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Count Volpi; Fangio drives Breadvan, '59 LWB Cal, Serenissima, '58 LWB Cal

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  1. CDM

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    #1 CDM, Jun 22, 2012
    Count Volpi's email captions per photo, (my comments in parentheses):

    1. Modena track: Fangio at the wheel. Bizzarrini crouching at door. Fangio took us both for a 3-lap ride each. Terrorized the first two corners, I could have slept through the rest such was the feeling of total safety. Believe me, he did his best and liked to.

    2. Fixing plugs. On the left, Giorgio Scarlatti who owned Pescara when you were there. (for 1961 GP).

    3. & 4. My bubbled '59 LWB California.

    5. & 6. Willy Mairesse at Chamrousse and Lemans 1966. Different cars. (These are two of four Serenissima cars, and tons of parts and spare engines, I've seen photos of. I once asked his plans for these cars. Got a shoulder shrug and vague answer "...maybe a collector".)


    7. & 8. 1958 when Farina made elegant cars. Pre California. Look at what else was on the road there.
     
  2. CDM

    CDM Formula Junior

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    #2 CDM, Jun 22, 2012
    I must be doing something wrong.
    I did downsize the files.
    Gary
     
  3. CDM

    CDM Formula Junior

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    #3 CDM, Jun 25, 2012
    I am a subscriber. Using a Mac. Have downsized photos. Loading photos from my desktop.
    Result is same for all photos: Invalid file.

    Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?
    Thanks
    Gary Barnhill


    Count Volpi; