Ferrari F40 – #87568 | radicalmag classics

Decommissioned

VIN: ZFFMN34A5M0087568
Engine: 24929

Auction: RM Sotheby’s, Monterey 2019, sold for 1’682’500 Dollar, with these informations: «This example, a U.S.-specification version, was finished in the traditional Rosso Corsa over red cloth seats. The car was delivered on 25 February 1991 to Classic Ferrari, Inc., in Richardson, Texas, and sold to the original owner, James M. Brown of Dallas, on 4 March. The F40 was almost immediately acquired by another local collector and has ever since been known to the curator of the Ming Collection. Several years after delivery, the F40 was displayed at the Hillsborough Concours alongside a matching red 959 in a celebration of modern supercars. Sparingly driven yet always maintained, in January 2000 the Ferrari was awarded a Platinum Award at the Cavallino Classic. Shortly thereafter, it was acquired by in the Ming Collection, in whose care this exceptional F40 has only been driven another 41 miles. In 2004 an extremely rare factory-offered, European-market-only variable height suspension system was retrofitted to the car by a factory-trained marque specialist. As with the other cars in the collection, the F40 has been serviced on a time-related schedule, regardless of miles accumulated. In March 2019 the most recent of these services was performed, with a mileage reading of 1,705 original miles. Included with the car are its original owner’s manuals in a leather folio, a factory-supplied tool kit, factory parts and workshop manuals, a complete set of matching factory-supplied Schedoni luggage, and of course its Ferrari Classiche certification.