F40 on fast and loud

I can assure you that the car was worked on in the Dallas area and that Mike Luongo and Stuart's had a hand in it. I spoke with both of them about the car. My understanding is that Boardwalk was not officially involved because Ferrari believed the only way to properly repair it was to return it to Maranello.

 

So the guy bought it at 800k. Not too bad for a modified f40.

To get a good one and mess it up with mods is not an option. Getting a clapped out and modifying would cost you similar to what is was sold for. I liked what they did with the pop ups by getting rid of them. Plus if they did in 8 weeks, that's pretty fast.

As always the end result is down to personal taste. A wrecked f40 was brought back to life and that deserves a bit of respect in its own right.

 

True, you have to exclude 'Travellers' F40 from that. That would be the only exception to that rule... Awesome build, prob the most exciting F40 rebuilds yet...

 

Thanks and I would definitely agree!

Important to note that my car is described by M Sheehan as an LM/GTE in his definitive review of the LM/GTE production series which includes the 27 cars modified for racing, where it is listed. I only mention that as this nugget of info is buried somewhere in the 46 pages of the thread and not all might be aware.

 

After reading this thread and seeing the project for what it really is, I'm starting to wonder about all of the other cars that were "bought" by Dennis after GMG had their way with them.

 

It's reality TV... Meaning, it's totally scripted and fabricated.

The transactions are never exactly as portrayed on TV.

 

All the way to the finished product!

 

From what I saw.. That entire frame rail where that engine mount is located was replaced. I'm going to assume that when they welded the engine mount back on to the rail,they welded on off target, missed measurement. In no way does that indicate the frame is out to lunch. It just means there measurement was a bit off, so they had to move it. Not a big deal in the least.

 

I don't believe everything I see on TV, especially the prices tossed around by the Gas Monkey Garage guys. Buying and, later on, re-selling prices nearly always seem too high, sometimes WAY too high. The F-40 purchase is a real laugh.

Here in Italy I also watch a similar British show called "Affari a quattro ruote", also known as Wheeler Dealers. The show features two guys who nearly always buy a cars (including an occasional Ferrari product) at a low price and usually do a reasonable job of fixing it up; they don't do much "custom" work.

When they sell these cars, (many of them pretty nice) I'm always astounded at the low prices they ask. They even show purchasers walk away from really good deals. When they make a 200 quid profit, they jump up and down with joy even after the mechanic spent weeks working his butt off at zero pay.

I think the average TV producer of a "reality show" needs to get out more often.

 

Hey Mozella, that show is hugely popular over here in the states too. It is probably as popular as Fast and Loud (Gas Monkeys). In fact, it's popular enough here that they actually came to the USA to procure a few cars for some of their episodes. Great show.

Recently started watching FantomWorks on the Velocity channel and that show seems way less scripted to me. I enjoy it.

 

Wow, forgot to check F-chat about this "rebuild."
The Gas Monkey F40 was strictly for budget and entertainment. It may not be what enthusiasts expect for an F40 rebuild but for a "budget" rebuild it wasn't bad.

I like Fantom Works as well, a little more realistic.

 

I agree. The Linder F40 has waaaay to much chrome for my liking.

 

The latest issue of Forza (Oct. 2013 pg. 4) has an article about this car. It's basically a discussion of stock vs. modified and provides a review for those that may not have seen the episode. I was hoping they'd driven it or seen it in person. Maybe in a future article.

 

Sorry to revive this thread but I saw this car in Dallas today and I wasn't too impressed. If you looked very closely, you could see where they pieced the front end back together. Also it looked like they left the original shields that were on it during the wreck because they were all scraped up. I included a photo of a panel gap below that didn't look right to me. Is that because of the frame damage or am I imagining things? The lights were bad but in my opinion the vents where the pop-up lights should be were much worse.
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I noticed a few things also. The driver side door sags & doesn't line up properly unless forced which results in striking the the lower sill, I overheard it was a known issue & will be looked into.

The light lens cover above the rear plate is broken, small issue but you might think why wasn't it replaced? Makes the car look sloppy.
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Someone needs to put that car out of it's misery.

 

The car is beautiful. I love the wheels, I love the lights, I just love the car. I just wish more Ferrari guys would modify there cars.

 

I am working on a 911 turbo I bought 2-3 years ago that was in a minor accident. Some one backed into the left front wheel. Prior owner "fixed it."

The damage shifted the wheel in about a 1/2 inch, thats all.

Correcting it has been a HUGE challenge. That 1/2 inch movement ripples through the suspension/frame/door/trunk/yada yada.

Getting it perfect (or close), has been a heckova lot of work. I never thought it would be that involved.

Moving parts back in 1/2 an inch, is a boat load of work.You fix one area, then another doesn't align.

This f40, is going to be a basket case, for the rest of its life. There is no way you can convince me that that frame/body will ever be 100%. There will always be issues.

 

Saw this on another forum I frequent; asking $1.2 million for it.
http://www.collinsbrosjeep.com/classic_cars3.htm

I believe someone in the thread also said this car was not Ferrari certified in its restoration, so what's the realistic asking price? $600,000? $700-750,000? It is still an F40 at its core.

 

Hello, that unique twist isn't the frame where they rewelded a bracket to fit the engine, OOps!

Also the picture above of the Shields, is that a small crack appearing on the top right corner, oops!

Im sorry I really do enjoy the show, however the story for this poor F40 doesn't add up. At least when you show up to an event with Linder's old car its put together better than this black thing.