I apologise if this has been discussed already and if it has, please let me know which thread it may be in. Otherwise, if not, anybody know what the story is of this 250MM coupe body for sale in the Netherlands, at this place called "Italparts"?: http://www.italparts.com/details.php?id=6981&plaats=208&prijs=&item=4&status=&garage=&type=&terug=/overzicht.php?id=208^page=0 If it is a genuine body, why is it off the original chassis (which would be S/N: ?) and what is in it's place?
It is the old body of 0270 MM. When Giuseppe Lucchini bought 0270 MM he had it restored with a totally brand new body and Lucchini sold the old body to Swiss Peter Heuberger. Heuberger planned to use the old body ex-0270 MM for his reconstruction project of 0254 MM but that never happened. Marcel Massini
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Thank you, all of you, for answering my questions and posting those photos. I knew I would get results by posting here.
I find this odd. Did he have a new body fabricated, or is 0254 still unrestored/bodyless? It appears to me that this body of 0270 is in fairly good condition (based on those photos just posted) and would not require too much work to be used again on another car.
0254 MM today, soon to be completed. after decades of waiting. Marcel Massini Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
"fairly good?" Sheesh, this thing looks incredible compared to alot of the cars I've done, once the "paint"(and funky filler substrates) have been stripped off... I'm speaking of this era of racing car-which. in truth, were most Ferraris of any real interest(if memory serves correctly-and that's a stretch-between: 1949 and 1956, I think that there were less than 200 total even numbered cars made, in almost 10 year span.... please correct me if i"m inaccurate in my recollection here... The think looks GREAT from the cheap seats,,,, ciao!
Marshal Leib's car at S and A Italia Sports Cars, back in the day when they were daily drivers. Image Unavailable, Please Login