regarding the Messina picture, we think it could be either 0524M or 0570M. the Italian sport newspaper we have that covered that race states several times that the winning car driven by Castellotti/Trintignant was in the 3 liter class, not 3.5 or 2. It cannot be 0560 which had two small tailfins, one on each rear fender. As for engine swapping, the factory did this w/ the 4-cylinder cars with mind-numbing regularity - so much so that we simply do not know what to call certain cars; Mondials or Monzas. 0562 is an example. speaking of 0562, the picture of the wreck above is NOT 0562/Ascari. . .
I have plenty old pics of 0570M. The general shape looks exactly the same than the Messina car. Look in particular the nose and the sides very high and opened...
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interesting pictures Christian..... from the Pebble Beach Road Races april 22,1956. no.26 D was Sterling Edwards, 24 D was Carroll Shelby , 276 was Ernie McAfee and no.2 C with Phil Hill on the steering wheel. It was a sad day because Ernie lost his life on lap 26....... Shelby won ,Hill second and Edwards 5 th. regards ivo
I am thinking it might be 121LM #0558. This car was driven by Castelotti earlier in the year at the Miglia Mille in 55. Hood is clearly 121 in the photo that Nathan posted although vent on top of right fender is not there. 0570 has a vent at the base of the windsheild surround. Surround is steeper on 570 as well. 0570 did not show up as a team car until late in 1955. Just a guess. Paul's photo in #3301 is #0570
Ran across some prints you might enjoy............Here is one. Jose VonNeuman Image Unavailable, Please Login
For the Monza crash photo I know Gendebien crashed a 750 Monza at the Tourist Trophy Dunrod. I know that circuit had alot of trees and brush and one of the cars was number #5.He crashed it during practice. Tom Tanner/Scale Designs
So it was Olivier Gendebien testing at the Tourist Trophy at the Dunrod circuit Ireland on September 16-17th 1955 in a works 750 Monza??He ended up in the hospital and did not start the race.(his would be first for the Ferrari team) Thats the best guess I can make. Tom Tanner/Scale Designs
Yes, this is one of many I just dug up going through lots of old stuff from Riverside Raceway, Pomona Fair grounds, Santa Barbara Airport etc. I'll have to start scanning from slides to digital........I'll post one more.....Phil Hills #2 at Riverside... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ferrari records #4 (Maglioli/Gendebien) as 0570MD and #6 (Castellotti/Trintignant) as 0578MD... Both were 3-litre of course. It is also known that 0578MD was later re-identified as 0584M. Some mysteries remain in this area too.
0524 was badly crashed by De Oliveira at Porto a month before. On 0570, see post 3312. Indeed these engine-swappings are a nightmare and calling some Ferraris by the unit capacity is too often misleading. Same for 857S: 3.5 engines were very seldon used in 1955. But there is a common point on all these 1955 4-cylinder cars: their chassis type: Tipo 510. My guess on Gendebien's crashed car at Dundrod is 0584M.
John von Neumann 500 Mondial Spider 0448MD n°11 10em Ernie McAfee 121 LM (446S) Spider Scaglietti 0546LM n° 276 acc mortel
I also think that Ferrari 750 Monza official in 1955 are chassis 0570M and 0578M. I you the photographs of the 121 LM (0546LM) of Ernie McAfee appeared in "Motoracing" (Copyright Gayle Davis). As well as reasons of this accident. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
October 20 1962 1000km de Paris Montlhery, start grid in colors Sorry, I don't know insert a photograph in a post. This photograph was shooted from the BP tower. Private archive. Auto-Journal 1963.
In one of the "Prancing Horse" magazines should be an article on Ferrari transporters (some years ago ) has any of you ever seen that , and perhaps would mail it to me , please ?
