Ferraris en Venezuela - Branko remembered July 2, 2011

Great stuff. Keep them coming tongascrew

 

Picture taken in Caracas 1969.
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This is 0758 in its worst bastardized condition.
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Yikes, look what they did to the BMW 507!

 

250 Interim Berlinetta #1377GT finished sixth overall at the 1959 Le Mans 24 Hour race by Venezuelan owner Lino Fayen and Italian co-driver Gino Munaron, and then (maybe after a rebuild in Maranello), sent to Venezuela by Fayen. The car reportedly won a race in Caracas the following year and was apparently in Venezuela for at least a year - possibly longer. Anyone have a picture of it while in Venezuela? The upper photo here was made by Pininfarina since the car was the prototype for the series of six Interim cars. The lower one shows it in the pit lane at Le Mans.
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Randy you can see the same 507 as a pace car in a 66 race in Los Proceres.
boothguy, from some records 1377 was raced at Ciudad Ojeda in 59, dont have exact records nor photos, but you can see Fayen in other Ferraris he raced, 0726 TR59, a Boano and a 2+2 in this collage.
branko
http://picasaweb.google.com/brankokg/FayenVenezuela#

 

wow...0758tr has led quite a life!

great photos cyril.

pcb

 

Thanks a lot Cyril I think we owe to the history of these cars, and the credit should go to all the people that helped me getting the pictures and information, by the way my forum will be 1 year old on sunday.
branko

 

Can someone identify this one?

Thks

Willy

 

I wonder how much all the rivets weigh...?

Kind of reminds me of when skinny kids dress up in those padded Sumo Wrestler outfits.

 

Here is 0758, 0534 a couple of Maseratis A6 GSC the red is 2066 the blue I dont know and a Moretti 750 waiting for their good bye from Venezuela.
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i am speechless. this picture may be tough to beat.

 

the blue looks like a maserati a6 series car.

 

What I dont know about the blue one, is the serial, I wrote a couple of Maseratis etc.
branko
BY the way Pete did you find the picture of the 250MM

 

my father is currently in uruguay. when he returns i will post scans of the 250mm and the boano. i heard that bobby will come to the states to visit in the spring. i will be excited to share this thread with him and see if he and my dad can add some color to this as well.

happy holidays branko!

peter brinzey

 

Thanks Pete, best wisher for you too, when I spoke to Bobby I asked him if he used a computer so he can visit our venezuelan forum but he said he doesnt play with these machines, I am sure he will enjoy watching with you.
branko

 

The carretina siciliana looks beautiful compared with 0758TR.

By the way, what happened to 0758TR?

Willy

 

Great pic. Thanks much. What else do you have?? By the way it is interesting that before this body was junked it was painted blue. tongascrew

 

Finding the bits and pieces left of 0758, differential, brakes, transmission and wheels were found,the engine was sold to someone in the USA between visits to Varona, and according to some records is installed in 0722.
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Thks Branco

Willy

 

I am still looking for some pictures of the car in the country, but meantime I will paste a tale about the Le Mans race taken from Cavallino.
Carlos Kauffmann was the distribuitor for Ferrari in Venezuela for many years.

A visit with Carlos Kauffmann to talk about Ferrari is a truly unique experience. His stories, his memories, and his tales about the people he met and knew make for fascinating listening. For example, Carlos sold a white long wheelbase berlinetta (s/n 1377 GT, the first of seven “Interim” LWB berlinettas) to Lino Fayen of Venezuela to be driven by Fayen and Gino Munaron at the 24 hours of Le Mans; they finished sixth overall and fourth in the GT class. Carlos accompanied the team to France and was able to secure Factory mechanical assistance from Ferrari for the car at Le Mans, but this meant that the team had to obey Factory orders. With one hour left and good Finishing positions guaranteed, Ferrari´s team manager, Romolo Tavoni, ordered their drivers to maintain their positions and not race each other. Fayen who was in the berlinetta at the time who had aspirations of becoming a Factory team driver, continued to hammer around the Sarthe circuit disobeying Tavoni´s orders. Factory support was withdrawn before the race was concluded and, after the race, when Carlos accompanied Fayen back to Maranello, Il Commendatore refused to even receive Fayen! Needless to say, Fayen never became a Factory team driver
branko