Very nice!!! One just like that sold at the Keels & Wheels auction a few months ago while I was there. I wonder if it's the same one.
I don't think so. I was talking to the owner of Scuderia Ramparte and he said the guy has had it for a couple of years. The car won a best in class award at the Rocky Mountain Concourse at the Broadmoor a few weeks ago. The car looks like it just rolled out of the factory. Back to F40's!
Fantastic photos. Just a beautiful car. For only riding in it once, I sure do MISS that beast, with its shiny dual master cylinder and f50 brakes. It was incredibly fast with its new gears.
Hare are some photos I took of another friend's F40. This one is stock except for the Tubi exhaust. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Great images. Clearly you love the F40..... it appears this is the very same car throughout the thread? Joe www.joesackey.com
Yes, except for the last photos of the car with the stock wheels and stock wing. That's the same car (the stock F40) that was with yours and Ryan's a month or two ago.
Interesting rear view of Nick Mason's F40 around 1993....modified rear window for better visibility. Rear visibility doesn't really seem that bad to begin with, and whenever gaps appear in traffic you can be assured of getting to them first anyway ! Image Unavailable, Please Login
The day the beast was delivered....I remember it like yesterday...half of what constitutes automotive shangri-la for me (the other half being the McLaren F1) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Great pics!! So with all those more modern & faster cars you have do you still enjoy driving the Boxer?
Oh man, absolutely ! Its an experience everytime. Getting in demonstrates how far Ferraris have come in 26 yrs. The boxer steering wheel sits low against the seat, so you almost have to slide in sideways underneath it to get it. Mine is a 79 carb version, so starting it and getting it idling smoothly is a 10 minute process ! Fill the carbs with a couple of stabs of the gas pedal, fire it up, and keep the idle steady with slight pressure of the right foot ! Once warmed up after a good 15 mins or so, get going in first and make sure the first few shifts are 1st to 3rd. Once the box is warm, second will engage easier. The noises of a carb'd car are like no other....it is a roar and rumble that is so satisfying and pure. When I look at the Ferraris currently in the stable, the progression from the 79 boxer to the 92 F40 is clear....as is the leap forward to the '04 Stradale. BUT, such is the character of those particular cars, that their age does not take away anything from the ownership experience, and their personal desirability....they have stood the test of time and will continue to do so. I'll say this much though, the brakes and knife edge handling of the boxer will get your attention very, very quickly....the progression in those areas is really appreciated !
Thanks for that great insight! A 512BBi was the first Ferrari I ever rode in. While it wasn't carb'd, it did have straight pipes and the sound and feel was just incredible! It will always be one of my favorite Ferraris.
The sound of those carbs opening up at full pedal must put goose bumps on the body. Any interior pics of that beast? Is the F50 making it's way into your corral?
