THE DISCOVERY OF FERRARI F 40 OF SADDAM HUSSEIN’S SON
What can the barren sands of the desert hide ?
You may find some fossils of the Jurassic or cretaceous unsuspected traces of a spring, or finds of ancient lost civilizations. Instead two bloggers in the spirit of Indiana Jones, or with a formidabile metaldetector, found in the desert of Iraqi Kurdistan, the very rare Ferrari F40 belonged to Huddayy, dictator’s son. Saddam Hussein dismissed and killed in 2003 during the second Gulf War, following the anglo-american invasion. Hudayy commander of his father’s Fedayyn also died that year in an ambush of an american special corps ambush in Mosul.
The very expensive car,adapted to the road use of an F1 car, with its distinctive rear, turbocharged 8-cylinder V-engine, was produced in 1337 units, partly for the american marketfrom 1987 to 1998. He celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Maranello house in sports. The engine and the mechanical parts are by Nicola Materazzi and the body has left the pencil of Leonardo Fioravanti. It was exhibited at the Frankfurt salon in 1987. Two-seater sedan is equipped with air conditioning and can reach 324 km/h. although in the desert it is perhaps more advisable a camel !!!
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