So could you confirm 0247EL was the #530 car ?Absolutely.
Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login 12 July 1953 Avellino, Italy #16 Touring barchetta 166 MM 0006M Fernando Mancini 7th
Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login 12 july 1953 Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti, Italy #60 Touring Berlinetta Le Mans 166 MM 0066M Anteo Allazzetta/xxx 20th (Gran Turismo oltre 1100) #82 Pinin Farina Berlinetta 250 MM 0292MM Franco Cornacchia/xxx 11th (Sport oltre 1100) #83 Motto Spyder 250 MM 0276MM Luigi Piotti/xxx 10th (Sport oltre 1100) #85 Vignale Spyder 250 MM 0290M Giovanni Bracco/xxx 5th (Sport oltre 1100) #87 Vignale Coupé 250 S 0156ET Roberto Bonomi/xxx DNF (Sport oltre 1100) #88 Vignale Spyder 250 MM 0274MM Piero Scotti/xxx Scuderia Ferrari 13th (Sport oltre 1100) #89 Vignale Spyder 250 MM 0282MM Paolo Marzotto/xxx Scuderia Ferrari 1st (Sport oltre 1100) #90 Vignale Spyder 735 Sport 0302TF Umberto Maglioli/xxx Scuderia Ferrari 3rd (Sport oltre 1100) #91 Touring Barchetta 212 Export 0104ED Guglielmo Pinzero/xxx DNF (Sport oltre 1100) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
no.90....serial number 0302TF ? can you give more information why it would be the 0302TF? But I have to say, I don't know what else it would be or why not the 0302TF...therefore thank you for "bring light into the dark" regards Ivo
Some would say speculation but I’m convinced #90 at Dolomiti is the car crashed by Ascari at GP dell’Autodromo, now with a Vignale spyder body, later rebodied again with a Scaglietti spyder body. I will have the opportunity to come back in detail to this car and its two sisters.
Also speculation that this is the Vignale coupe bodied car seen in many publicity shots that (maybe) appeared for practice at GP Autodromo Monza without it's roof. One very indistinct photo is out there. Much debate to be had here as we all know about the cars with 2 if not 3 chassis numbers stamped on them. More opinions welcomed.
The car you are talking to is a Vignale spyder (different of #90 at Dolomiti) which was also entered at Nürburgring (I will post a pic). The body is so close than the wonderful Vignale coupe 4 cylinders that it’s almost sure the roof was removed. Later raced by Bonomi in South America. Possibly 0306TF although it’s very difficult to be 100 % sure as three cars (0302TF, 0304TF and 0306TF) have been restamped several times...
Sorry Cyril, I take that back. In the full size shot of #90 at Dolomiti it can be clearly seen that there are louvres on the lower front wing (fender). Only one car had those and that is the restored car which is accepted ? as 0304TF. So much confusion on these cars it is catching me out with my own notes. Sorry again. My comments above still stand but not for the Dolomiti car. Copyright for photo is unknown to me Image Unavailable, Please Login
#90 at Dolomiti has a different shape than 0304TF (future Milan’s car) and 0306TF (future Bonomi’s car). It must be the car #14 crashed by Ascari at GP dell’Autodromo, rebodied with a Vignale spyder body and rebodied again as Scaglietti spyder at the end of the year 1953. As I said, the car you are taking to is 0306TF, the future Bonomi’s spyder.
I find it difficult to be specific on the shape of the cars as photos are taken from all sorts of angles and some people post photos which have been distorted. Milan also used colour schemes which deceive the eye. Here is a montage showing 0304TF with Milan and after restoration displayed alongside the Dolomiti entrant. What discernible differences are you seeing. If you tell me how to do it I can e-mail the full size pictures as I think the web-site automatically reduces the size for display. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login You are right. Same car. The question remains : what happened to the car #14 crashed by Ascari at GP dell’Autodromo ? For sure rebodied by Scaglietti at the end of the year but what happened between June and December 1953 ?
Well, we agree, but that does not make us right or wrong with regard to these cars. I have not found any clues, suggestions or speculation as to what happened to the Ascari car between July and December. Perhaps others might care to join the conversation.
We will perhaps see more clearly when have reviewed all the races (Nürburgring, Senigallia...) to come with these 4 cylinders. I have all the pics.
Image Unavailable, Please Login Sport cars also had a worldly life ! 0132A at Concours d’Elegance in Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, July 1953.
