Adventures
VIN: ZFFGJ34B000084104
Engine-Nummer: –
Auction: Bonhams, Goodwood 2021, sold for 883’000 pounds, with these informations: «A desirable non-cat, non-adjust model, this particular F40 was delivered new in the UK to one of Ferrari’s most favoured customers: gentleman racing driver Sir Paul Vestey, who had bought his first Ferrari, a 250 GT SWB, at only 21 years of age. He would go onto own and race several other Ferraris as a privateer, including a 275 GTB Competizione and a 250 LM, crossing swords with the crème de la crème of the international sports car racing fraternity. Sir Paul Vestey is well known to the Bonhams motoring team and we contacted him recently for his memories of ‘84104’. He recollects travelling to Italy to collect it: “We had a great time picking the two cars up at the factory – Willie Tuckett and Andrew Fletcher were in the other one. We then drove up to La Reserve in Beaulieu – we arrived about five hours before Willie as he got lost in Genoa! Then up to the Georges Blanc at Vonnas and finally on to the coast where there was a gale blowing and our ferry crashed into the dock. It was a brilliant trip! In 1993 I sold it to John Mexborough so it has a very titled history…”
The Earl of Mexborough kept the Ferrari until 2006 when ownership passed to Mr Iqbal Abdullah, who enjoyed the car for some nine years before it was sold to the current vendor in 2015. Originally registered in the UK as ‘PEV 1’, ‘84104’ is one of only 78 Ferrari F40s built for the UK market, only 20 of which were ‘non-catalyst’ models like this one. Ferrari purists will tell you that a non-cat F40 is the more desirable. Supplied with its original service book, this F40’s service history is exemplary. Commencing on 27th February 1990 with Maranello, Egham at 1,924 kilometres and progressing via 21 further services throughout its life to the most recent with Stratstone on 16th October 2020 at 17,763 kilometres (the current odometer reading is 17,789). During the current owner’s tenure Stratstone have serviced the car in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The recent service included the all-important cambelt change. In 2015, Stratstone carried out a 250 man-hours mechanical restoration and detailing. Since when the Ferrari has been driven only once: around the Isle of Man and maintained in secure storage.»
A list of Ferrari F40s can be found (work in progress).
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