RE: Happy 30th Ferrari F40!
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I had 3 posters on my bedroom wall when I was a child - a Lamborghini Countach, a Porsche 959 and an F40 - Nick Mason's F40 NPG.
Even now at the age of 30 something, I have one model car in my bedroom. Proudly sitting on the window sill is my Bburago F40.
I've wanted one for as long as I can remember but haven't so much as sat in one. I've seen a few at various car days but the only time I've seen one out in the wild was in my local town when one rumbled through the high street.
If I win the lottery - and it'd have to be a serious win now unfortunately - it would be the first supercar I'd get.
It may have panel gaps like the Grand Canyon, it may have Fiat Strada indicator stalks and it may have a driving position for a contortionist - I really don't care.
Even now at the age of 30 something, I have one model car in my bedroom. Proudly sitting on the window sill is my Bburago F40.
I've wanted one for as long as I can remember but haven't so much as sat in one. I've seen a few at various car days but the only time I've seen one out in the wild was in my local town when one rumbled through the high street.
If I win the lottery - and it'd have to be a serious win now unfortunately - it would be the first supercar I'd get.
It may have panel gaps like the Grand Canyon, it may have Fiat Strada indicator stalks and it may have a driving position for a contortionist - I really don't care.
A few years back I was surveying a building and ended up in the basement level car park. Opened the door to the main area and stumbled across this masterpiece. Still to this day nothing has shocked me quite as much, well, failing that seagull carcass that fell on me ....
Majestic thing. Couldn't find it on any register but I believe it was previously white and belonged to someone else who's fairly famous (after googling the VIN)
The lucky guy also had a 355 F1 and an 8C, along with some funky bentley. Very jealous.
Majestic thing. Couldn't find it on any register but I believe it was previously white and belonged to someone else who's fairly famous (after googling the VIN)
The lucky guy also had a 355 F1 and an 8C, along with some funky bentley. Very jealous.
I had an F40 Passenger ride by one of the carguys.tv last year back around Bournemouth and surrounding area, driven at great pace its like a go kart with turbos. I wasnt at first a fan as it seemed to be very kit car like. But the sheer idea and the coming together of ideas and design to bring it to life bring it together nicely. The sheer pace takes some beating.....
Car shown here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDjuhwqqUoo
Car shown here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDjuhwqqUoo
On the scale of elemental beings just how incredible is fairy incredible? The only trans dimensional car I have ever longed for and all the better for it. Many times I argued with my brother as a child about exactly how long it would take to get from Edinburgh to London in an F40 if you had a perfectly straight road. I was 9 years old, it loomed large in the imagination of a 9 year old. Its legend lives on.
F40s- had mine for twenty years now;sadly it's the Tipo Burago .
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Favourite memory - on my second trip to Maranello I was having a smoke on our hotel balcony , overlooking the factory . OH had given me a glass of prosecco and I was just musing on living the life (living the dream , we'd driven there in a Fiat Panda rental no less ) when the most amazing howl erupted below me - an F40 being given a serious thraping in first two or three gears . Even though I don't usually like flat plane V8s much , nor turbos , the noise was wonderful , and the fusillade of bangs on lift off was extraordinary . Don't often see -or hear - that sort of thing here in Thirsk , sadly
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Favourite memory - on my second trip to Maranello I was having a smoke on our hotel balcony , overlooking the factory . OH had given me a glass of prosecco and I was just musing on living the life (living the dream , we'd driven there in a Fiat Panda rental no less ) when the most amazing howl erupted below me - an F40 being given a serious thraping in first two or three gears . Even though I don't usually like flat plane V8s much , nor turbos , the noise was wonderful , and the fusillade of bangs on lift off was extraordinary . Don't often see -or hear - that sort of thing here in Thirsk , sadly
My favorite car of all time easily! I once went to a Ferrari show at Groombridge place in Kent and one was parked just inside the entrance, I spent a good couple of hours sitting in the sun just looking at it, every line and angle on it it's absolutely perfect, to my eye it is the most beautiful thing ever created by man 
never made it round the rest of the show, there didn't seem to be much point!
never made it round the rest of the show, there didn't seem to be much point!I fell in love with the F40 as a child when I saw THAT video of some guy filming himself hitting 200mph on the motorway. I hear he got arrested when he sold a copy of the video to a police officer...
The F40 will always be at the top of my fantasy list. I grew up with a strong desire to own a Ferrari and was fortunate enough to tick that box a few years ago. I now have the same desire to own an F40. I suspect this one will be much harder to achieve, but I believe in the power of dreams.
I was at the Ferrari National meet a couple of weeks ago and there were 8 F40's in attendance. For most of the event I ignored all other Ferrari's (including a La Ferrari Aperta!) and just spent the whole time gawping at the F40's.
I'd love to even have a sit in one. For me, the F40 is the automotive holy grail.
The F40 will always be at the top of my fantasy list. I grew up with a strong desire to own a Ferrari and was fortunate enough to tick that box a few years ago. I now have the same desire to own an F40. I suspect this one will be much harder to achieve, but I believe in the power of dreams.
I was at the Ferrari National meet a couple of weeks ago and there were 8 F40's in attendance. For most of the event I ignored all other Ferrari's (including a La Ferrari Aperta!) and just spent the whole time gawping at the F40's.
I'd love to even have a sit in one. For me, the F40 is the automotive holy grail.
Quite simply. The. Best.
