Ferrari Enzo #399 of #399

Is that the only thing needed to get it US spec compliant?

 

There are also little details that need to be changed, like: rear taillights, seabelt and ECU

 

Total non issue.

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Any pics of Todt's car, Piero Ferrari's Enzo and Luca's enzo?

 

So beautiful...

 

What a great accomplishment. The Enzo is like in my humble opinion the best Ferrari ever.
Keep us posted, thanks for sharing.

 

Very nice! Congratulations!

 

I agree that is why Enzo is my all time favourite

 

Thanks SupercarGuru for sharing the story and pics of the #399 Enzo. Can you also share to us the story and pics of Schumi's Enzo? Thank you

 

Sold by Joe Sackey Classics LLC to our longterm client, thanks SupercarGuru for the opportunity

 

Interesting tidbit regarding the Schumacher Enzo. I had my 1989 328 GTB in Florida back in January for the Cavallino Classic in Palm Beach. Prior to the show my car was being stored and detailed in a small discrete warehouse near Ft. Lauderdale. When I went to check on the car, sure enough, what was being stored off to the side? The Michael Schumacher Enzo. Two interesting things I noticed about the car - The tail lights were US spec. I wondered how this could be because it was originally a Euro car, but now I understand after reading this thread that it was converted for the US. Also, the front boot is totally modified to accommodate a very intense sound system that Schumacher had installed in the car. The system uses the entire space (no tools or storage space). On a personal note, the spec did nothing for me. The color seemed more Rosso Dino than Rosso Scuderia to me. I also was not a fab of the Cuoio interior. Still, it was a rather unique car to stumble upon. I wish I had photos to share but I was asked to not photograph the car which I respected, of course.

 

My question is why change taillights for federalization if Euro and US are basically the same other than Euro having an amber reflector for the turn signal and US being a clear one? They still both light up in amber....
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They don't. The US turn signal indicator is made up of a half portion of the outer circular red portion, not the inner central lens. Why that is, I don't know. I prefer the amber myself.

 

Correction - the entire red circular portion of the inside unit flashes as the turn signal. Please see mark 8:35 on this video:

 

I was living in a misconception my whole life about the US turn signal for the Enzo it seems like. Now I know, and I think I now have an understanding why, it's because in US NHSA has some weird rules regarding turn signals, the area that is lighted up needs to be of a certain minimum requirement, perhaps the inner clear circle was too small so they used the outer ring of the inner tailligt.

 

I know it has something to do with the ratio but I still see many cars with small amber turn signals. I can’t say I know the precise details.

 

I am almost certain FMVSS allows amber lights in forward facing positions only.

 

I'm sure that if Ferrari didn't have to do it they wouldn't. Either way, thank you for explanation.

 

That is not the issue, there were and are many cars sold in US using the amber turn signal in the rear. Take the 2003 Toyota Camry for example:
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as you can clearly see it has the amber light bulb behind the clear lens, that's how it came from factory.

 

I'm wrong. May be an old law. Thankfully they have changed a lot of regulations about lighting.

 

Could be. That is true, although the law about the size of the rear turn signal area that is lighted up is a bit dated now with the LED taillights. Take Audi for example, in Europe they have a beautiful turn signal with an LED strip "flowing" in the direction of the turn, well in US because of regulations they had to add an additional area as it was too small.....
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Despite one being A8 and other A4 it works like that on every car in US with the additional area lighting up. LEDs are bright enough, European version is clearly visible, not sure why they won't adapt the law to new technology. Sorry for going way off topic here.

 

You are correct. Still today, all US cars are required to have front turn flashers in amber or white. As for rear, it is a ratio red/amber question. With cars that meet the ratio, they are usually the same globally. For those that don’t, in the US the flashers are red. It’s an odd regulation. Other examples include most all modern Mercedes. All current Alfa’s are this way too. Currently, all modern Ferrari’s s except the 488 are red in the US and amber in Europe (the 488 has amber turn flashers).