The F50 Thread

The Tipo USA F50s are entirely created by the Ferrari SpA factory including the 3rd brake light which was factory fitment and how the cars arrived from Maranello.

That said I'm not sure what material they used, although I imagine it was a composite type.

 

I don't like black as a car color but those Alex Penfold shots are truly EPIC
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I seem to have a love/hate relationship with the color black.

On one hand, I find black is stealthy, elegant, and connotes poise.

On the other hand, I find black ends up hiding a lot of the contours, and the contrast between body paneling and vents.

The pictures above are case in point. If you had a Rosso Corsa juxtaposed, you'd find all sorts of interesting design angles to marvel at.

For a vehicle like the Enzo, the color black is even more challenging to appreciate IMO, as it blends into the beltline at the bottom, which takes away the styling "anchor" that the vehicle otherwise has, which is an important design cue. Yet black Enzo's seem to command a premium to other erstwhile colors, even sometimes those that are Extracampionario. Go figure.

 

Seeing a black Enzo in the metal is quite different than on pictures. I never met anyone who wasn't deeply impressed right in front of the car...

 

Totally agree a black Enzo, physically in front of you is a sight to behold.

 

To me the absolute coolest design feature of the F50 (and F40, and 288) is the black line that crosses the side profile. I just think it's such a cool little design detail, but you can't see it when the cars are painted black, which is a bummer. The cool thing about the Brunei black GTO was that they painted it red and 'inverted' the paint scheme, but it seems the new owner painted it black again, which is a shame.

 

If anyone wants to make 10,000 here you go. https://www.instagram.com/p/CH787WalsTA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

Meanwhile we are looking for a USA F50 with under 7,500 miles, preferably one that has not been struck by lightning.

 

the $10k he’ll make from the video he makes when he finds it.

YouTube is the life and death of the car world at the moment.

 

Does anyone know anything about ZFFTA46B000098054 or ZZFFTA46B000098170? Both are prototypes but don't have standard chassis numbers. This is a picture of 98170 I believe.
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What exactly is not standard on this chassis number?

Marcel Massini

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Production F50s have "10" in them well these don't.

 

98170 is a five digit number, hence no "10" as you call it.

Marcel Massini

 

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don’t forget the famous 99999 car.

 

aren’t there multiple 99999s?

 

No.
Come on, not again and again the same stories and fantasies.
We have been thru this several times already.
Use search function, top right.

Marcel Massini

 

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An interesting shot of 104007 during FCN Peelmeeting, september 2002. Picture taken by E. van Nes

 

OMG, I remember 104007 very well, I sold this car 23 May 1996 to Georg Loos (GELO Racing Team, Cologne, Germany). Georg and I did this deal at 2 am in the La Romantica, an outfit full of Russian beauties in Melide (near Lugano), Switzerland. He was a bit distracted, if my memory is correct.
Anyway, it took him a while to come up with the money, but in the end it worked (with help of my lawyers and the support of some Moscow Collection members).
Fun time.
(Georg Loos owned two F50s, the other was 105774. He also owned four F40s.)

Marcel Massini

 

That’s a cool story. Thanks mr. Massini for sharing your incredible knowledge!

 

Marcel, you must publish a book titled "Confessions of a Ferraristi", a connoisseur's collection of all your automotive stories - fictitious names may be used.

BTW, the latest time I have done a Ferrari Supercar deal is at 12.30am, so your record remains safely intact.

 

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I have no problem with the black per se, that said I find the blacked-out windows and lowered suspension to be trying too hard to make this car badass, any F50 is that already.

 

Is that a factory black car?