TDF Blue over Bordeaux Red F355 GTS F1

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place for this post, but I am trying to find out if anyone owns or knows of a very unusual F355 GTS that was for sale on FB marketplace (of all places) about a year ago. The car was in Boston. Unfortunately I did not get the VIN number, but it was TDF blue, had a bordeaux red interior and steering wheel, carbon bucket seats, F1 trans, and about 20k miles on it. I think it was a 1999. 355 registry shows a possible VIN ZFFXR42A??0 and SN 115639 but I wasn't able to locate much beyond that. It was being sold by a small dealership who indicated it had gone to Pennsylvania from Massachusetts but that is all I know. I didn't want to pester them about it too much but it was such a peculiar spec and color combo, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it for a year and would love to know where it ended up! I should have saved the photos and VIN but for some reason didn't. Perhaps it wasn't meant to be.

Any information is appreciated. Happy New Year. Thanks,

Nik

 

It was stunning! I am kicking myself for not saving any of the pictures. The carbon buckets wrapped in red leather were unreal. VERY striking car. Sounds like you have a gem yourself!

 

Incredible. Absolutely gorgeous.

 

Thank you for sharing those. What a unique looking car. A true beauty! I’m going to reach out to the dealer that had this one and see if they still have the pictures. It looks very similar to yours.

 

Ha! I a actually have almost this one, but a GTS in TDF blue over Cuoio leather. I figured if I couldn’t swing a real one this would do lol. Those resin 1/12 scale models are actually pretty sweet if you’re into that sort of thing.

 

Wow! Thanks Sam! I thought it was lost forever. Well, it may still be, but at least someone else saw it and can confirm it was real. Thanks for the VIN too, that's huge. I actually called the little dealership it was at after I started this thread to ask the guy for pictures. He never did get back to me but I was pretty clear it wasn't of much importance. He was EXTREMELY helpful when they had the car, even called me to let me know it had sold, and offered to give my contact info to the new owner who I think he said is in PA. Agreed, it does feel like that "one that got away" and I don't often feel that way about cars. Such a unique spec. Very cool.

Did you drive it? Was it as clean as it looked? It had been serviced very recently right there in Boston and appeared to be turn key. About the only thing I would personally want to swap was the very red steering wheel. Carbon buckets looked incredible too.

Would you be interested in uploading your photos if you have them? I should have grabbed everything from the listing but didn't before it was pulled down.

Thanks again for the reply. Please keep in touch if you hear of it, I will do the same. Regardless of whose hands it ends up in it would be really cool to see it with a forum member and learn how it's doing - like a long lost relative lol.

 

And there she is! Beautiful. Just perfect. Thanks so much for uploading that.

Oddly enough I had a similar reaction from a friend I showed the pictures too. I immediately changed the subject because I felt it such a ridiculous response and am still a little put off by it even today haha. Based on your description it sounds like it was pretty much as gorgeous as it appeared in the photos. Really kicking myself now.

I unfortunately didn't get the new owners' name (didn't ask either). The salesman says he gave them my contact info which I had provided to him, so who knows. I probably overplayed my hand already by asking him for those pictures like a year later but if I get really desperate I may call back and see what he will reveal.

Such an amazing, oddly-spec'd machine. And those seats! Truly works of art. Thanks again for the picture. Looking forward to seeing more if you can find them.

 

Sweet! Great pictures. And yes, agree completely about not exposing it too much. It would be great if the owner decides to chime in though. Would love to know where she ended up.

 

The wheel definitely gave me the most pause. As I recall that was a $500 option just to have the wheel red and I would gladly save the money to keep it black.

 

Me too. You've successfully revived this thread with these great photos so maybe we will learn something after all. If nothing else, people will be more informed.

 

Another gem! This thing had some nice stablemates.