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  1. joe sackey

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    #201 joe sackey, Sep 17, 2018
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    I'll defer to someone who knows more about this subject than I do, meanwhile, my understanding is the following:

    Ferrari SpA retained affiliate racing specialists Michelotto for the purpose of building a series of Competizione F40s dubbed the F40LM.

    Michelotto initially accepted 19 chassis from Ferrari SpA and purpose-built F40LMs from scratch.

    The 19 chassis were not assembled road-cars pulled off the 'line at any stage, they were simply a chassis, engine & certain components supplied to them by their clients Ferrari SpA.

    The reason for this approach was economic, it would be significantly more expensive starting with an assembled car which would then have to incur the cost of disassembly and the loss of discarded road-car parts.

    IMO, the Competizione F40s that were purpose-built F40LMs from scratch are quite special as they were never anything else but full-blooded racing F40s from birth.

    Happy to be corrected if anyone has definitive proof otherwise.
     
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    #202 luigisayshello, Jun 24, 2019
    Joe was this the one Eng. Materazzi drove home and around? What were the first 2 prototypes vin?
     
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    #203 joe sackey, Jun 25, 2019
    I'm really not sure, TBH I never knew he drove one home & around, and when I spoke to him extensively during the course of publishing my 288 GTO book, it never came up.
     
  4. Ferrari27

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    #204 Ferrari27, Jun 25, 2019
    Wow, this thread is now over 9 years old!

    I am sure that there is more information available now than in June 2010 so does anyone have any further details on the history of these prototypes, some of which seem to have disappeared? The above list of S/Ns appears all over the internet but I think 74327 is in fact ZFFAA17B000074327, an EU spec Testarossa. If that is correct and there were 8 prototypes, is there another S/N that is not included in this list?
     
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    #205 luigisayshello, Jun 25, 2019
    The man is not very keen on driving it, he drove one of the two f40 prototypes before the original presentation date (I think it was around this time of the year???). It would be the special 1 that prototype. Plus it's part of the very first 2 f40 ever.
     
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    #206 joe sackey, Jun 25, 2019
    Happy to correct my records, what's your proof that 74327 in this list refers to a Testarossa and not to an F40?

    Is this photo-documented somewhere?
     
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    #207 luigisayshello, Jun 26, 2019
    Not that I know, it came from Eng. Materazzi mouth during his birthday (?) on that gathering / track day organized by Cironi with all the big motorsport historics and fans a couple of years ago. I will try to find the video and the time stamp.
     
  8. Marcel Massini

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    #208 Marcel Massini, Jun 26, 2019
    74327 is not an F40 (according to factory records).

    Marcel Massini
     
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    #209 Marcel Massini, Jun 26, 2019
    Here's some F40 Prototype information:

    73015 was used for crash tests.
    74045 went to Michelotto.
    74047 went to Michelotto.
    74049 became the prototype for the adjustable suspension.
    75052 was a factory test vehicle (Vettura Esperienza #4).
    75580 was a factory test vehicle (Vettura Esperienza #3).
    76687 was a factory test vehicle (Vettura Esperienza #10)
    77107 was a factory test vehicle.
    78206 was a factory test vehicle.
    83405 was used for crash tests.
    83406 was a factory test vehicle.
    84517 was a factory test vehicle for USA.
    99401 was a factory test vehicle and went to Michelotto.

    77107 is currently on display at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello.

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    #210 joe sackey, Jun 26, 2019
    Thank you.

    Thanks for clearing that up.

    Thanks for this definitive information.
     
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    #212 Natan Tazelaar, Aug 2, 2019
    75052 is for sale at Tom Hartley jr:
    https://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/car/stock/1987/ferrari/f40-prototype/ferrari-f40-prototype/

    Lots of detailed pictures for those who are interested.
     
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    #214 Natan Tazelaar, Aug 3, 2019
    I didn't know that. Must have missed it then.
    It is kinda rare for these cars to show at a dealer in the first place.
     
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    #215 willcrook, Aug 5, 2019
    wonder how much he wants for it
     
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    #216 joe sackey, Aug 5, 2019
    Brace yourself with a stiff drink, then call ;)
     
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    #217 willcrook, Aug 6, 2019
    I may actually do this, as a celebration of my 1,000th post here also :D
     
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    #218 XTP, Aug 29, 2019
    What is that one the first picture.
    I've never seen that car!

    Gr.
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    #219 mechaniker, Aug 30, 2019
    328 based GTO Evoluzione Replica with F40 Style front.
     
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    #220 tomgt, Sep 14, 2019
    Where is the “car” that was used to mould the F40 body on. It was on a Ferrari chassis. This car may have become the first F40 pre production prototype.
     
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    #221 Marcel Massini, Sep 15, 2019
    One of a series of pix I took in May 1987, not at the factory, two months before the official presentation (which was 21 July 1987), no carbon fiber body.

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    #222 Eilig, Sep 15, 2019
    Outstanding. Thank you for sharing!!
     
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    #223 of2worlds, Sep 15, 2019
    Marcel you mentioned in the past that the F40 shown to journalists to photograph at the Fiorano introduction had no serial number displayed. Do you think that was 74045 displayed there?

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    Marcel maybe you are in this second picture at Fiorano with 73015 plus a second F40 which I call the 'picture car'.

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