F40 LM GTE

Yep... found a buyer willing to pay it... simple as that.

 

People with that sort of money are generally not stupid enough to pay nearly twice the going rate Phil. There must be a story behind it, and I would like to hear it.

 

Hello to all,
here are my first pics that i will share with you all ,about the GTE's.
I was at the pre-qualifing in april '95 and i took different photo of the cars.
raceno.40 is 83405(with a lot of trouble with the gearbox)and no.41 is 90001.
until soon !
ivo
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Nice! thanks for sharing which some of us don't.......

88779 is sold outside Europe.

 

ivo73, nice pics! Is the green in your pics representative of the color it is in person?

Thanks!

 

Hello Dino Scuderia,
yes the green looks original.Somewhere i have the color code...i will search in my file.
And also i will post more of my pics soon-please be patient.
regards
ivo73

 

there are 19 bulit LM's from the first build in around 1991- 1993.
As far as I know, these are the real LM's because some of them actually ran at Le Mans. The GTE's (of which there are 7) are a later bigger engine size 3.6 litre , i think, and built around 1996-1998

 

here two pics of the 90001 car !
Any ownership history of this car?
thanks
ivo73
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here another photo of 90001,now in the IGOL sponsoring livery,a years later.
Now i was there only as spectator,not as a mechanic like 1995..
regards
ivo73
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Hi Ivo,

I believe it is owned by Risi himself and the car is now in the US at FOH.
There was an earlier thread about it here on F-Chat as I recall. Sadly, it is no longer in it's race colours. Boring resale Red.

 

When did it go to US.

It was at Michelotto for sale in 2002 when I was there.......

 

Don't know; but it was there a few months back.

 

How many GTE are out there ? The one for sale in France has no sequential gb and no carbon brakes which were 2 of the major improvement over the LMs..

 

There are SEVEN GTE's I believe. There are 2 versions EVO 1 and EVO 2 and the specs vary from car to car it would seem. The GTE's are S/N's:
74045, 82404, 84503, 85015, 88779, 90001 and 94362

 

That car (88779) is sold and not in France anymore.

 

According to http://www.qv500.com/ferrarif40p10.php there are only 6.....any idea if they are right/wrong?

Also, there seems to be a couple of differences in the S/N's that you posted and theirs.

 

QV500 isn't accurate in some areas but it's a pretty good summary of the racing F40's. There was one LM that was later converted to full GTE specs
(94362) and one that started as a prototype road car, then converted to an LM and then converted to a full Monty EVO 2 GTE (74045). Perhaps QV500 is counting one of those as an LM?
The list I am using was published by Michael Sheehan with contributions from Marcel Massini and a dozen other noted experts. So I reckon it's pretty accurate.

 

Thanks for clearing that up.

This list you use, is that in a certain book or magazine? (I am after a comprehensive book with these type of details about Ferrari's)

 

I have collected everything I have read about Ferraris since the early 80's.
In this case it is an article titled "F40's Go Racing" by Michael Sheehan.
It may be on his website under articles?

 

Thanks.

 

S/N 85015 for sale here in Melbourne Australia.

http://www.maranellomotorsport.com.au/displayCar.asp?c=1

 

two more pics of the car at Le Mans 1996.
The car have Michelotto build number 001.
does someone have a full list of the build number?
Any Michelotto documents about?
regards
ivo73
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Thats a regular Gb right ?

 

What's a Gb?

 

gearbox??