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  1. joe sackey

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    Indeed, a cleaner look.
     
  2. Natan Tazelaar

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    Is it possible that different prototypes/test cars used the same number successively, for instance when 83405 was used for crash tests, the yellow number moved to another chassis to continue testing. Or can it be that a single vehicle carried different numbers as it progressed through the development process? Thanks.

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  3. F40 Fan 2020

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    Thanks a lot @Marcel Massini. That's very interesting.

    Are these the 9 prototypes?
    • 73015
    • 74045
    • 74047 burnt?!
    • 74049
    • 75052 #4
    • 75580 #3
    • 76687 #10
    • 77107 Ferrari museum
    • 78206

    And what about your list earlier in this thread with the following productionnumbers?
    • 83405
    • 83406
    • 84517
    • 99401
     
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    Looks like 73015 from the famous Cavallino cover picture. The very dark lighting covers seem to be a characteristic of just the earliest cars.
    Never have run across that French magazine with the picture of a number of rear clips stacked beside the production line with that early style 5 vent rear fender design...
     
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  6. tomgt

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    What about sn 80697

    -five rear side vents
    -no front spoiler lip
    -more slots in the plexi window of the engine cove
     
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    Engine #17853, gearbox #625, body #193.

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    and side view mirrors mounting on the A-pillars

    Looks like a prototype no?
     
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    Hello Marcel,
    What about s/n 76354 which had been the presentation car in Francfort 1987 and Genève 1988 ?
    Is it not a proto also ?
     
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    Hi guys,
    We were lucky enough to get our hands on a prototype F40.

    Now, it is for sure one of the prototypes, but we would like to check/find some details around its history.
    I contacted Mr Massini already, hoping for a reply on his side, but no luck so far.
    But are there other ways/persons/... that could help me out around its history.

    Ofcourse we will also get it the certification, but we all know what the value of that really is...

    Cheers
     
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    Without a stated chassis number, how can anyone help you with it's history ?
     
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    True, my question is more where I can find info, not if anyone here can find it.
    At the moment, I prefer to keep the chassis number of the forum.
    But I've sent you a DM

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    it is
    Different chassis as well
     
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    Late to the party but great pics!

    This looks like a plaster model and of particular note it looks to be a “split” model with different design features on the respective right and left sides. Noticeable is the higher cowl height on the RHS of the car vs. the driver’s side. Looks to me like the higher hood trailing edge design won out, yes?

    Wonder if the unseen LHS has other interesting design variations?
     
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  20. PAUL500

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    The interesting thing about the proto cars are the variety of mirrors and positioning they tried out, for the driver to be able to see past the rear haunches.

    Then finally coming up with the easiest of solutions for the production cars, which was to make the sidelight plexi glass slightly larger than the 308/328/288 version the proto's were fitted with, by just moving the metal upright divider further along the door.

    This made the main door window slightly smaller than the previous models, but allowed for a pretty conventional mirror to then be fitted, so the driver had a decent rear view still from their seating position.

    The one above that Marcels says is a cgi has all the hallmarks of what a LM proto may have looked like, but from memory they used the US homologation car for that purpose?
     
  21. joe sackey

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    74045 was converted by Michelotto into an LM after it had completed duties as the Tipo USA prototype, I believe it's the most expensive F40 of any kind to sell publicly at $4,842,500 Euros.
     
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    Ah so that could well be a Michelotto proto, an early attempt at a race spec before the LM came about?
     
  24. ingegnere

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    This view of the same model shows that the LHS has, besides the different cowl height, a more pronounced rear fender bulge. Or, put another way, narrower width across the doors—possibly using the original 308 door profile (?).

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    The rear fender features 4 vents while the prototype builds featured 5 vents which someone decided to veto. The frame for the side window is more laid back on this design; the other version is more vertical. The coke bottle shape became slab sides unlike the 288 GTO. Interesting to see this work in progress!
     
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