Temple Buell: did he have a lot of Ferraris?

As of Maseratis had two 250F GP-cars and one of the mighty 450S sports racer. His personal car was a Maserati 3500GT Touring-Spyder (#101.124, one of only two cars made).

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Walter

 

Also a S.II Cabriolet, s/n 3427 GT.

 

One of his 250F's was CH #2534, the last built - a lightweight Piccolo version

http://www.motormarques.com/images/stories/2008.10/march2010/1958%20Maserati%20250F%20Piccolo.JPG

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattshepherd/3691922146/

Current custodian - Jos Koster (NL)

Ed

 

I realize that this is off topic for this thread but where is 250F # 2533? Thanks.

 

After owned by Dr. Thomas Bscher it was sold to Maserati collector Willi Baltz from Germany.

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Walter
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Thank you, Walter!

 

Temple was the officially recorded owner of my old Ferrari 500TR, s/n 0652MD/TR. Ferrari invoiced the car to Temple via Chinetti. Temple bought the car primarily for Masten Gregory's use. It took quite a while for the car to get to Gregory. First Ferrari stole it back prior to delivery and let Gendebien race it as a replacement for a team car at Monza.

The car then went to Chinetti but before Masten could collect it and race it, Chinetti allowed or loaned it to Shelby and he raced it twice before it was finally handed over to a not so happy Masten Gregory. Temple possibly ran in himself in one or more local minor Colorado events but it was primarily Gregory's car for the Season. He did well enough with the car that Enzo offered him a spot on the Factory team the next year but Masten took such a toll on the team cars he was let go after just a year.

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Bill

 

I don't know that Ed actually drove the car in the race. I've heard this in recent years but don't believe that it is accepted as fact.

 

Ed Hugus won le Mans? When?

 

Hi Tom,

While 0608MDTR is an early chassis number, it was one of the last 500TRs delivered and went to Munaron late in the 56 Season sometime in early July of 1956. I have no records to confirm but believe that after the 1956 Season this TR was recycled and became a client 57 500TRC, likely without the original owner's knowledge.

0652's factory dispatch letter showed it being switched from "E" export to "GS" or "Team Use" specifically for Monza after one of the Touring Bodied team cars was damaged. Rogliatti showed me their records and I was able to get a copy of the ADS when I visited Ferrari with the car before the Mille Miglia in 1998. They red painted front wheels are pretty obvious in even the black and white photos which were on the car at the PA races with Shelby.

The car was flown rather than boated at great expense to get it to the States in time for the next races and there are cancelled checks for these shipping expenses provided by Rick Anderson many years ago and still part of this car's extensive documentation.

Temple sent angry telegrams to both Chinetti and Shelby when the car was not delivered to Gregory. In 97 Shelby said John Edgar had bought the car but not yet paid for it so it was loaned to him for both races by Chinetti and that he was completely unaware that it was supposed to be "Mastens" mount for the Season until the telegram got to him. He thought it was an "Honest" mistake but my experience says "business" as usual as there was always a lot of this sort of car trading and swapping going on between patrons and favored drivers with more than a few not having promised rides provided as a result.

Hope that helps.

Bill

 

I had a 335 Sport that Anderson provided checks for showing early ownership. The checks were from two different woman. We really scratched our heads on that one until Bob Grossman and his wife piped in and said they were "Patrons" of Chinetti who several times over had ponied up funds to purchase cars until they were placed with a client.

I had a 375MM that was sold to Paravano, when he went to Ferrari to collect it, he was told it was not ready... The next weekend he was back a the Factory to see if it was finally ready and watched it arrive on a truck having just returned from winning a race in Germany. He sued Ferrari and I believe may have never bought another Ferrari from the Factory again after that, instead switching mostly to Maseratis.

Ciao,

Bill

 

I can proudly say Temple Buell was family. He was married to my aunt June Buell and was partners with my grandfather; Adolfo Farland in Denver's Ferrari dealership in the 60's. He had many Ferraris and was good friends with Enzo. He would always order his cars to Enzo's specs because of his size. We still have a lot of trophys and pictures from his racing days with the Maseratis but sadly none of the cars. Lol! He had many other cars as well that nobody knew about....one that I recall was a Bugatti Atlantic that was burned up. It sat at the estate and was like a jungle gym for the kids until it was sold for near nothing to my understanding. Very eccentric man but truely loved the sport.

 

Here's a photo showing a Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet at the dealership Farland-Buell, Inc., in Denver/CO in 1966. Farland-Buell Inc. was one of the Ferrari dealers appointed by U.S. West Coast importer MCM Modern Classic Motors (owned by William Fisk Harrah, the casino magnate).

Marcel Massini
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I have not heard the story so much as Rindt didn't like 250LMs as it was that it was not a top line race car anymore that he felt was competitive. The LM won because everything else from Ferrari and Ford that should have won went out or was crippled.

Jeff

 

WHERE did you get this!?!!!?!? Im going to email this to my grandpa! Cool!!!

 

The photo is from the large size 1966 MCM Modern Classic Motors brochure (yellow cover) that introduces all 10 appointed Ferrari dealers on the west coast:

Belmont British Motors, Belmont/CA.
Geary Chrysler Plymouth, San Francisco/CA.
Hollywood Sports Cars, Hollywood/CA.
Otto Zipper Motors, Beverly Hills/CA.
Oxford Motors, Sacramento/CA.
Rezzaghi Motors, San Francisco/CA.
Farland-Buell, Inc., Denver/CO.
Lloyd McKee, Albuquerque/NM.
Ron Tonkin, Portland/OR.
Pete Lovely Volkswagen, Inc., Tacoma/WA.

In 1966 there were no officially appointed Ferrari dealerships in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona.
Each of the dealerships is pictured in this brochure, sometimes with just 1 photo, sometimes with five or more. In the case of Farland-Buell, Inc., there are 3 photos in that publication. I understand the brochure is extremely rare as very few were printed. The size of the color brochure is 29 cm x 36 cm. Total pages 16, all color except one.

Here's a second photo out of this brochure, showing the Farland-Buell dealership in Denver.

Marcel Massini
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Interesting to comapre to the Western US list from about 1963:


Stallings Imported Cars, Phoenix, AZ
Otto Zipper Motors, Beverly Hills, CA
Hollywood Sport Cars, Hollywood, CA
Rezzaghi Motors, San Francisco, CA
Spencer Buick, San Francisco, CA
Moden Classic Motors, Reno, NV - still trying to determine if they were a dealer before being the distributor

 

You may also want to consult Dean Batchelor's book about the Harrah collection. Some interesting Ferrari stuff there.

Marcel Massini

 

Thanks for posting that photo! I have been looking for photos and other Farland-Buell dealership related material for a long time. I own a 1970 Plymouth `Cuda 440-6 (Six Pack) that was purchased new there in November of 1969, and am researching the car's history. Would it be possible to email me high resolution scans of the three photos, especially the
one showing the front of the dealership?

Any other photos, information, or research suggestions related to the Farland-Buell
dealership would be appreciated! Sorry if I am taking the thread off-topic....
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It looks like Ron Tonkin is the only one of those dealers still in business, or still a Ferrari dealer, at least-- could you post any pictures of his dealership from the brochure?