Ferrari Sport Cars Thread

That photo shows Bernabei in 0296 MM at the III Giornata dei Primati at Castelfusano (Rome), on 6 March 1955.

Marcel Massini

 

20-27 February 1955, Universal Travel and Auto Sports Show, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States

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Not 0494M nor 0498M on Luigi Chinetti stand but I hope you will agree this is 500 Mondial Scaglietti Spyder 0474MD with original hood without scope.

Other pictures in the Ferrari Gran Turismo thread...

 

Really ? Like 0492M ?

 

Some sources claim that, I do not know for sure.
Maybe there's a mix up with 0492 M?
I any case the date on the steering box of 0474 MD is 19 December 1954.

Marcel Massini

 

I agree that could be a confusion with 0492M.
Anyway, we are sure 0492M was not the 1955 New York show Scaglietti spyder…

 

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Here is an article that may have caused some confusion. On the left, Josie von Neumann at wheel of 0474MD. On the right, the famous snake skin interior. Of course, not 0474MD but rather 0492M which was raced the same week-end by John von Neumann.

 

BTW, some sources list a race at Circuito do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), on 20 February 1955 but it's most probably a confusion with the IV Circuito do Maracanã we will see on 6 March.

 

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27 February 1955, Agadir Grand Prix, Morocco

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S+2.0

#1 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0508M François Picard 4th
#2 375 Sport Scaglietti Spyder 2 Louis Rosier DNF
#8 735 S Scaglietti Spyder 0446MD Paul Maret DNF
#9 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0504M “Mike Sparken” 1st overall
#10 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0500M Piero Carini DNF
#11 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder 0440MD Jean Lucas DNF

S2.0

#20 166 MM Touring Barchetta 0052M Oreste Mantovani DNF
#23 500 Mondial Scaglietti Spyder 0512MD Mario Della Favera 1st in class

500 Mondial Pinin Farina Berlinetta Clemente Ravetto DNS (?)

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More pics here :



https://www.agadir1960.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=251

http://mfd.agadir.free.fr/agadirfrontdemer/du-cote-de-la-plage/GP/grandprix/page6.html

https://www.thechicane.com/2013/07/15/views-of-the-1955-gran-prix-dagadir-morocco/

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:1955-02-27_Agadir_WINNER_Ferrari_750_0504M_Mike_Sparken.jpg

 

I understand it is Pietro not Piero Carini, as per the book "Horsemen" a Guide to Ferrari Drivers (by John Sinkgraven and Jasper Schouten).

Marcel Massini

 

Oh yes, thanks Marcel !

 

All factory documents I have say Piero.

 

Not at home to check but I know the good spelling is on 0648MDTR papers…

 

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Got it ! Still online. Piero on these factory docs.

 

According to Circuit International 1955 there were 3 separate races instead of 1 race with 3 classes run simultaneously; Louis Rosier was 4th but 1 lap down (instead of DNF) and François Picard 6th (instead of 4th).

Picard was 2nd on the grid but hit a pole during the race....

 

Thanks for the corrections. Here is the pic of the incident :
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6 March 1955, IV Circuito do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Categoria Sport livre (60 laps)

#3 735 Monza Pinin Farina Spyder 0444MD (Sport 3.000 c.c.) Vasco Sameiro 1st (58’42’’2, 60 laps)
#5 166 Export 0072M (Sport 2.000 c.c.) Paulo Lanat 6th (59’30’’? 55 laps)
#6 250 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta 0270MM (3.000 c.c.) Henrique Casini 3rd (59'3"5, 58 laps)
#14 250 MM Vignale Spyder Godofredo Viana Filho 0288MM (3.000 c.c.) DNS (axle stub of the rear left wheel cut during practise).
#37 225 S Vignale Spyder 0198ET (2.700 c.c.) Julio César + Arthur de Souza Costa + Albino Velasquez 4th (59'15"1, 58 laps)
#46 166 MM/53 with 3 liters engine Vignale Spyder 0290M (3.000 c.c.) Celso Lara Barberis 2nd (58’45’’2, 58 laps)

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Starting grid :

1st row : #3 - #37 - #72 - #14 (DNS)

2nd row : #6 - #5 - #90

3rd row : #46 - #44 - #10 - #8

Note :
#5 Paulo Lanat bought a « Ferrari 2.000 c.c. » from Ângelo Juliano, then 0072M and definitively not a 121 LM !
#14 Godofredo Viana Filho DNS. Started with another Ferrari 2.000 c.c. provided by Roberto Claro but DNF (gearbox) in half of the race. Started at the end of the grid ?
#37 Julio César was the new owner of the Arthur de Souza Costa’s Ferrari 225 S.
#46 Celso Lara Barberis second overall but not in his best condition (sick)
Chico Landi entered with his 375 F1 Scaglietti spyder s/n 2 but his car was stuck in the Genoa port in Italy during floods.

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The winner, Vasco Sameiro.

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Vasco Sameiro followed by Celso Lara Barberis.

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Vasco Sameiro followed by Paulo Lanat.

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Vasco Sameiro followed by Celso Lara Barberis again.

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The winner.

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Henrique Casini with his gorgeous Pinin Farina Berlinetta.

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Godofredo Viana Filho during practise.


There was also a monoposto race called :

Categoria Especial de Corrida (30 laps)

# 6 Aurélio Ferreira 3rd (33’23’’?, 29 laps) gearbox problems from the 18 lap
#10 Anuar de Góes Daquer 2nd (32’25’’9, 30 laps) (with 166 F2 from Henrique Casini ?)

Some sources say Alfa Romeo for both drivers, others Ferrari...

Winner : Armando Silva Maserati

 

Per factory build sheets 0072 M is a 166 MM, not an 166 Export.

Marcel Massini

 

No Aurélio Ferreira in my files, but I have several entries for Annuar de Góes Dacquer with a 166 in 1954.

 

Henrique Casini raced Chico Landi's 166 F2/FL chassis 106 in December 1952. Is that the same 166 F2?

 

Yes. It will be converted into sport in late 1955.
I will come back to this at the end of the year.
Regarding the 375 F1 of Chico Landi also converted to sport, I said s/n 2 but it should be read 5.

 

So the 166 F2 came to South America for Chico Landi, was then raced by Henrique Casini and finally Annuar de Góes Daquer.

My notes say that chassis 106 might have been renumbered from monoposto GP-04C. If true, it was raced by Giuseppe Farina and Felice Bonetto as a Scuderia Ferrari works car in the period 1948-1949.

 

I have zero knowledge about these cars but it’s clear many had a previous life before being raced all around the world in private hands.

 

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A view of the car that Chico Landi was waiting for the Circuito do Maracanã.
The beautiful Scaglietti spyder guida centrale which was raced in Brazil later.

 

It might confuse rather than help, but the Swiss Automobile Revue published a small report of the Maracana race, apparently from a local correspondant : Barberis’ car is described as a « Ferrari-Dreiliter-Vierzylinder ».

 

4 cylinders ? All the newspapers from this period say « Ferrari 3.000 ». We know that 0290M received a V12 from 0288MM in 1954 but with which V12 engine 0288MM was raced and until when ? Did 0288MM then get its original engine back and 0290M get another 3.000 engine ?