Car History • 1991 Ferrari F40 • Automotive Masterpieces

1991

Manufacturing

1991

Engine no. tbd

Manufacturer: FERRARI S.P.A (IT)

Note: type: Ferrari Dino V8 Tipo F120A

1991

Body

Coachbuilder: Pininfarina

Type: Fastback coupe

Colour: Red

1991

Chassis no. zffmn34a2n0092017

Manufacturer: FERRARI S.P.A (IT)

From December 1991
to 1992

Owner: Otis Chandler (US)

Famous owner: LA Times publisher, car collector and racer He was one of the America’s most respected businessmen, transforming the fortunes of a household name newspaper which had been in family hands for three generations. His critics could not understand his enthusiasm for surfing, big-game hunting, motorcycles and sports cars — obsessions that several times nearly cost him his life” said his 2006 obituary in the rival New York Times. Wikipedia detailed his achievements: “[Chandler] was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times between 1960 and 1980, leading a large expansion of the newspaper and its ambitions. He was the fourth and final member of the Chandler family to hold the paper's top position. Chandler made improvement of the paper's quality a top priority, succeeding in raising the product's reputation, as well as its profit margins.” Journalist David Halberstam summarised: "No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did.” His sudden retirement in 1980 at the top of his powers prompted surprise throughout the industry. "Otis has gone surfing, and he's never coming back", Noel Greenwood, The Times' metropolitan editor, famously remarked about his boss's unexpected abdication. Chandler was now able to devote himself fully to his hobbies including the Otis Chandler Vintage Museum of Transportation and Wildlife, which he built in Oxnard, California, to display his extensive car and motorcycle collection and trophy animals from his many hunting safaris. As one might expect knowing the first owner’s character, Chandler did not buy his F40 just to look at. He drove it, and drove it fast, which is probably why in 1992 he rear ended it into a wall.

1992

From 1992
to 1993

Owner: Vladimir Burkic (US)

1993

From 1993
to 2006

Owner: Don Lakestade (US)

2006

From 2006
to 2007

Note: The car was bought by a man named John, owner of a helicopter company based in Arizona, USA

2007

From July 2007
to July 2014

Owner: Omar Alghanim (KW)