F40 inthe living room

F40 as furniture/home decor = STOOPS!

 

That is pretty neat. Elton John did the same thing with his Jaguar XJ220.

 

i hope this yields results. this is pretty cool.

 

Very interesting find. Id like to know more about this issue.

 

I believe I may have found him. Should I give him a call? I don't want to sound creepy or intruding. What is the best way to go about this? I am not 100% sure but it seems like a good lead.

 

What would the point of calling him be? It seems like that old Chris Farley bit on Saturday Night Live:

FARLEY: "Oh my god you're Arnold Schwarzenegger!"

ARNOLD: "Yeah"

FARLEY: "Hey, do you remember the time that Terminator... he was shooting that guy... and he said, 'Asta La Vista... Baby' then he shot him?"

ARNOLD: "Yeah."

FARLEY: "That was cool!"

 

Ask him if he still has the car and tell him about ferrari chat. Maybe tell him to come on the cruise on Sunday. Oh well, I found his companys info (I think).

 

I was actually at Ferrari of Central Jersey (he apparenty is a customer there) and one of the salesmen was telling me he purchased the car, and with just delivery miles drove on it he built a livingroom around it.

 

Um, ok folks, NO DISRESPECT meant here, but um, this is a bit... nuts, isn't it? I mean hey, I LOVE Ferraris but, seriously??

 

I agree 100%. If your really that obsessed make a garage with a glass wall so you can see your cars whenever you want, but whats the point of buying suck a beauty if you can't drive it!

 

Im sure he'd be delighted to pull it out of his living room and put miles on this rolling coffee table for your rally.

 

I forgot about this factoid.

 

Ferrari World issue no. 6, 1990, page 86. There's a pic of an Euro F40 in someone's solarium.

However, they didin't give out details.

 

there was an issue of the robb report where a fellow built his office above a garage so he could see his cars all of the time. the office's floor was made of glass.

pretty cool stuff, i hope i can find the issue and scan it.

 

Do you think people use coasters when they put their drink on his roof?

Christopher

 

The car is no longer in the house.

 

I heard the same thing, and I remember reading a thread from the guy who bought it asking what type of work it would need after non use for its entire life.

 

I wonder if he sits in the cockpit and watches football on Sundays?

Do you think hes allowed to smoke in the car, in the living room, in the house or does he go outside the car, outside the living room and outside the house to smoke?

If you call this guy, ask him my question:

When was it exactly that you became a nut-bar??

 

"to the left and right of the stage we will have two .50 caliber machine guns-- now remember boys, fire in three-shot bursts; these babies tend to heat up...any questions?"

haha waynes world 2

 

You'd be surprised how many Ferraris are never driven.

 

I am best friends with Jim's youngest son. Mr Haas had the car on order for a long time before it finally was delivered. I think the idea of putting it in the living room may have started out as a joke and then a dare and being the kind of guy James is, he did it! I was there the day they delivered the car. The living room was not built around the car as earlier stated in thread. The car was delivered in an enclosed rollback truck with Ferrari Logos all over. The front doors to the home had to be removed to fit the car through. There were some other slight modifications made to the home to accommodate the car. The front doors of the house are several steps up from ground level so they had to lift the truck with a crane to get it level with the doors. The truck had to be lifted twice due to the first time the car was in the truck facing the opposite direction to how it needed to be. They lowered it back to ground level took the car out and turned it around and put it back in and did it all over. We all pushed the car into the house. The engine was never started while in the house to my knowledge. There was one slight mishap during the install. While the Ferrari tech was going over the features of the F40 he unlatched the 2 hood latches on the left and right side behind the front tires to show how to lift it to access this area, he forgot to remove the transit tie-down hook that goes through the small carbon honeycomb grille at the lower front of the hood so when he lifted we all heard "CRUNCH"! James is a cool guy and I am sure he felt sorry for the guy making an honest mistake in front of the car's new owner and a few Ferrari execs. I think they flew in a replacement grille and installed next day. I remember that even the dealer price sticker remained on the windshield while in the house. Eventually I guess the novelty wore off and to the delight to Mrs Haas, the car was removed and I think a grand piano sits in its place today. While I was there during the install, I videotaped with my Batacam (that's how long ago this was). If I ever find the tape I will post it on YouTube.
I know many people would wonder why anyone would buy such a car and never drive it, but we never gave it any thought. Jim has several beautiful cars in his garage and one was delivered right from the end of the assembly line to him and to this day has 0 miles on it. I remember one day there was a bunch of kids having a car wash at a local church parking lot so Jim asked his son Larry and myself to take a couple of the cars up there for them to wash. These cars were already spotless but I guess he wanted to give the kids a treat and help their cause at the same time, so I think I took a Testarossa and Larry drove a Countach and off to the car wash we went...

 

Great stories, thanks for the input!!! How did you find this thread?

 

I heard they used the F40 to tow the grand piano into the house. No, wait, that wouldn't work... Nevermind.