On the request of Branko, I'm starting a new thread showing as much as possible old pictures of Ferrari in Venezuela. Any comments and pictures welcome !!
One of the older car, imported into Venezuela in 1954 : 195 Inter Ghia coupe s/n 0093S, seen here in Caracas. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
0093S was raced in Venezuela and Colombia and the nose was modified like that. Image Unavailable, Please Login
The car was owned by Aurelio Ferry who sold it to Edoardo Magnone with engine broken in 1977. Here is the car before it came back to italy in late 70's... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another early Ferrari in Venezuela was s/n 0417GT : a 250 GT Europa from 1955. The pic shows a white 250 GT Europa in the background at the 1959 GP de la Trinidad which could be s/n 0417GT... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Still in 1955, Joao Rezende Dos Santos brought a 250 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta in Venezuela. This was the ex-Gerini berlinetta raced in Italy in 1954. This car received s/n 0352MM when Echeverria got s/n 0239EU for his own 0352MM. I was red and Dos Santos added white colours on the car during ownership. The car is seen here in GP de la Cordialidad in Colombia in december 1955... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks a lot Cyril I think is good ideato have all the Ferraris in Venezuela together, makes an easy search and reference, thanks again. branko
Later, Guido Lollobrigida bought 0352MM from Dos Santos and repainted the car in white. 0352MM is seen here in Premio de la Montaña in late 50's... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Branko, I'm sure everybody on FerrariChat would thank you to share such fantastic pictures. So many thanks to YOU !!
Branko, your site is a must. Thank you for posting all the interesting photos and documents. Thank you too, Cyril.
Still continuing with 0352MM story, it's now owned by Max Ciarlet in metallic blue colour. Look the Chevy engine !!! Also the rear fenders and the side vents were altered but still a beautiful car. The car is shown here in the Max Ciarlet garage in 1964. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The Chevy engine... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Of course, it was extensively raced, here in Ciudad Ojeda in Venezuela... Image Unavailable, Please Login
the car also passed through the hands of the well-known Brinzey's brothers of Caracas. Remember the fantastic thread of Ferraripete on FerrariChat...
Then, several other owners like Sanchez Vega or Roberto Odriozola... The car is seen here in 1966 at Los Proceres with Bobby Dennett in white with blue stripe... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
also owned by Gustavo Sandoval, seen here still in Los Proceres another year. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Going to picture in # 5 message, you can see Marcotulli in 0758, Fayen in 0726 behind, in the dark (green TDF 0749) Chimeri, Pola in the white TDF 1037, dont know who was driving the GT, there was also Turco with a Maserati 300 and Lollobrigida in 0418, here is a picture after the start. branko Image Unavailable, Please Login
I wonder what started the confusion, 0292, if you chek the dates is more prone to be 0239EU, 0352 was produced after the 53 Panamericana, so in my opinion doesnt have any links with 0239 that was already raced in 53. branko
Here is the only color picture I have of this car and the insert shows the licence plate of the above link. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi, thanks much for the info. It answers many questions Send more if you have some. just one man's opinion tongascrew
0030MT (if we agree that 0262M always had an air scope on hood) came to Venezuela with Cornacchia for the Venezuelan GP in november 1955. This car may have run other races here... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A 500 Mondial PF spyder s/n 0406MD with Scaglietti nose for Rezende Dos Santos, probably waiting the delivery of 0562M, here at Imola 1955... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login