Lucky enough to have driven an F40 for quite a few miles. Jaw droppingly stunning to drive.
Lots of power. Lots of fun. The one Ferrari, apart from a 288GTO, that would grace my driveway.
And wasn't there a PH'er who regularly updated on his daily use of his F40? Anyone remember his name?
Lucky enough to have driven an F40 for quite a few miles. Jaw droppingly stunning to drive.
Lots of power. Lots of fun. The one Ferrari, apart from a 288GTO, that would grace my driveway.
And wasn't there a PH'er who regularly updated on his daily use of his F40? Anyone remember his name?
j90gta said:
Everyone knows what it is.
That's just not true, for any car. Any car enthusiast would know what it is, but stop 100 people in the street and most wouldn't have a clue. I doubt half could tell you it was even a Ferrari. I think we forget on PH that millions of people struggle to know what their own car is, they just don't care.I have people in my own family who know they have a Ford or a Peugeot or whatever, but wouldn't know the model, engine size etc off the top of their head..
This adorned my bedroom wall for a few years when I was at Uni.
1994 Hamann F40
AERODYNAMICS
HAMANN Bonnet Carbon/Kevlar, design as standard bonnet, weight approx. 16 kg=approx. 26 kg lighter than stock part, adjustable rear wing with Gurney-Flap.
HAMANN Front Lid Carbon/Kevlar, design as standard lid, weight approx. 18 kg=approx. 29 kg lighter than stock part
HAMANN PERFORMANCE Front Lid Carbon/Kevlar, design Le Mans Look, weight approx. 16 kg=approx. 31 kg lighter than stock part, exchange of standard pop-up headlamps for ellipsoid-headlamps behind acryl-glass covers, integrated air-ducts for downforce at front axle and improved ventilation of the front brakes only in combination with HAMANN PERFORMANCE Front Section, adaptive auxiliary frame in aluminium version, aluminium underbody, assembly of bigger watercooler, oil-cooler in the front of the car for thermal optimizing.
ENGINE TUNING
Watercooled KKK Turbochargers Bigger Intercoolers Special Wastegate-Valves Modified Exhaust Manifolds Boost Control Wheel Recalibrating of ECU
1994 Hamann F40
AERODYNAMICS
HAMANN Bonnet Carbon/Kevlar, design as standard bonnet, weight approx. 16 kg=approx. 26 kg lighter than stock part, adjustable rear wing with Gurney-Flap.
HAMANN Front Lid Carbon/Kevlar, design as standard lid, weight approx. 18 kg=approx. 29 kg lighter than stock part
HAMANN PERFORMANCE Front Lid Carbon/Kevlar, design Le Mans Look, weight approx. 16 kg=approx. 31 kg lighter than stock part, exchange of standard pop-up headlamps for ellipsoid-headlamps behind acryl-glass covers, integrated air-ducts for downforce at front axle and improved ventilation of the front brakes only in combination with HAMANN PERFORMANCE Front Section, adaptive auxiliary frame in aluminium version, aluminium underbody, assembly of bigger watercooler, oil-cooler in the front of the car for thermal optimizing.
ENGINE TUNING
Watercooled KKK Turbochargers Bigger Intercoolers Special Wastegate-Valves Modified Exhaust Manifolds Boost Control Wheel Recalibrating of ECU
fatboy69 said:
Anyone remember his name?
Jamie Beeston?zb said:
This adorned my bedroom wall for a few years when I was at Uni.
That was for sale on PH about 5 years ago and was a right mess. Fortunately someone bought it and rebuilt it, far, better than new...http://www.build-threads.com/build-threads/ferrari...
F40 was always 'the one' for me. FWIW this is mine, I can stare at this view for ever
ecksjay said:
A few years back I was surveying a building and ended up in the basement level car park. Opened the door to the main area and stumbled across this masterpiece. Still to this day nothing has shocked me quite as much, well, failing that seagull carcass that fell on me ....
Majestic thing. Couldn't find it on any register but I believe it was previously white and belonged to someone else who's fairly famous (after googling the VIN)
The lucky guy also had a 355 F1 and an 8C, along with some funky bentley. Very jealous.
Is that a genuine F40?Majestic thing. Couldn't find it on any register but I believe it was previously white and belonged to someone else who's fairly famous (after googling the VIN)
The lucky guy also had a 355 F1 and an 8C, along with some funky bentley. Very jealous.
Ruined if so, IMO, it looks abysmal
fblm said:
That was for sale on PH about 5 years ago and was a right mess. Fortunately someone bought it and rebuilt it, far, better than new...
http://www.build-threads.com/build-threads/ferrari...
F40 was always 'the one' for me. FWIW this is mine, I can stare at this view for ever
That's a fantastic read, cheers http://www.build-threads.com/build-threads/ferrari...
F40 was always 'the one' for me. FWIW this is mine, I can stare at this view for ever
Limpet said:
I've lusted after one ever since I first heard 'that' Fast Lane audio tape of Mark Hales thrashing one around Donington. The noise is just to die for, and I love the sheer simplicity and lightness of it. Such an iconic shape as well - simple and clean, and makes the modern stuff look fussy and like it's trying too hard.
Very probably my favourite car of all time, even though I almost certainly will never get to drive one, much less own one.
I've still got that Fast Lane tape too! The girls commentary is grating but I recall her voice changing when the F40 nearly bites back. Magic.Very probably my favourite car of all time, even though I almost certainly will never get to drive one, much less own one.
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