A V12 F40?

[hairykrishna]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305669892248

I would very much like a go in it. I don't actually find a normal F40 that appealing in the 'dream car' stakes but for some reason dropping a V12 from a 550 in really does it for me.

[TheOctaneAddict]

Interesting car with a good history, I can imagine that everyone would think it was a replica though

[Bobupndown]

hairykrishna said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305669892248

I would very much like a go in it. I don't actually find a normal F40 that appealing in the 'dream car' stakes but for some reason dropping a V12 from a 550 in really does it for me.

I'm the opposite, the F40 is the only supercar I have any [unrealistic] desire to own. The rest do nothing for me at all.

[CKY]

hairykrishna said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305669892248

I would very much like a go in it. I don't actually find a normal F40 that appealing in the 'dream car' stakes but for some reason dropping a V12 from a 550 in really does it for me.

Interesting concept, i've also never been a fan of the F40 - oddly however replacing the boring-sounding V8 with an N/A V12 does little to engender the car to me, i'd just rather do the job properly and get an F50. I remember first going as a passenger in an F40, the performance and driving dynamics certainly stood out, but what lasted the longest from that drive for me were the laughs when I got told how much the owner had paid for something that looked to have inferior build quality to that of a Caterham 7. Anyone else think if you replaced the Ferrari badges on these with something like Lotus badges that the value would drop by more than half overnight?

[Geoffcapes]

Bodykit makes it look like a kit car.

If they had kept the original lines of the car, then I imagine there would be a lot of interest.

This just looks gash!

[Oilchange]

I might prefer it tweeked in the looks department very slightly but it’s far from ‘gash’. I’d love a blast round Combe in it!

[BananaParma]

Well , if Mauro Baldi ,who raced it in the Vallelunga 6 hours , according to the attached story ,prefers it to the original twin turbo V8 then that's a decent validation of it .

Doesn't look like a replica to me ,just a modded car , not an MR2 based horror show

8/10 .

[Wheel Turned Out]

TheOctaneAddict said:

Interesting car with a good history, I can imagine that everyone would think it was a replica though

Given the dubious quality of most replicas I wouldn't think so, this looks like a very well sorted car. Hell of a track toy for someone with deep enough pockets.

[WCZ]

CKY said:

Anyone else think if you replaced the Ferrari badges on these with something like Lotus badges that the value would drop by more than half overnight?

yes

[daytona111r]

Throught a big part of the fun of the f40 was the explosive on
boost power delivery from the turbo

[TO73074E]

I like that. It reminds me of the Taisan Star Card F40 that they entered in the JGTC series in the early 90's.

[brillomaster]

yep, looks great to me. obviously i havent driven either an F40 or an F50 cos i'm not made of money, but for me, this would be the perfect combination - the looks of the F40, with the engine from the F50.

and actually this is even cooler than a standard F40 cos this is a racecar, with proper wing, splitters, stupidly wide wheels and the like. probably be an absolute screamer round a circuit.