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1995 Ferrari F355 Competizione

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  1. Ferrari 308 Vetro

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  2. bobzdar

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    I thought it was part of the factory display?
     
  3. Ferrari 308 Vetro

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    So its still owned by the factory?
     
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  5. Robb

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    Yes. Still owned by the factory.

    They dressed it up with the Tommy Hillfiger #73 livery as a challenge car look-alike in the Galleria Ferrari in Maranello last spring. But it had paddles and center lock wheels so it was obvious it was the Competizione.

    Here you go:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5jRXAb2V0c&sns=em[/ame]

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  7. Ferrari 308 Vetro

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    Thank you Robb, interesting
     
  8. tomgt

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    It is 101557 never raced
     
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    Anyone know if there is a part number for the carbon door cards?
     
  10. Rothbauer_Racing

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    That is cool! I would think the brakes were from the F40/F50 dept? I sure like the look of it with center locks. I remember many years back for our Ferrari Festival here in Houston a privot collector had on display a 1994 Ferrari 348 GT Michelotto Competizione. I got pics and vid from that and it sounded nice!

    The 355F1 Version is cool as well.
     
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    It wasn't there when I was at Maranello (Ferrari HQ) back in 2004. All they had was an exterior shell of the F355 outside at left front near the entrance to the museum.

     
  12. Fernardi

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    They must have changed the front headlights from fixed with plexi-glass covers to standard 355 pop-ups.... Or they are wrapped. Hope it's still there in September when I visit!
     
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    Stanislaus, that was done a couple of years ago. They replicated a friend's F355 Challenge...

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  14. Fernardi

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    Fuel filler on LH rear quarter glass is also not standard for Challenge.
     
  15. Fernardi

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    Anybody has a picture of the front of the car from the Geneva show?
     
  16. Ferrari 308 Vetro

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    Dont think that the car at the museum the 355 Competizione is.

    Robb?
     
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  18. Ferrari 308 Vetro

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    No Robb sorry, I am pretty sure that its not the same car. Why should Ferrari do this??? Makes absolutly no sense.
     
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    Show me a photo of the interior of the competizione from the display stand... and then we can confirm if this car is similar or different.

    Only way to really know.

    The exhaust matches with single pipes. How many 355 have you seen with single rear pipes? Centerlock wheels. The side windows also match. No 355 has ever had this interior gearbox selector / controls...

    The reason they "did this" is likely that the original Tommy Hilfiger challenge car is privately owned in the US and this was easy...

    I don't think Ferrari has many 355 to select from in their warehouse stockpile. So it was easy to put graphics on this car. The plain red competizione without any graphics would not be that exciting to most visitors I believe. But a challenge car with graphics fit right into their exhibit. Only one F1 challenge 355 and it is in the US. It also has different hand controls than this car and was blue pozzi.

    The 355 from the world tour is in their warehouse and is rolled out on occasion. The 355 on display at the Enzo museum was privately registered.

    So I'll be happy to be proven wrong but don't see that happening because of this car's special interior / gearbox that appears to match along with the other options.

    You aren't too far away. Take a road trip and get the galleria Ferrari people to give you the vin and explain its origins.

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    #21 Robb, Oct 9, 2016
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    How many cars have these F1 gearbox controls?

    Were the GT cars all manual or any F1?

    If this car was a GT race car, then why not use its original

    This is my best guess based on what I saw of the car. Happy to know more when information is uncovered.

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    Robb, I've seen the car twice. It is the 355 Competizione.
     
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    That's what I think Tom. 👍

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  24. Marius

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    I´d love to have those carbon door panels of the Competizione, they look a bit similar to the later produced 360 ones.
    I do think it´s the one, too. Has it ever been raced? It does look used and the sticker-livery-job is awful (in terms of perfection), just like a "real" race car.
     
  25. Ferrari 308 Vetro

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    Agree with Maruis. Why should they do the Hilfiger livery? Makes absolutly no sense.
     

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