F40 LM GTE

In October 1991 Road & Track magazine in Newport Beach used Richard Engels' USA F40 for a thorough test, the width came out at 78 inches or 1981 mm.

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In February 1989 renowned testers Auto Motor Sport measured a European F40 which they subjected to a full test, the width came out as 1980 mm.

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In August 1988, Autoweek compared a Porsche 959 and an F40, the latter's width measured 78 inches or 1981 mm.

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In June 1988 Autocar also compared an F40 with a 959, the F40's width was recorded as 78 inches or 1981 mm.

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In June 1989 Fast Lane measured Nick Mason's F40 at 78 inches wide, 1981 mm.

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In June 2007 Classic & Sportscar magazine recorded this F40's width as 6ft 6 inches wide but rounded that down to 1980 mm.

Allowing for error plus or minus, 1980 mm is basically the correct width for a standard USA or European/ROW F40.

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Thank you Marcel, Carbon McCoy says he now has over 500 Vins though.

 

No comment.

Marcel Massini

 

Repeating private texts on here, tut tut!

 

Width typically also quoted at mirrors which is normally the widest point

 

The same UK plate was used for both 80193 and 83052.

Marcel Massini

 

The mirrors are movable though not fixed, this would not be used by the FIA or others though as a static fixed point of reference, it is either body width or wheel track.

Remember the debacle in the Spanish GP of 1976 when James Hunts M23 was disqualified due to the flex of the tyre side walls taking it just outside of the accepted width.

 

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This matter should now be taken over to the dedicated thread below so that the discussion with regards the GTE examples is the sole focus of this one once again.

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/any-nice-f40-owners-out-there-also-own-a-tape-measure.686792/

 

Unlike you I take care to censor the identity of the sender, so there's no privacy issue.

Good idea.

 

Ah so now you admit such is hearsay, which in any court in any country looking at evidence has nil validity, where as the source I quoted is a fchat supplier of such parts who can be contacted at any time to purchase said (non existent) US spec F40 components.

 

Coincidence? both Ex DK Engineering cars.

 

@PAUL500 permanent thread ban since you cannot participate in this thread amicably.

 

Sending some wheels I had laying around back to BBS for restoration and just saw this as I was boxing them up. Not sure how I never saw this before…


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F40
F40 Corsa (LM)
F40 GT/E
Michelotto Automobili, Monselice

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Now I wasn't expecting this...

It was a complete surprise when this arrived in the mail for Christmas:

Yes, your eyes don't decieve you, it's THE Ferrari F40 book by Keith Bluemel!

A very big thanks to my good friend @chrixxx for such a great gift!! I will put the knowledge learnt from reading it to good use, and don't worry, I'll share that knowledge with you all, if you'd like me to send a picture of a specific page or section, don't hesitate to ask, I just can't send a lot of pictures at once as I do not own the copyright/intellectual property of any of it, everything belongs to Mr. Keith Bluemel or the publisher Porter Press International .

The print quality of the book alone is worth the price of the book, it's built like a tank, the seams holding the pages together are beautiful, I'm so glad to have it be the first book of what will, hopefully, be a big collection.

Thanks again to Chris for his generosity and congratulations to Mr. Keith Bluemel for such a great work with the book.

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Nice photos, nice coffee table book, but I am missing many info.
There is so much more works info on the prototypes and all LM, GTE and Co available; build sheets, drawings etcetera.
We need Ferrari books like Walter Näher's
Porsche 917: Archives and works catalogue 1968-1975

Hopefully we get one soon on the 512S........if ever...

 

Did michelotto build 6 road legal gte? I doubt it but..

 

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“In the UK, a chassis tub was radically modified by Simpson Motorsport for a client, Stefano Sebastiani, in 2001. This project has an interesting history starting when Simpson Motorsport ran for Stefano Sebastiani his Ferrari 348 LM, chassis 95450, in endurance races between 1993 and 1995, including two Le Mans 24 Hours entries in 1993 and 1994. Through its racing with the 348 LM, Simpson and Sebastiani formed a strong relationship with Mr. Felisa of the Ferrari Factory and it wouldn't be unreasonable to say that probably led to the production of the Michelotto-built 348 Competizione and 348 GTC/LM models during 1994.”

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Does someone trust these stories of auction websites?

 

this is F40 GTE 84503

Under restoration:
F40 GTE 85015
F40 LM 97893
F40 LM 92236
F40 GTE 84503



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