Ferrari owners club meeting 2017 - all the pictures

Four F40s in one place? Yes indeed

31 July 2017

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More than 1,000 members of the Ferrari Owners' Club (FOC) of Great Britain streamed into Danesfield House in southern England and its magnificent grounds recently to show off some of the most achingly desirable cars ever made.

We were there to witness the splendour... Browse the best by using the arrows above.
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250 GT 2+2: 

Launched at the 1960 Paris motor show, this was Ferrari’s first 2+2; before then, all of its cars had offered seating strictly for two. Power (all 240bhp of it) came from a 2953cc V12 to give a top speed of around 140mph.
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365 GTS/4 DAYTONA SPIDER:  

The Daytona arrived in 1968 and was nothing short of magnificent with its 4.4-litre front-mounted V12 and jaw-dropping design. Within a year there was a spider version too; now hugely sought after, just 121 examples were made including a mere seven right-hand drive editions.
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458 SPECIALE:  

The last of the normally aspirated mid-engined V8s, the 458 Speciale’s 4.5-litre V8 generated 135bhp per litre – the highest specific output of any normally-aspirated engine available when it arrived in 2013. That was just one of the reasons why we said: “In so many ways the 458 Speciale is simply unequalled – and we wonder if Maranello will turn out anything quite like it ever again.”
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DINO 246 GT:  

Until the Dino made its debut in 1967, in 2.0-litre 206 GT form (the 2.4-litre 246 GT came in 1969), all road-going Ferraris had featured 12 cylinders. So the Dino may have seemed rather lame with a mere V6, but it was still capable of almost 150mph.
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365 GTB/4 COMPETIZIONE:   

Three series of race-prepared Daytonas were built between 1970 and 1973. The earliest had aluminium bodyshells while later versions switched to much heavier steel. No prizes for guessing which are the most sought after...
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275 GTS:   

Much rarer than the 275 GTB on which it’s based, but less beautiful too, just 200 examples of the 275 GTS were produced. Of these, 14 were right-hand drive and two of them were at Danesfield House.
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250 LM:   

If you look at the 20 most valuable cars ever sold at auction, two of them are 250 LMs, so to see this one bathing in the sunshine on the lawn was pretty special. Just 37 of these racers were built, although some were only ever used on the road.
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550 BARCHETTA ZAGATO:   

You don’t get too many of these to the pound. Zagato built just three 550 Barchettas and this is the last one. Finished in 2010 it’s the only right-hand drive car of the trio, and while it definitely looks distinctive, that design certainly polarises opinions...
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550 MARANELLO RACER:   

The Ferrari Owners’ Club runs two race series: the circuit-based Pirelli Ferrari formula classic and the Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb. In the former series all entrants but one run V8-powered cars; there’s a solitary V12 though and that’s Peter Fisk’s magnificent 550 Maranello.
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LAFERRARI: 

LaFerraris are hardly common, so it was great that as well as this coupé there was also an Aperta edition.
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CALIFORNIA T:   

The FOC works with the official Ferrari dealer network which is why all of the latest models are always on show at the club’s biggest gatherings. This time round that meant this California T Handling Speciale took pride of place.
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458 GT3:   

Ferrari built its reputation in motorsport so there were some impressive displays of its track-focused models too. This is one of the 458 GT3 editions and behind it is the latest model – the 488 GT3.
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GTC4LUSSO:  

As part of the line-up of the latest models, this stealthy GTC4Lusso sat next to a 488 Spider. We’d happily settle for either. Please...
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330 GT:   

The 250 GT 2+2 proved to be a major hit for Ferrari, and it was replaced with the 330 GT in 1964. This time there was a 300bhp 4.0-litre V12 in the nose, capable of taking the car all the way up to 153mph.
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MOTORSPORT TIMELINE:  

It’s not often you get to see a V8 racer timeline that starts with the 348 and goes right the way up to the current 488. In between there were examples of the 355, 360, 430 and 458 on show.
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250 GT TdF:   

These cars are now so valuable that you don’t get to see them any more, apart from in the odd historic race. If you’re wondering just how valuable, the last one to come to auction (two years ago) sold for $13.2 millon.
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512 BBi:   

You rarely see modified cars at FOC events and we’re not sure this Boxer has aged all that well. But as a period piece it’s certainly intriguing; with those side strakes it’s presumably the work of Willy Koenig, notorious for his eighties excess.
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348 GTC:   

Think of it as a precursor to the 360 CS and all of the other heated-up V8 models that Ferrari has produced, right up to the 458 Speciale. An uprated factory-built road car, just 50 examples of the 348 GTC (the C standing for Competizione) were made. Eight were right-hand drive and two were present.
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TESTAROSSA SPIDER:   

As pieces of history go, few are as intriguing as this one; the sole Testarossa officially decapitated, for Fiat boss Gianni Agnelli.
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TESTAROSSA SPIDER:   

Sold at auction last year (for €1.2m), its new owner treated FOC members to an eyeful over the weekend.
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250 GT ‘BREADVAN’:  

If you’re more into racing cars than road-biased models, this is the piece of history you’d have gravitated towards. Based on a 250 GT SWB, Count Volpi commissioned Giotto Bizzarrini and Piero Drogo to come up with something special; it’s fair to say they achieved that.
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CAR PARK:  

We counted at least four F40s in the main display and a similar amount in the members’ car park. Note the 575 SuperAmerica just a couple of cars down while directly above that in this picture is a 599 GTO, next to another F40.
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250 GT SWB:   

Launched in 1959, the 250 GT SWB was the first Ferrari to be fitted with disc brakes. With a wheelbase shortened for added agility, the car was developed by the same team that would go on to develop the 250 GTO; Giotto Bizzarrini, Carlo Chiti, and Mauro Forghieri.
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166 INTER:   

The oldest Ferrari in the UK and the 17th car built by the company (but only the ninth road car), this 166 Inter was built by Touring in 1949. It’s one of seven front-engined V12-powered Ferraris in the hands of the same owner – one from each decade of Ferrari’s existence.
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ENZO:   

First came the F40, then the F50 – think of the Enzo as the F60 but with a more charismatic name. Until the arrival of the LaFerrari it was also the most advanced road car Ferrari had ever created. The 5998cc V12 generated 660bhp to take the Enzo all the way to around 220mph. And that’s not a show plate; it’s EN20 with a slightly naughty font...
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F50:   

The Enzo’s predecessor, the F50 of 1995, wasn’t all that well received because after the hard-core F40 it was deemed to be rather soft. But then compared with driving an F40, gargling with razor blades would be considered soft...
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