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Byron (Bmyth)
Junior Member
Username: Bmyth
Post Number: 128
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 1:18 pm: | |
There is a new book that was recently highlighted in Forza. It is called "Enzo Ferrari" by Richard Williams. It supposedly provides a good account of Enzo's life. You might try that as an additional resource.
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Byron (Bmyth)
Junior Member
Username: Bmyth
Post Number: 127
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 1:18 pm: | |
There is a new book that was recently highlighted in Forza. It is called "Enzo Ferrari" by Richard Williams. It supposedly provides a good account of Enzo's life. You might try that as an additional resource.
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Greg Owens (Owens84qv)
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Username: Owens84qv
Post Number: 605
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 11:29 am: | |
I would be surprised that if you typed "Enzo Ferrari" into Google.com, that you wouldn't find reams of articles on the man... |
Omar (Auraraptor)
Junior Member
Username: Auraraptor
Post Number: 166
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 2:32 am: | |
thanks bro for the info! |
J. Grande (Jay)
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Username: Jay
Post Number: 940
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 11:35 pm: | |
Oh yeah, all racing Ferraris are red because red is the official Italian racing color. That's why all early Maseratis, Alfas, Lancias and Ferraris are red. |
J. Grande (Jay)
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Username: Jay
Post Number: 939
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 11:33 pm: | |
Well, Ferrari started racing his own modified Alfa Romeos in the early years. Then after the war (WW2) he started his own company, Scuderia Ferrari. Scuderia is an Italian word for Horse stables or horse racing team. The prancing horse was the insignia of an Italian fighter pilot who was shot down during the war. Legend has it that the mother of the killed pilot asked Enzo to use the prancing horse to honor her dead son. I believe that the condition with Alfa was that he had to wait 2 years before he could begin making cars under his own name. From 1947 to 1952 Ferrari used Vignale and Ghia to body the cars and then the relationship with Batista "pinin" Farina developed. On a side note Sergio Farina officially changed the last name to pininfarina. The first road going car designed by Pininfarina was the 212 Inter convertible in 1952. Enzo himself was married but had a mistress who bore him his son Piero, who now holds the family share of the company. He also had a son Dino who tragically died. Enzo first named the race car and then the road going cars after him. He really had an interesting life, but really too much to stuff into 7 min. Hope this helps some. |
Omar (Auraraptor)
Junior Member
Username: Auraraptor
Post Number: 165
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 10:46 pm: | |
My kid sister is doing a presentation on ferrari in school and she needs help writing her speech. she wrote about Enzo up till 1946, but can't find too much info on the mid 40s to 70s time for ferrari. I am not familar with that time either, but did write for her a brief little speech on f-cars from 75-now(what I know best)
Anyone out there wanna help? The speech has to be ~7min and she is 15, so not too much fancy language please ;)..it mut sound professional, but not acedemic
thnks for your help |