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Hugo

 

The only thing which is missing is a limited leather edition ... I am puzzled that Ferrari hadn't got the idea yet to publish high-end limited editions of their yearbooks.

 

It was the two Jaquinot books that I ordered.....not the yearbook.

 

Any help with part numbers?

 

Just ordered yearbook, Not really bothered about which cover, all the same inside, But Bianco is rather nice


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See post 4056.

Marcel Massini

 

A few weeks ago Marc Sonnery said he wished there were more book reviews here, so blame him for this...

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Just published by Porter Press is a new version of Vanwall by Denis Jenkinson and Cyril Posthumus. This was first published in 1975 but whilst the text is unaltered, with the exception of an additional forward by Tony Brooks and brief postscript by Doug Nye, what has been added is a plethora of photographs (with comprehensive captions) and documents. Whilst Vanwall are known primarily as the first Formula 1 Constructors Champions with Moss and Brooks at the wheel, it should not be forgotten that, prior to that, Tony Vandervell ran the Thin Wall Special Ferraris and this is well covered both in the text and in the reprinted documents which include letters between Vanderwell and Enzo Ferrari. For that alone, it is worth it for the Ferrari aficionado but there is much more to the Vanwall story than that and it is well and fully told within these pages. I don't have the original 1975 edition but what is added with the photographs and documents is surely worth the additional purchase. High recommended if you have any interest in racing in the 1950s.

The standard edition is limited to 1000 copies (all signed by Doug Nye) for 90 GBP (although I obtained my copy for somewhat less than that so worth shopping around). It is 288 pages, 300mm square (11.8 inches) and hardback with dust jacket. There is also a Collector's edition for 895 GBP (details here https://porterpress.co.uk/products/vanwall-collectors-edition )

 

Pardon me for being forward...and thanks for posting

 

To all the FChat bookies.....


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The nice young man from UPS arrived yesterday with an early present from Santa in Stuttgart, OK not Ferrari but still a treat.

Compliments of the Season to you and yours.

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Merry Christmas from Germany.

 

Had these on order with Hortons for the past 4 months.What are your first thoughts on them? I have his DBR9 and Carrera 2.7 books which are of superb quality.

 

I do not think that you will be disappointed, but I have had some small involvement so may be biased.

 

Thanks mate, look forward to receiving them.

 

Given the current trend of publishing books narrowly focused on a single series of cars....or even a specific chassis....may I suggest to the writers lurking here to consider writing the story of the overlooked Ferrari 330LMB?

Objectively faster and more rare than the 250GTO, they had a less stellar competition history, potent as they may have been. With beautiful coachwork combing elements of the GTO and the 250GT Lusso, the car is, to my eye, more elegant, if less dramatic, than the GTO.

So, how about it, Marc, Nathan, Doug and others? Give us the complete story of the 330LMB.

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My favorite 330LMB was...Toby Dammit's ride. 4381 SA was the chassis clad in the early sixties right after its very short racing career with the stunningly beautiful Fantuzzi one off body painted gold and used in the three segment film Spirits of the dead, 1968, in the segment called Toby Dammit acted by Terence Stamp.

Then in 1980 Fabrizio Violato bought it, restored it to standard LMB body and put the Fantuzzi body on a 330GT; 8733GT, which then went to Germany and N.Y., U.S.

I love that body so much I did an article for Octane 3 years ago focusing on the life of the body, NT the various chassis it sat on (it was briefly on 330TRI 0808 too).

As the engine was given a thorough blueprinting it is about as fast as a 330LMB motor.

So one happy day late September 2018 on Long Island NY when driving it for the article I was able to pretend to be Toby, it meant a lot as I had first seen the film wide eyed at 14 years of age

I even had the best shot photoshopped to gold for a poster that has pride of place in my office!

Here is the part of Toby Dammit with the car, for those not familiar this is a typical Federico Fellini film very esoteric iconoclastic, not at all fast food movie fare, so don't be taken aback just enjoy the car's beauty and sound: it is 4381 SA the 330LMB under that body....and yes great idea to do a book on just the LMB's but it won't be me.



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Thanks for that clip! Yes, Fellini for sure. Having driven the car, you would know: Was the soundtrack dubbed or from the actual car? The motor in the clip sounds to me more like a V8 than a Ferrari V12, or it’s possible that the sound lost some of its clarity through multiple copies, or perhaps it wasn’t in peak tune during filming.

 

Well I drove 8733GT with that body on it, not 4381SA, the swap took place in 1980, but I have no doubt that the engine you hear in the film is the actual V12 of 4381SA, remember this is an actor driving, not a pro driver so he did have the revs very low on occasion. Fellini did add tire squeal on dirt roads (!) but would have had no reason or inclination to tamper with the engine noise, this was 1968 and it just wasn't his way. The engine sounded dramatic enough as it was!
Remember that this is an evocation of an Edgar Allan Poe short story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirits_of_the_Dead#'Toby_Dammit'_segment

The other segments by Roger Vadim with Jane and Peter Fonda and by Louis Malle with Alain Delon playing two characters and Brigitte Bardot are very special too, all are Edgar Allan Poe tale evocations:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063715/

But when I first saw this in 1978 as a 14 year old I just thought it was the most awesome display of any Ferrari in any film!

For the article I tried to get a hold of Terence Stamp but ran into very lazy cynical actor management agencies in LA and London who could not be bothered as there was no profit for them...but the owner of the car is open to reuniting Stamp, now 83, with the car and this will be a chapter in a future book of mine so never say never: I will try to contact him via different channels;-)!

 

Compliments to Mr Doug Nye for “re-mastering” the original book: its format, layout and many add-ons makes it a really enjoyable read. I was in the midst of finishing the three-episodes BRM saga and the interconnections between the two protagonists (and with the Ferrari side, as stated above) makes this Vanwall book a mandatory continuation, in my opinion.

 

Not Ferrari related, But I hope MR Doug Nye Will Re-release The extended Version of Driving Ambition not the 270+ page one but the 400+ page version or updated as now there’s so much on the restoration side of these fabulous cars, was a great article in Octane Magazine on the restoration of chassis number 25


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Resembles Christopher Walken in that photo.

 

True.

 

That was the limited edition published by McLaren itself. More text and pics. Very heavy, hard to handle, leather bound book. Limited to 1000 copies, but in the end it is believed that no more than 500 were made. At the time I received a letter from McLaren, if I was interested in buying the 'owners edition' (not included with the purchase of an F1), bound in even more exclusive Connolly leather. I did not buy, thinking the 'ordinary' limited was already expensive.
As with the cars, they had a hard time moving the books.
For a recent update on the competition cars, there is of course the Porter Press GTR set of books.