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3765 LM was built with a standard Series I GTO triple scoop nose. During 1962 Le Mans 24 Hours, Mike Parkes put her in the sand (I think Graham Hill in a DB4GT cut him off, but, whatever). This was early in the race- maybe the 3rd hour. Because of sand ingestion, so the story goes, cooling problems ensued.
As an attempt to keep racing, SF pit mechanics hacked a large opening in the nose where the 3 scoops had been. Some time after the race, a repair was made to clean up the sheet metal and this was when the slot came into being.
When the car was restored in the late 1980s, the decision was made to adhere to the specification of the start of the '62 Le Mans. It was then that the slot was replaced by the original configuration of the 3 scoops.

 

12 May 1957 : Mille Miglia.

60th years ago today !!
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Death of Portago/Nelson - 60 years ago

 

Here's why.
Tire scratching on bodywork of 0646 until the tire exploded.
Police photo taken from the wreck (fender).

Marcel Massini
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Fantastic rendering again Cyril.

Sad day in many ways for motorsport. My Italian is very poor, but I think this site has many relevant photos in this article:

De Portago 1000 Miglia 1957, l?ultimo rettilineo. | Adrenaline 24h

Here's a contemporary artist's view on the horror:

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/260986194122-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

 

Yes Walter. Impossible not to talk about the crash in the crowd unfortunately...

 

All this horrour just for a poor single tire. What a pity !

Thanks Marcel.

 

Thanks. Great links with very interesting pics. Thanks again.

 

Bonjour

I'm searching for the real diameter for the rear lights of GTO 64, 330 LMB, 250 LM, P4 and 275 GTB. Have they all the same rear lights ?

Thanks

 

I don't have much to contribute to this thread, but I'd thought I'd throw this out there. I'll dig up some kind of door prize for anybody who can recognize the driver and name the car.
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Gerald Roush in his Tojeiro (MG Tojeiro Leonard Special "LOY 501").

 

Wow! You are really good. To be frank, I had forgotten the name of the car, like a lot of things...

I have a Ferrari table flag from the 2005 Montreal GP I was going to throw away. It's yours!

 

I had to cheat and do a little hunting for the specifics, but this is a pic I remembered. Thanks for posting. Gerald made a tremendous contribution to what I've learned, as he did for so many.

That's very kind. Thank you! DM sent.

 

Thank you for the link. There is an option to translate at the top right of the page which helps a little.

This Ken Purdy piece on de Portago might be of interest to those who haven't seen it: http://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-real-story-of-the-man-known-as-portago-archived-feature

 

Many Tanks Marcel.
Apparently, this is just one of the several images taken: it seems to place the scratching on the inside body skirt rather than under the top of left mudguard, as it should likely be. Scratching looks scarce and can not figure the function of rubber-metal buffer neither. Your opinions please.

 

Was this picture from 1964 in New York? Taxi is a 1964 Ford...
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One of a series of pics taken outside Chinetti Motors. The whole series has been posted here I believe...

 

+1 correct

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/vintage-thru-365-gtc4/98610-fate-luigi-chinetti-motors-4.html

 

GIOTTO thank you for the link to that great thread! I had forgotten about it...

I gather no book was actually written about Chinetti that was hinted at in the other thread?

 

I am not sure of the venue or mechanic.
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Ferrari 365 P2/3 #0828. Venue is Le Mans, 1966.

 

Practice.

Marcel Massini
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14° Großer Preis der Schweiz, Bremgarten, August 1954.
Robert Manzon in his first F1 event as official works driver, tipo 553 Squalo, chassis 2 or 3??? Clearly a DNS....

 

Found this photo on a Cold War Aircraft group. Is it 2845GT at Sebring '62? The plane in the background is a Lockheed R-6V Constitution.
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