USA FERRARI F40

The basics are explained here.

http://www.qv500.com/indexferrari7.php

 

Chassis number 89888 said to have 5,400 miles crosses the block at the Monterey weekend... no affiliation.
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Fantastic, thanks for sharing.

Looks like someone thought better of it and filled in those holes for the canards/spats/winglets/whatever.

 

The 27th USA F40 built, chassis number ZFFMN34A7L0085982, assembly number 02932, one of 93 1990 USA F40s, Wayne O.

Thanks for sharing Andrew!

 

Indeed, former board member's car, dealer-owned, looks nice.

 

74045 at Goodwood again...
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One of the things I have learned about F40 production is that production FAR exceeded what the factory had planned for. In fact, the works had to tool up to meet the extra demand, and in the end HUNDREDS more cars were built than originally anticipated with production topping out at in excess of 1300 cars. Some might view this demand as a sign of the car's success (I happen to agree), but from a logistical standpoint, towards the end of F40 production, many non-experienced hands had to be drafted on to the production line to complete the orders. This often consisted of young interns from local polytechnic schools from nearby Modena and other towns. Ing. Nicola Materazzi and others have affirmed this to me. In the image below, a young man appears to be casually applying the silicone around the windscreen...

Image by Ing. Ricardo Ipolitti.
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A USA F40 that now lives abroad. In New Zealand!
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For many reasons: opportunity, convenience, contacts, a good deal, etc etc etc.

I have sold a handful of cars to NZ on the last few years, and taxes to import them are very significant, yet they were imported. Consider that the purchase of a Classic car or Supercar is sometimes an emotional decision, and not always rational. So too, there are those that WANT a USA spec car over a EU car because of the differences between the two.

 

My thoughts are that having started production in late 1987, by 1989 they realized that many more cars were going to be built.

By the time they got to the USA cars from 1990 - 1992, production was at full scale with 2 lines of cars: USA and Eu types, and resources had to be spread thin. I think it showed up in the finish of the USA cars. I don't subscribe to this "1992 is better" at all.

 

A moment of Silence.

Exclusive images from 1987 made by someone who was there and kindly shared with me...
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