Ferrari Mailing List: Re: more F40 stuff.

[Dave Handa (dave]

Appears most all the parts are readily available still based on this slide
show:
http://www.bosch-andres.de/cms/front_content.php?idcat=29




-----Original Message-----
From: E M [mailto:pokiebaron [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:28 AM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] more F40 stuff.

Not sure who started this, but someone posted a YouTube thing on the F40.
It kind of hooked me! hee hee.  I spent the afternoon watching various F40
movies. :-)  I'm not a Ferrari owner, but I am a fan.  So my most recent
dreams have been around the F40. hee hee.  Maybe SteveJ can shed more light
on the car.

I drive an old 911 and just love it. Yeah, it's slowish, but the feel is
just amazing.  Steering is fantastic and just about as much fun as you can
have in a car.

I was watching a one hour long clip on Exotics by Brundle, and the first car
they featured was an F40.  He said the steering at lower speeds was VERY
heavy and slow, and the clutch was also heavy.  So Steve, what's the real
deal on this?  People say the same about old 911s, but I have used sticky
tires on mine, full tank of gas and no problem even when parking it.  I
mean, the F40 has no engine over the front wheels and most of the car is
carbon fibre, how heavy can the steering be?

Our dealer in town had both a F40 and LM in his collection.  I've read that
the weak point of the F40 are its brakes?  I think the LM had uprated
brakes?  Did many standard F40 owners upgrade to this, or does that require
a wheel upgrade too.  Were any LMs used on the street, or was this a track
only version?

I have seen a few F40s will silly low miles.  I know you use your car as it
should be used Steve, but is finding parts for running such a car of that
vintage becoming hard?  Also, has anyone (company) pulled templates of the
panels should anyone crash one.  I have a friend with a vintage Lotus
formula car, and he had all the panels duplicated, and stuck the original
ones in the attic.

i love that the F40 is a real drivers car, row your own, no ABS, air bags
etc.

Love to hear from anyone with experience or just a story to share about
these great cars. :-)

Thanks,
Ed
911SC
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