gas monkey garage F40 finished...

[GRIMGREG]

They ruined any worth it could have to the Ferrari purists, so the best they could hope for is some idiot with too much money thinking it is cool buying it. I do like the way they did it, but if they did that to increase it's worth they failed.

[STANG KILLA SS]

no ferrari purist would have ever bought that car being wrecked, do you have any idea the cost to have that car recertified by ferrari?
they did exactly what needed to be done. the buyer for a salvaged F40 isnt looking for a pure origonal collector ferrari. its a different market.

[AX10wannabe]

Originally Posted by THX_138

Rumored to have been George Foremans Ferrari that his mechanic crashed on a test drive.

Mechanic wrecks out-of-town owner's $500,000 Ferrari F40





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thats what the auction guys said what happened on the last episode, the mechanic took her for a test drive and hit the side of a building or something.... gas monkey garage maybe has half of what dennis has into the project then sell it and split the difference.

i personally love watching this show and the type of cars the restore and flip.. obviously there's more cars that go through the shop than what the show shows because there's no friggin way your keeping a shop open that big with only 3 cars or less a week..

[MX304]

The rumor is that they did not pay $400k for it. The producer bought it for something like 75k and then made an episode around it. I don;t like what they did with it at all. With those headlights and the color it looks like they faked a 1 of 19 built LM F40. I believe only one of those cars was black. A real LM recently sold for $800k.

[jason]

I can't believe watching the show lastnight that they were mig welding on the chassis. Come on you fawking hacks break out the tig welder and do it right.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by THX_138

Rumored to have been George Foremans Ferrari that his mechanic crashed on a test drive.

Mechanic wrecks out-of-town owner's $500,000 Ferrari F40

That article says it was not GF's ride. And that happened about 2 miles from my house...

[briang]

Originally Posted by jason

I can't believe watching the show lastnight that they were mig welding on the chassis. Come on you fawking hacks break out the tig welder and do it right.

i said the same thing

[Poserx]

I bet Richard loses his shirt....again.

Have they ever made money at an auction?

[Jag312]

I have to put my 2 cents in. I'm a long time Ferrari owner. Some of my friends are long time Ferrari owners. We own or have owned both street cars and racing cars.

Anyone paying $400,000 for that wreckage is an idiot. It is only good for whatever parts can be salvaged from it. It is possible to buy an undamaged F40 between $550,000 and $600,000. The Gas Monkey F40 will have a salvage title, the car was not repaired properly, the "Kustom" changes decrease the value, and their previous paint jobs have always been short-cuts. The color is not as important as you think, as long as it looks good at 6 inches, not at 20 feet. 90% of a paint job is the preparation, and they don't do the preparation. If it had been sent back to the Ferrari factory for repairs, they would have started by junking the bent frame and building a new one. Although knowing the people at Maranello, they would have demanded the money up front, because the cost of properly restoring the car would have far exceeded the value.

I wouldn't touch the car. My friends wouldn't touch the car. No Ferraristi that I know would touch the car. I'm betting that the car will be "sold" for some ridiculous high price, and I'm also betting that the sale will be for entertainment purposes only.

[youngblood]

Smug.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by Jag312

...Ferraristi...

Is that seriously what you call yourselves?

[BL-4x4]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Is that seriously what you call yourselves?

thanks , just spit my coffe all over the notebook

[BJoe]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Is that seriously what you call yourselves?

And these people are now "family" to us Jeep and Mopar guys

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by BL-4x4

thanks , just spit my coffe all over the notebook

Originally Posted by BJoe

And these people are now "family" to us Jeep and Mopar guys

Well, I'll be a monkey's Ferraristi....

ferrarista - Wiktionary

How embarrassing.

[SINister]

ferraristi - Wiktionary

I would have picked something cooler but I guess if you have that kind of money to waste on a car you can call yourself whatever you want.

[STANG KILLA SS]

Originally Posted by Jag312

I have to put my 2 cents in. I'm a long time Ferrari owner. Some of my friends are long time Ferrari owners. We own or have owned both street cars and racing cars.

Anyone paying $400,000 for that wreckage is an idiot. It is only good for whatever parts can be salvaged from it. It is possible to buy an undamaged F40 between $550,000 and $600,000. The Gas Monkey F40 will have a salvage title, the car was not repaired properly, the "Kustom" changes decrease the value, and their previous paint jobs have always been short-cuts. The color is not as important as you think, as long as it looks good at 6 inches, not at 20 feet. 90% of a paint job is the preparation, and they don't do the preparation. If it had been sent back to the Ferrari factory for repairs, they would have started by junking the bent frame and building a new one. Although knowing the people at Maranello, they would have demanded the money up front, because the cost of properly restoring the car would have far exceeded the value.

I wouldn't touch the car. My friends wouldn't touch the car. No Ferraristi that I know would touch the car. I'm betting that the car will be "sold" for some ridiculous high price, and I'm also betting that the sale will be for entertainment purposes only.

lol at signing up on RCC just to post this!

[STANG KILLA SS]

i was gonna post some vids of modern vettes smoking modern ferraris....

but decided i liked this one better!

[BJoe]

Ah, I love that video!

[AX10wannabe]

anyone know when the new episodes start??? they said june 10th and i got satelite tv and couldnt find it...

[jetboat]

Originally Posted by AX10wannabe

anyone know when the new episodes start??? they said june 10th and i got satelite tv and couldnt find it...

yeah...June 10th.