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Just discovered the history on my TM F12...

Discussion in 'F12/812' started by KY _Soldier, Oct 13, 2020.

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  1. KY _Soldier

    KY _Soldier Formula Junior

    Oct 13, 2008
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  2. ScottS

    ScottS F1 Rookie
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    Slm had the LaF wheels on his AN F12. Love them. Tried to buy these from the seller FC Italia in Greensboro but did not pull the trigger.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/401516697957

    No relationship. About 8k for a set.

    I suspect the same wheel as the originals could be found and even if painted to Original delivery color. Those are nice also.

    But I respectfully suggest that either of those would be more fitting for your beauty.

    ScottS


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  3. savannah

    savannah Rookie

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    Great story. Beautiful car!
     
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  4. KY _Soldier

    KY _Soldier Formula Junior

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    Got a set! Waiting to install them now.
     
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  5. Il Co-Pilota

    Il Co-Pilota F1 Veteran

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    Hopefully some place nice.
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    Could you please look inside and post the part numbers?

    Thank you

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  6. john a barnes

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    Ferrari celebrates Singapore independence? With wheels. Huh.
     
  7. BMW.SauberF1Team

    BMW.SauberF1Team F1 World Champ

    Dec 4, 2004
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    There's only that 1 F12 ever made to celebrate it. It was probably a dealer or customer idea.
     
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  8. Da Butcher

    Da Butcher Karting

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    Hi Eric,

    This factual story might be interesting to you...

    Back in Nov/Dec 2018, I was searching for a newer 599 GTB to replace my wrecked '07 599 (long story) after receiving substantial insurance payment. I distinctly recall being very interested in a 2010 599 HGTE offered by Marshall Goldman Cleveland in a similar custom color combo (Grigio Granito or Silverstone / Brown) with quilted rear package shelf and back stop, white RPM counter, Alcantara carpeting, etc, and only had less than 5k miles. See for yourself... :)



    It was an absolutely stunning car with obvious Ferrari Atelier (pre Tailor Made) personal styling that I'd have preferred to own, except for its exorbitant asking price of $249,990 which at that time was equivalent to the price of a nice and newer F12. MGC did lower the price a couple months later to $225k which might have interested me, but I'd already signed for and was already driving a 2011 HGTE (one of the last sold in the US).

    So the odds of that special 599 HGTE having been previously owned by Jim Ring were enormous. Anyway, enjoy your beautifully special F12.

    Cheers,
    Butch A
     
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  9. KY _Soldier

    KY _Soldier Formula Junior

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    That is fascinating. I really wish I could have met him! Wonder where that car is today?!
     
  10. KY _Soldier

    KY _Soldier Formula Junior

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  11. Da Butcher

    Da Butcher Karting

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    Very nice, Eric. Good choice to go with OEM wheels which preserves the heritage and completes the classic Ferrari look.

    Those LaF wheels were derived from a couple of previous style wheels for these models:
    1) the 599 Fiorano's HGTE five-spoke, two-piece wheels;
    2) the 458 Italia's standard five-spoke wheels.

    IMHO as a retired Eng'g Design Engr, the Pininfarina and Ferrari Centro Stile wheel style designs blend congruously to harmonize with the cars' designs such that most aftermarket-available wheels in larger sizes or fuzzier, complex designs either look garish and/or do not do justice to Ferrari's intendd body aesthetic.

    Of course, beauty is in the "eye of the beholder" and everybody is entitled to their opinion, but there remains a "standard" in automobile art for the body/wheel combo to be considered as "classic". For example, a 250 GTO or the 365 Daytona looks fantastic with Borrani wire wheels but would look outrageous with modern 5-spoke wheels, and so on.

    Butch
     
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  12. KY _Soldier

    KY _Soldier Formula Junior

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    Thank you Butch. I completely agree. Very few aftermarket wheels can retain the design elements.
     
  13. merstheman

    merstheman F1 Rookie

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    Those wheels look great! I'm not crazy on the black, I'd have them silver, but they undeniably fit the car a lot better! Congrats on a beautiful car!
     
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