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This European specification, left-hand-drive Plexiglass sliding-window
model Ferrari F40 was ordered by Fabrizio Violati on October 15,
1987, at the official marque dealership Sa.Mo.Car SpA in Rome, Italy.
His order number for the car was ‘11146’ and on July 8, 1991 the
finished car’s Certificate of Conformity (No 205) was issued by factory
engineer Corrado Cinghi.

Factory invoice No 2141/A was issued for the car on July 15, 1991
and on the 23rd of that month this F40 was sold by Sa.Mo.Car SpA
of Via Salaria, Rome, to Leasing Sanmarinese SA of Via 5 Febbraio,
Domagnano, San Marino for the declared purchase price of Lire
305,000,000. On July 29 the F40 was formally leased to Stelabar
SA of Via Paina, San Marino, and on August 13 it was formally sold
to Fabrizio Violati. He promptly drove the car as race number ‘82’ in
the September 28/29 III Historic Grand Prix of the Republic of San
Marino, at the Imola race circuit nearby.

Fabrizio Violati retained the car as a prime exhibit within his Collezione

Maranello Rosso displays in San Marino and latterly at Falciano, still

within the Republic, but on the road eastward towards Rimini.

As offered today this Ferrari F40 Berlinetta has the correct chassis

and engine numbers, the correct chassis tag and assembly

number tag. The car also features the optional Uniball-jointed

suspension system, and its odometer upon delivery to Bonhams

showed 5,350kms – this modest figure (as with so many others

amongst these Maranello Rosso cars) again being considered

probably genuine. As with all the Maraneloo Rosso Collection cars

being offered here we obviously recommend the closest technical

inspection and any required recommissioning before the car is used

again in earnest. However, this low-mileage, long-preserved example

is clearly worthy of the most serious consideration...