Whoever bought the Fast'n'Loud F40...

"daender" (daender) 01/27/2015 at 10:11 • Filed to: None

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(Well, the one who originally bought it from them...)

...at least has good tastes to remove the tacky LED headlights for a more conventional setup.

At least the next owner will have a decent-looking black custom F40.

GrayHays > daender 01/27/2015 at 10:28

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Good first step. Now de-louver the hood and put the pop-ups back in.

crowmolly > daender 01/27/2015 at 10:29

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Reggie Jackson bought it.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > daender 01/27/2015 at 10:46

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Yeah, headlights aside I like what Gas Monkey did with it. F40 is a sinister looking car, black suits it.

Leadbull > crowmolly 01/27/2015 at 10:57

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I think the very first dude who bought it was the guy who financed the thing. and then he turned right around and sold it to Reggie.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > daender 01/27/2015 at 11:10

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Everybody slags them for that, as if the car was more ruined by LED light fixtures, than the state they received the car, which was damn near broken in half.

They were obviously in over their head when they re-built the car, and had no idea what the process required for a rare, and high-end Ferrari, but seriously... afterward the car now has a non-street-legal competition-spec front end on it, with fender vents, rather than the main pop-up headlights. The fender vents don't even look that well done in the pictures above, with the slats being uneven... the side mirrors are obviously not Ferrari parts, they look like C5 Vette mirrors or something...

It wasn't really equipped for street-legal lighting after the re-build anyway.

It may look more traditional with older halogen light fixtures, but to be brutally honest, LED lighting is better, longer lasting, much more impervious to vibration, and for the last few years, much higher output that halogen, although perhaps not quite as lumen-intensive as HID, but also not as complex.

Maybe I would have used round Clearwater Ericas (6000 lumens, and dimmable with a high-beam switchable function), rather than horizontal LED light bars, but seriously, it is hard to beat LED lighting, technically.

Those, plus some amber LED signal and marker lights behind the polycarbonate lens would be better than GMG's solution, and better than the throwback halogens that the car now wears...

Those little amber signal lights in the brake duct grilles are worse and more ridiculous than what GMG did with LED bars.

If they really wanted to go to street legal lighting, they should have fitted it with LED 90mm DOT compliant headlights, like these. The lower left is high-beam, the lower right is low-beam, the upper units are indicators, and fog lights, all the same form factor as Hella-style 90mm modular fixtures that a lot of race cars wear.

KnotThatBusy > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/27/2015 at 11:13

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Still has a bent frame..

450X_FTW > daender 01/27/2015 at 11:32

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I'm sure I'll get crap, but I like what they did. It looks good. They didn't go batshit crazy and add a 1500 hp engine or stupid paint job. Small turbo upgrade with a nice color choice.

Sam > daender 01/27/2015 at 12:05

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As long as they don't reinstall the popups. They're basically the worst headlights on any car ever.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > KnotThatBusy 01/27/2015 at 12:38

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...they left it bent? That seems, uh, unscrupulous at best.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > daender 01/27/2015 at 13:06

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Looks so much better in black

PushToStart > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/27/2015 at 13:14

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it's not bent... According to the TV show and the listing on the Barrett Jackson website, the frame was repaired by a Ferrari certified mechanic within (and better than) factory clearances.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > PushToStart 01/27/2015 at 13:16

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That's more like it. I'm not the world's biggest Richard Rawlings fan, but I can't imagine he would just say "eh, fuck it" and stake his reputation on a bent Ferrari.

PushToStart > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/27/2015 at 13:24

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Exactly. I posted about this car selling at BJ not too long ago, and someone in the comments said the exact same thing about how the frame was bent and essentially that it was a POS.

The fact is, regardless of whether or not I like the black paint and the choice of wheels, I can at least appreciate that this car is back on the road, because it was totally fucked at one point.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > PushToStart 01/27/2015 at 13:33

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If he took a museum quality F40 and did that, I think people could have an issue with it, but you're right...he took a car that was off the road and made something really interesting out of it. The wheels don't bug me, and I think the black looks fantastic on it. It would be a perfect car for somebody that has an F40 and wants one to drive. So...an absurdly rich person.

PushToStart > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/27/2015 at 13:40

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That's the thing though, it sold at BJ for something like $650K... A normal F40 would typically fetch twice that amount, and that just makes the prospect of thrashing it on a track even scarier. So if you wanted an F40 you could drive, that's the way to go. It has a cheaper entry price, various suspension and engine modifications/upgrades, and even though it's been fucked up, its been rebuilt so that you'd probably never know.

KnotThatBusy > KnotThatBusy 01/27/2015 at 13:41

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It was supposed to be within 1% to be Ferrari certified. It was 1/2 inch off of the motor mount so they had to chop it and weld a new one. They also had to drill new holes for the pedal box. I never saw Ferrari come in and certify it.....they just talked about it. If it's straight, it's straight...

I love F40s, but just kind of seemed contrived for a TV show....again. Just like the "Holy Grail" Firebird cars they did. No way are those worth $300K....no fucking way..

daender > 450X_FTW 01/27/2015 at 18:26

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I don't mind it either given it was a wreck but had everything right until they messed up their choice in headlight designs. Luckily the now-former owner fixed it.

450X_FTW > daender 01/27/2015 at 18:29

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Yeah ditching the fold up head lights is a big no-no.

daender > 450X_FTW 01/27/2015 at 18:32

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I've said this before, the only excusable headlight modification for a F40 would require a full LM nose conversion.

450X_FTW > daender 01/27/2015 at 18:33

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I'd be okay if they kept the fold up head lights but replaced them with something more modern, HID maybe, or even circle for that matter.

MHunter905 > daender 01/29/2015 at 12:48

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I believe Reggie Jackson bought it