Ron Tonkin's sucess story is inspiring indeed. His collection of cars is too. 'The Old Man' Enzo Ferrari bestowed upon him the very last 288 GTO built and you are looking at it in this image - thats chassis number 58345, the 279th 288 GTO built (including prototipos), "La GTO Ultima", with its EE plates still affixed... take a good look. The cars reside in Portland Oregon, and the collection includes a dry-sumped Miura SV, so Ron's gotta be a cool guy then Of course, there is his F40 as well. And F50. Yes there is an Enzo too. Joe www.joesackey.com Photos courtesy David Quick. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Limerock Park, F40 in action... Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Keeneland Kentucky. Ferrari of Beverly Hills? Jas, you dont ship it back here for service do you? Having asked that, Graziano Negroni will be only too happy to oblige as in the past 15 years, he tunes an F40 like few do :-0 Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Its clear to see why a USA F40 has a 0.34 CX drag coefficient... Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
Morris Kessler doesnt baby his F40 and it is 'driven' as the rims sooty from brake dust prove. His 288 GTO receives similar treatment. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
The stars and stripes are to remind us that this is an F40 created for the land of the free and the home of the brave, 6 times as rare as those other F40s. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
As soon as the F40 pilot turns on the afterburners, this Lamborghini will be duck soup Quack, quack... Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
Images... courtesy of M.Blackwood/SoCal Exotics. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
California (where else?). There must be more F40s here than any other state... Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A famed poster to think of that evokes 20 years of a special car. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
Must have been an awesome sight. Three in a row out front at Texas world Speedway. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
Graham, I am overjoyed at receiving your good tidings from the Queen's country and am pleased to note that the installation of your giant chandelier has been completed without injury nor damage. I should state (speaking from experience) that it is best to buttress and brace the roof to ensure that an untimely demise does not befall one of your guests should sheer weight cause the aforementioned device break free fom its mountings. I have posted images of your Lightweight F40 as it resides in your own garage next to the 512 TR and the Rolls. I am suitably impressed with the ingenuity that F40 owners show in adapting to changing circumstances. The inclement weather in Jolly Olde England should not stop you from enjoying your F40 and I daresay with its carbon-fibre hull, it will make a fine water-craft indeed. I am especially impressed with the stowage capabilities of the F40 by utilizing the rear wing and some old rope to accomodate your trusty oars. Please report back to us as we wait in America to hear of your F40 voyages upon the high tides of Her Majesty's country. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
This is a depiction of a drive in the English Countryside in an F40 these days.... In sunny California, of course it is a different matter. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
Sitting poolside in the warm sunny weather, a nice aperatif at hand, the sounds of precocious teenages hooting & hollering as they spend another lazy summer day having fun, one cannot complain at all. The "40" has already been excercised, at the crack of dawn when traffic was sparse. So here are some more of our favorite cars... this USA F40 is depicted in a works poster for the Museum Of Modern Art. Art ideed is the F40. This particular car had to be drained of all fluids and then flipped on its side using a hoisting dolley to allow into to enter the display room via an all-too-narrow doorway! Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
Is that a (USA-type) 'Moustache' sprouting from the lower lip of the F40 LM's front end???? Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
Exactly 20 years ago I saw this cover and thought: "Uh-oh. There could be trouble..." Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
I think it was one of a pair of first cars. Attached is another prototype. It looks really silly with the hydraulic system raised and I cant beleive the photographer didnt think to lower it... Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login
Kirb's F40 pics are sublime. Joe www.joesackey.com Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login