[Guest]

so i added this Ferrari 550 Maranello from XL Racing to my collection last saterday

this car ran at Le Mans in 2003
and it was the teams 1st partitpation

the car's s/n is 108612

 

[StygianMax]

Hmmmm....beautiful!!! I notice the spoiler sits quite a bit lower than on my #58 Pro Drive car from the 2002 LM.

 

[Guest]

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Well i have 4 550's now, and this is the only one that has it that low
and i can proof it, since i've seen that very same car twice, and i get an LM2003 ferrari book right next to me here :wink

 

[Guest]

Your lower spoiler Felix :wink

 

[Guest]

Car was driven by:
Michel Ferté
Ange Barde
Gaël Lesoudier

 

[Guest]

Unfortunually after Le Mans they removed that awesome grill

 

[Guest]

the car ran pretty strong all race but had to retire in the 22nd hour
after a small leak on the tank witch caused some fuel to escape and the car was retired due to fire damage

their fastest lap wsa 4min.22.663 sec. (186.87kph)
wich actually made them the slowest ferrari that year

 

[Guest]

here's a shot of the real car, as you can see without that grill

this was the 1st time that i saw it, when it was up for sale at the 2003 Bonhams Ferrari auction in Gstaad, where it didn't sell
and then 7 months later at the Christies Le Mans Classic auction where it didn't sell either

 

[StygianMax]

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That's such a shame to be forced into retirement at the late stage of the race! Do you know what place it was in among the GTS class when it did retire?

By the way, great photos of stunning cars as always. :cheers

 

[cobalt1959]

Great looking car DJ. It's a shame it went out after soldiering through 22 hrs!!!

 

[Guest]

thanks Eddie

and felix
they where running 29th overall when they retired

 

[Guest]

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Also, the car ran in the "GT" class and is the partial reason why it was the slowest Ferrari. This was the first 550 to run in the GT class and still needed some sorting out.

There are a few stories of cars failing in the last minutes of the race to lose their respective class win!

 

[Guest]

You gotta stop doing this to me DJ! :ranting

The silver lip with black wheel colour looks really cool!

 

[StygianMax]

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:iagree :iagree That really makes this 550 stand out among the others.

 

[Guest]

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:iagree :iagree such a shame :cheers

 

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:lol

Well, Kelvin AND Felix

just think of me next time you guys walk into that one store that will be offering the RL's in your town :tongue

 

[Guest]

on another note about the spoilers
i now have 4 550's from Redline
and there are already 3 different spoilers

this one that's less high and that's fully flat

then 2 that have the same one as felix, higher & with a raising in the middle

and then another one wich is more leaning backwards instead of standing up and with a different and with a different curving in the wing

very cool of red line to make seperate & correct wings with the differently liveried cars

 

[Guest]

I might just make another order w/ EWA soon :lol

 

[Guest]

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I know what you mean, i'm already thinking about wich next RL to add :lol