The Mystery of the 550 Spider not Barchetta.
 

i remember there was a photo of some guy driving a 550 Spider and not a Barchetta because it didnt have the wheels. but we now know what it was. it truly was a 550 Spider!!! it was a thread of garages or something.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1998-...QQcmdZViewItem

i think it looks good

Here is a pic of another 550 Spider
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3...r0015vd.th.jpg

Whow! Thats an interesting find!

I've never seen that one before... although it looks strange without the roll hoops :?

Uh, the black one was supposed to belong to Jeffri, the brother of the Sultan of Brunei, I don't know why they're talking about it being owned by someone else :?

^and it has fully automatic canvas roof too, i think.

thats not a spider, note the head protection, roll bars, the spder in the auction does not have any, like the 911 convertable.
:roll:

I don't think this Spider (red) is what it seems.

hmmm, swear it's Barchetta eh? Well, he's wrong, that's not a Barchetta.

I found out somewhere that the black example has a retractable hardtop.
http://retractable.free.fr/pics/fe550spider02.jpg

so...maybe the red one's a non-Ferrari conversion. you don't see the word Ferrari mentioned anywhere, do you?

hehehe nice model dani

What's the difference. . .?

difference is this is not the mass produced Barchetta but rather the original 550 being changed into a roadster

With a retractable hardtop ? Holy shit , that is a truly spectacular car , more desirable than the superamerica !

I thought the Barchetta was a 550. Wasn't only like 450 where produced?

Yup the barcheta was a conmemorative edition of the 550 for pininfarina anniversary i think , it was build in limited edition , and for a price of 400 and something thouthand dollars , it was not a hit , cuz now you can find in ebay for 230 - 250