

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    Everything in a 1960s BMC car gets hot when used for a while trust me!

    thank you for your comment about my Princess! If you allow me a little digression from the 500 Superfast: the car is a genuine LHD with metal sunroof. Bought new by a big editor in Paris (Pierre Firmin Didot, who had an Aston DB4 as well), he sold it in 1978 to a friend of my father’s who sold it to me when I was 14 instead of sending it to a scrapyard (the car hadn’t started in 10 years). I mended it with my then 85 years old grandfather and now use it every weekend in Paris!
     
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  11. daytonaman

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    Wonderful.
    PM me photos please.
    My father was a BMC agent
     
  12. jpbrown

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  13. Yosh1No

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    Yesterday 2 Superfasts were auctioned in Amelia Island via Gooding & Co. (6043SF) and Bonhams (8817SF). For the Gooding one, I want to ask is it still in Verde Scuro? Gooding & Co. said “Presented in Its Unique Original Colors of Verde Scuro over Nero” but maybe I’m a bit of color-blind, from their detailed pictures I cannot see green like its before. Since the previous owner has several repainted Ferraris (275 GTB/4, 250 California SWB), has 6043SF also been repainted?
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    pictures from Gooding & Co. website.
     
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    In person it was a very dark green
     
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  15. Marcel Massini

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    The ex Lord Hanson Superfast 6043 SF has not been repainted and is very genuine and original and it still is Verde Scuro 19394 (Italver 883).
    I last inspected it last week in Amelia Island at Gooding's.

    Marcel Massini
     
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    Is that car ex Ed Waterman?
     
  20. Marcel Massini

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    No.
    Not that I know of.

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  22. bigodino

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    It's very dark green. In normal circumstances it looks black. Only in direct sunlight you can see it is green. Picture recently taken at the Paleis Soestdijk Concours in The Netherlands.
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  24. bigodino

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    What kind of form is this? Note it mentions 500SF as well as 500SA. I came across it in Jean-Louis Bezemer's archive. Funny to see some of the "options" listed.

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  25. Marcel Massini

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    Rimesso is the factory delivery note, a standard paper issued by the factory for every single car when delivered to the dealer or (in this case here) directly to the client.
    The "nostro riferimento 500/SA" translates into "Our order reference 500/SA" and is pure coincidence and has nothing directly to do with a 500 Superfast or a potential 500 Superamerica.

    Marcel Massini
     
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