What helmet??? And did anybody notice that he's a Corvette driver?? Notice the patch and the steering wheel.. Both 60's Corvette... So much for the Ferrari guys getting all the girls...
Does anyone think this thread should stop at 400 pages? Maybe it could start up again as More Old Photos II? CQ
Farina! #26 Picard grid: #40 Lucas, #43 Farina, #?? Scotti Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
0794 in UK around 1978 when owned by Anthony Bamford. It is happily driven here by Giuseppe Verdi (aka Willy Green). The registration is not acurate and the 1961 Le Mans winner never lifted a wheel like this...
You are correct. Only a trained eye would notice that the car was running on very different wheel and tire combinations than LeMans 1961. I am sure this changed the handling characteristics?
I read in another thread about special projects Ferraris that there was a gullwing being built for a client. Do you know anything about that? Inspired by this one, maybe? Thank you A
Where did you find that? I don't mind it being used, in fact I'm flattered, but it is my copyright. Thank you. Nathan
At Sebring 1955, Chester Flynn entered a 340 Ferrari Coupe # 12 to be driven by E Muñoz and R Morales. During practice it suffered an accident and did no started. Does any of you have pictures of this car? s/n? Any help would be appreciated
I have not yet made a serious attempt to identify this car but an ad appeared in MotoRacing dated May 4, 1956 that would be easy to presume is the same car. Chet Flynn (NYC, NY) offered a car as: "Ferrari 4.1 Mexico Coupe 5-speed gearbox. In perfect condition ready to race. Prepared for Sebring but not driven. Farina body. All latest modifications. $6500” 0318, 0320, 0322 seem the most likely possibilities. Each of these has been listed as "375MM" in some listings so one has to wonder then at the "340" implications of the "4.1" engine size. 0318 was seemingly destroyed on the Carrera Panamericana of 1953. 0322 was seemingly being offered in the USA as a "4.5" at almost the same time (also priced at $6500) so my guess would be "0320" for the Chet Flynn car. That said, 0322 was offered a few years later as a "4.1 Mexico coupe" as well. So, 0322 might be just as good a guess at this point. Someone should go back and verify each of the car's histories ... if the owner(s) have not already done so. Sometimes it is easy to accept a 40-year old assumption that has become "fact" ... but which never was.
Thanks John for all these great information, in particular Flynns ad in reference to the Sebring race; the terms "Mexico Coupe" and "Farina body" are confusing, but there is picture in Eddy Muñoz (YV) albums of a 340 Mexico Vignale Coupe, possibly captured in Pittsburgh and the only feasible trace that I know
Eddy Muñoz (+) was one of Flynn's team drivers and this is the picture he kept Image Unavailable, Please Login
This would be 0224/AM or 0226/AM. I would guess the former but not with any great conviction. 0222/AT is a remote possibility as it was supposedly sitting in Rezzaghi's showroom (San Francisco) as a "magnet" during the time period before and after Sebring 1955. Some photo studies will clarify. Some highlights and possibilities: 0224 AT 340 Mexico coupe Vignale (disegno Michelotti) Scuderia Ferrari (Cornacchia ??) Industrias 1-2-3 (as entrant) #20 Luigi Chinetti / Jean Lucas Carrera Panamericana 1952 3rd foto FA47-53 p303, 472, ASR 3/53 p10 #637 Eugenio Castellotti / I. Regosa MM 25-26.4.53 rit. foto FA47-53 p316, 473 # Chinetti / Hill 12 Heures du Reims 53 # Bracco / Bonomi 12 Ore di Pescara 53 Chinetti (as dealer) 0224?? ??William G. Infantino Buffalo, NY, USA?? 0224?? ?? ad MotoRacing 5/18/56 p3 Ferrari 4.1 Mexico Vignale Coupe $6800 / trade. 0226 AT 340 Mexico berlinetta Vignale (dis. Michelotti) Scuderia Ferrari Industrias 1-2-3 (as entrant) #14 Alberto Ascari / Giuseppe Scotuzzi Carrera Panamericana 1952 rit. foto FA47-53 p303, 472, Tanner5th p302, Tanner6th p331, ASR 3/53 p9 "1954" A.V. Dayton - Tulsa, OK, USA #12 Shelby / J. McAfee Offutt AFB, NE 5.7.53 2nd/ Race 4 foto RT 10/53 p22, SC 7-8/53 p41, FTMTM p139 # Dale Duncan Sowega 10/25-26/53 DNF King George Cup ??# Dayton Chanute AFB 6/6/54 Dale Duncan Kansas City, MO, USA ??ad R&T 9//54 Dale Duncan: 4.1 Ferrari America Coupe, good street job or race car. New red paint & black upholstery. 0226/AT ??? David Francis Leopold Buffalo, NY, USA Ad R&T 1//56 p51 Suitable for normal use and in excellent condition ad MotoRacing 12//56 p13 In storage for last seven months. $4875 0226/AT?? ??ad MotoRacing 6//56-7//56 4.1 Ferrari Mexico Coupe. Formerly Ascaris car, Vignale Body, 5 speed $5800 Contact J.E. Hugus PA, USA
