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| BretM (Bretm)
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I found it amusing. I wonder how many times other teams picked on the Bread Van at the track. I get the impression that it wasn't very difficult to joke about in the pits. I guess if you win races though who cares what others say. | ||
| Chris_N_Chicago (Chris_N_Chicago)
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hardly. what's new in Canada? | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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Good one Chris. Do you think the others got it? | ||
| Chris_N_Chicago (Chris_N_Chicago)
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Maybe they ran out of dough... ? | ||
| kelly vince (Tofosi1)
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The Bald guy is Eric Van De Poele and I hope I spelled his name right. let's see he drove the Bently in last year lemans race. And yes the breadvan did race at lemans. I think it was 1963. I also think it dropped out. I don't know how many laps it made. | ||
| BretM (Bretm)
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Count Volpi had ordered a 250GTO from Ferrari in order to race it under the 1962 Manufacturer's Championship under his own team. Enzo Ferrari being himself promptly decided against selling the Count the car because he didn't want to compete against his own design. So, the Count employed a designer named Bizzarrini to change the 250GT SWB chassis # 2819GT into a more competitive racer. They moved the engine lower and back in the chassis for better weight distribution as well as to allow that low front nose. The rear aerodynamics was the result of a German study being done by a guy named Kamm (I'm pretty sure that's his name) and was thought to allow better high speed drag and stability. | ||
| Kendall Kim (Kenny)
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Thanks for the pics and input.. Does anyone know where the idea of the "breadvan" originated? and what the purpose of such a car was? Just curious.. | ||
| Chris_N_Chicago (Chris_N_Chicago)
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My guess is - Kelly, you're the bald, lower weighted guy on the left. Reason is when I put my cursor on the picture it is filed under 'big fat guy' on your upload. Signed , Sigh Sperling " I'm not just the the president , I'm also a client... " | ||
| BobD (Bobd)
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Kinda has a stretched Lotus Europa look... ***EDIT, EDIT, EDIT. Our posts hit at the same time!!! I was talking about the car below!!!! :-) | ||
| kelly vince (Tofosi1)
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Just to show HOW really ugly I AM. Guess which guy is me. And if you are right who's the driver standing next to me.  | ||
| kelly vince (Tofosi1)
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| kelly vince (Tofosi1)
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The white F1 car is the 1965 F1 Champion car.  | ||
| kelly vince (Tofosi1)
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The car is real and in New Orleans. It's owned by a guy named Monti. He owns several vintage cars includeing the Surti's(SP) 1965 F1 championship car. And one of the Lotus's that was driven by the actors in the movie Grand Prix. Check out the following website. Monti's the president otf NORDA. New Orleans Racing Drivers org. http://nordalist.tripod.com  | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
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Looks like a BMW M coupe! | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
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I saw it in the metal at Laguna Seca about 10 years ago, its a real GTO. I wonder if Zagato did the body ? Drogo designed the series 1 & 2 250GTOs | ||
| Mark (Study)
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I think they said a Doctor bought the car and he thought that the shape would cut down on drag. Basicly wind-tunnel reseach before they had wind-tunnels? | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
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Here is the info an photo from Forza.  | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
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There is an article in a Forza magazine about the bread van. I'll dig it up and post pics. | ||
| Paul Newman (Newman)
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I have a book with a single rear 3/4 shot. The book is "Ferrari, the racing cars" by keith bluemel. Count Volpi built his own car designed by Giotto Bizzarrini which was the 250gt bread van body. Built on a 250gt swb chassis #2819gt in 1962. | ||
| Kendall Kim (Kenny)
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I remember reading about this car many years back, and it came up in a conversation with a friend of mine who doesn't believe it exists... Would anyone have any additional info why Ferrari built this car? and any pics or the history behind it?? |