Jul 3, Ferrari meeting: F40, Enzo, 430, Daytona, Barchetta..

[TT]

Yesterday I decided to go mad, woke up at 3:30 am and drove 350 km to witness a dealership's "Ferrari days". Organized by Loris Kessel garage, not a real and BIG Ferrari days event, but well worth my time! The meeting was between 8 and 9 am at the garage and then they had to drive through the Alps, then today they will have more action before coming back home. I had not enough time to follow them, so I only was at the starting point and then came back home.
Sadly for the first pictures, there was that weird early morning light and not a single preset white balance adjustment, nor a manual one could really fix the weird colors problem. PS helped a bit, but only a bit. I hope you will still enjoy the pics! Here they are:

Click any preview image to find the whole 94 high-res pics update!

Black on black 355.. perfect?
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_355_796.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

No, this better IMO: matte black!!!!!!
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_355_806.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

And a rare rosso Fiorano one
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_355_810.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

Just a couple of 360, I didn't even shoot them all
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_360_1550.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

A 430 Spider which had some loud exhaust and friendly owner :)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_430_764.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

And another, followed by other generations :D
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_430_766.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

in black?
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_430_771.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

Or grey.. but in this picture, do you see something special hidden inside? :P
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_430_774.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

A couple of TR, the usual red and a yellow ne
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_512_TR_095.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_512_TR_094.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

Very sweet Barchetta :!:
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_550_Barchetta_155.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

and VERY sweet Daytona
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_Daytona_065.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

And finally a proper picture of that Enzo! I already got pics in the past from outside and was never allowed inside, but yesterday it was possible :D
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_Enzo_1182.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

Clay Regazzoni's F40: he had an accident and is on a rolling chair now, but modified this F40 (and a Daytona too afaik), to be able to drive it anyway! Big respect!
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_F40_530.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

Clay's and another F40
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_F40_542.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

There was also a third red F40, but this is nice for a change I think
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_F40_549.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

And another original color: silver Testarossa
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/medium/Ferrari_Testarossa_148.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/dealerships2005.html)

[dingo]

Definately well worth your time by the looks of it!!! :shock:

The 2 black F355's are gorgeous :love: , and it seems the F430's are already all over the place (not a bad thing, really). :D

Whats with the MC12? Are my eyes deceiving me or is it not in the best condition currently? Any pics? :)

Thanks alot, these Swiss Ferrari meetings are always something special!! :D

[davide]

argh... sooo many cars!
Big repsect to Clay that is in a wheelchair but still drives...


beautiful pictures!

[No.1]

Amazing dedication TT, thanks a lot 8)

As dingo has already said, those 355s are sooooooo nice :D

And indeed the 360s are looking slightly dated now. The 355 has a much better design, but noe the 430 is out, the 360 just looks like a stop-gap in the designers portfolios :|

So may 430s.... i've seen only one so far, and no spiders :oops: The CS BBS rims look pretty nice on the car too

I love the Daytona, and the F40s are looking a bit common there :P

A great day out i guess, and a great set of pictures to show for your hard work 8)

[TT]

...
Whats with the MC12? Are my eyes deceiving me or is it not in the best condition currently? Any pics? :)
..

No idea why it was lifted actually, maybe just a regular check, but what really makes it special is that is it a blue one! And there should be just a couple of blue ones around :D

Beeing placed like that, you can guess there was just an angle possible and not the best pic in this world. It wasn't added with all the others because probably the organizers will see my pics and I doubt I was allowed to shoot the MC12 :P so it is sitting in the upload queue with all the other pics :D

[blah]

Ok TT where is the lambo? There is always a lambo that shows up to ferrari events no matter where to start shit. :lol:

[Wutputt]

Wow, a very nice amount of Ferrari's and even greater pics :D I love the pics with the many Ferrari's in one row. There seemed to be quite a lot of F40's. Those black f355's look just gorgeous as does the 365 Daytona.

Btw Loris Kessel, doesn't he or his company own quite a lot of Ferrari F1 cars?

[TT]

blah, actually I never saw a Lambo at a Ferrari meeting so far :!:

Wow, a very nice amount of Ferrari's and even greater pics :D I love the pics with the many Ferrari's in one row. There seemed to be quite a lot of F40's. Those black f355's look just gorgeous as does the 365 Daytona.

Btw Loris Kessel, doesn't he or his company own quite a lot of Ferrari F1 cars?

Uhm, afaik yes, and their team runs several 360 in several racing series. Afaik, in Lenzerheide where they were today, there were old and new F1 and various racing cars on display and lapping a little circuit too :(

[TT]

Now, when someone asks me what's my favourite car... my answer will be "a matt black F355 Challenge spotted by a swiss guy"... it's just peeerfect! :shock: :love: :shock: :love:

The Daytona also looks great, and the pic is just perfect! :D And the yellow F40... another great sight. BTW, do you know how many non-red F40 were made?

And about Clay Regazzoni, I saw a video of him driving a 250 GT SWB... was it prepared for disabled people as well? may be it was recorded before the accident... :?

Indeed, I was wondering too about the non-red F40s. for sure there are a few since the production was quite important.. but still, on the net I didn't really see tons of them.. a couple of yellow and black ones.. the crazy blue one... I doubt there are realiable stats since ppl could have painted them "privately".

As for the 250GT, no idea really :bah:

[chest3r]

Don't know why but I don't like those black wheels on the first 355. The black mate 355 Challenge looks much much better. And what about the sound ?? It should be amazing :o

I don't like that yellow F40. A white one with black wheels would look much better :P

And I loved that pic with two F40 and the 355challenge and the 456GT between them

BTW: The 360CS wheels are made by BBS ??? They're very similar to the BBS models....

[nurbrun]

Yes that matte black 355 is a perfect car. if it had black rims i wouldnt be able to think straight :shock:

[TT]

Don't know why but I don't like those black wheels on the first 355. The black mate 355 Challenge looks much much better. And what about the sound ?? It should be amazing :o

I don't like that yellow F40. A white one with black wheels would look much better :P

And I loved that pic with two F40 and the 355challenge and the 456GT between them

BTW: The 360CS wheels are made by BBS ??? They're very similar to the BBS models....

As for the soundtrack of the Challenge, actually not really loud... compared to the various 430 it's actually quite calm at low to mid revs..

[ARMAN]

Thank you TT for taking your time and taking those pics of 355 and F40 especially :P :wink:

[Stikz]

OMG, how sick is that 355??!?!?!?! Amazing pics as usual TT. Thanks. :D

[Toronto]

amazing set of pics TT
i just love this one
http://www.swisscarsightings.com/ferraridaysticino2005/Ferrari%20430%20772.jpg
mag worthy IMO

[Toronto]

lol just saw this
http://www.swisscarsightings.com/ferraridaysticino2005/Ferrari%20355%20796.jpg
honda and bentley :D
service in english ?

[TT]

Thanks Toronto ;)

And well, I guess Bentley's signs are the same all across the globe, something like that, because it should be "servizio" down there :bah:

[stmoritzer]

You crazy guy, TT
but since the meeting was at 8am (!!), you had to be there :wink:

for the cars: I'm speechless
Testarossa in various colors (incl. white), the yellow F40
the black mat 355 is almost perfect and rare
very nice set of pictures :D !
Thanks dude


edit: just browsed thru your recent post on SCS, the Saanen meeting was awesome, very nice pictures !!

[sameerrao]

Nice pics TT ... the Red 512TR and Daytona are my faves :)