Anyone know of any f50 luggage for sale anywhere? Any good ideas on sourcing that little bit of unobtainium? Thanks a ton in advance. -Sg
Steve: You can get F50 luggage from Joe at [email protected] , $2,425.00 pictured below. Joe has good genuine stuff. Alternatively, if you like Schedoni at www.schedoni.com will make you your very own, and you can specify anything you want: different colors, your name in gold etc! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
good luck with it nice item but REALLY rare! i will look around for one in Italy p.s. i have a service time schedule dealer manual with all part drawings for sale on f chat ads if you are interested
Emilio: Unlike 288 GTOs and F40s, all the F50s that were supplied to the USA (the original USA-spec cars) came with fitted luggage, and they ought to stay with the car. It is never a great sign when a car appears for sale minus its luggage.
All F50's came with fitted luggage. There seem to be 2 variations of the cases, red inserts and plain grey like the seats.
Agreed, but its interesting to see how many people buying a Ferrari Supercar would like to receive exactly what came with the car.
answer to that is 100% ! who wouldnt want all the kit and gizmos and extra niceties? i know i would. but end of the day, whether its the f40, f50 or any car with kit like that, i think first and foremost the focus has to be on the meat and potatoes, getting a stellar car without issues. the luggage is out there. expensive. but out there.
Ever seen a pair of F50 driving shoes come up for sale? It is also very hard to find a "stellar car" these days, especially if you live in the US. These cars don't like being neglected. Even when used the heat soak in the engine bay does major cosmetic damage over time. Washing them and putting them into storage causes problems too- water accumulates in hard to reach places and damages all sorts of parts and finishes. An F50 is a car that requires constant attention. It all adds up to great examples being hard to find and getting harder as time goes by.
You bring up excellent points, which by the way, apply to F40s too. The heat-soak means you're chasing warping cf panels and peeling paint. I can live with the badly tarnished hardware to a point... As far as washing goes, these cars remind me of the Miura. Its as if they were built with no provision for water drainage from the chassis & suspension, particularly where the former is bonded with the bodywork. You're best just wiping them down, and not ever washing them in the traditional sense. One F50 I sold recently had spent most of its life in Nevada & California and it was clearly all the better for the warm & dry climates offered there. As for finding stellar cars, I absolutely agree that the group of cars (again both F40 & F50) that remains in fine fettle diminishes. I dont think this is an intentional act of neglect on the part of owners, but rather a function of many owners simply not knowing how to properly care for these complex machines over time.
No, Im not kidding. Id really question why the most significant ancillary that houses the unit that is the very essence of the car's versatility is missing. Two questions which would need to be answered for proceedings to continue: Why? Would there be a significant discount in lieu of its absence? Such an item missing would sound off alarm bells in my head as far as Im concerned - maybe Im an awful cynic but I like to think that Im fairly good at what I do and trust me when I say my skepticism serves me very well. It would beg the question: what else is missing? What kind of a life has this car had? Did the seller just lose this huge box, or is he withholding it? Truth be told, whatever the answers are, as Ive said before, a situation where a Ferrari Supercar for sale is missing items of significance is just never a GOOD thing, now is it? I have observed that with astonishing regularity, "stellar" cars most often come with everything.
no doubt. it shows an appreciation for the value of the car in keeping that stuff together; I simply pointing out, that last I checked on it, those trunk boxes for example are out there...costly but out there. i dont think its a function of losing that kind of box. i think it could be one of those situations where a seller arranges a sale and the buyer forgets to inquire about the pieces, doesnt know about the pieces, or didnt realize he should care about the pieces. and of course if someone is going to give you the same money for the car without the stuff , as they would have with the stuff....some folk might just keep the stuff....lasting memory of their prize gone to someone else. either way, you and i are in agreement. that stuff is really nice to have and absolutely should be considered when thinking about that kind of car.
