High Bid: {{lc.item.CurrentBid}} A bunch wise fellas from Gas Monkey Garage then bought it for $400,000 and set on the journey of rebuilding this awesome supercar. The F40 was and still is an extremely potent track car that hails from the motorsport specialists at Ferrari. After this world tour, the Prototipo returned to the Ferrari factory for a complete rebuild, after which it was sold (as promised ahead of time) to Jacques Swaters, a personal friend of Enzo Ferrari. All Rights Reserved, � Copyright TopSpeed. Now, we come to the most interesting bit, as the stock Ferrari F40 took its power from a 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V-8. Very quickly the situation changes from neutral understeer to amazing oversteer, but it’s all superbly predictable.”. In fact, the first two examples built were known as F40 LM and featured a more powerful engine, modified suspension and special aerodynamics. However, it is not a car you take for granted because it can turn around and bite you, if you lose focus behind the wheel. As CassicCars.com points out, fewer than 350 examples of the F50 Berlinetta were ever produced. Contact Enter the email address associated with your rmsothebys.com account. Sold Originally engineered from the superlative 288 GTO model to be an FIA Group B competitor against the likes of the Porsche 959, the F40 continued forward even after the racing class was canceled. The car was also certified with a Ferrari Classiche Red Book, confirming the presence of all the original factory-equipped matching-numbers equipment. The racing cars were prepared by Michelotto (based in Padua) the Ferrari specialist who had already carried out work on the GTO Evoluzione and on parts of the road going version of the F40. Current: {{lc.item.CurrentBid}} The Ferrari F40 LM (short for LeMans), believe it or not, was even more exciting, exotic, and extreme than the ordinary F40. Ferrari went to extremes in its weight-saving tactics, as it even rid the F40 of traditional door handles. Current: {{lc.item.CurrentBid}} Leonardo Fioravanti’s coachwork design, which was aerodynamically perfected in Pininfarina’s wind tunnel, was built with paneling woven of Kevlar and carbon fiber, reducing the 288’s curb weight by approximately 20 percent, while simultaneously tripling the car’s structural rigidity. Sadly, he ended up crashing it to such an extent that he decided to sell it off. Closing: {{lc.item.TimeLeft}}, Offered from the collection of Gerhard Berger News, Reviews, Photos, Videos delivered straight to your in-box. The restoration work was aired on the popular TV series "Fast N’ Loud" Given the long hours put in by the team, the car could fetch more than $1 million. It remained in the Swaters collection until 2007, when it was sold to a Ferrari collector in Burbank, California. This complete tear down and rebuild gave the guys a chance to replace its original red exterior pain with the striking and unique deep-black paint that you likely won’t see on any other F40. Additionally, Gas Monkey Garage replaced the lower-front lights with modern LED treatment, so the main beam is now an array of light emitting diodes. Case in point: Five-time Le Mans champion Derek Bell was allowed to push the car’s limits during a test drive for Classic & Sports Car magazine conducted during the mid-2000s. Per the listing, it was also the model for Shin Yoshikawa's cut-away illustration and several scale models (including those sold by Burago, Maisto and Tamiya) and its likeness was even depicted on postage stamps. Click past the jump to read more about the Ferrari F40 by Gas Monkey Garage. The twin-turbocharged V-8 was bored to displace 2.9 liters and equipped with twin IHI turbochargers and Behr intercoolers, and married to a five-speed gated-shifter transaxle. In the place of door handles, the Prancing Horse installed a string, which was likely the lightest Ferrari engineers could think of at that time.