VIN: Nick Mason's Ferrari F40 chassis 78122
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History of chassis 78122
Chassis 78122 was one of two F40s sold to members of Pink Floyd. The recipients were drummer, Nick Mason (this car), and guitarist, David Gilmour (chassis 78036).
Pink Floyd were one of the 20th century’s biggest grossing bands. With recording and touring sales in the hundreds of millions, only The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were a match.
Nick Mason is an automotive aficionado who, since the 1970s, has acquired a fine selection of significant motor cars, perhaps the most famous of which is his Ferrari 250 GTO (chassis 3757 GT).
Mason and Gilmour collected their F40s from the factory in October 1988 and headed back to the UK on EE transit plates.
As F40s were still in very short supply, both Mason and Gilmour had agreed to make their cars available for the 1988 Birmingham Motor Show (October 19th to 30th). Mason’s was displayed on the Ferrari stand and Gilmour lent his to Pininfarina.
78122 was then UK registered in November. It is depicted above after a service at Modena Engineering in Surrey during the summer of 1989.
Mason and his F40 were frequent attendees at UK track days over the next few years. These second and third photographs were taken at Castle Combe in 1989.
78122 also featured extensively in the automotive press and was variously test driven by Car (February 1989), Fast Lane (April 1989) and Motor Trend (July 1990). In 1996, it made an appearance in the Jamiroquai music video for Cosmic Girl.
Nick Mason still owns chassis 78122. Today the car forms part of his Ten Tenths collection.
Notable History
Sold to Nick Mason
19-30/10/1988 Birmingham Motor Show
11/1988 registered F40 NPG
02/1989 featured in Car
04/1989 featured in Fast Lane
07/1990 featured in Motor Trend
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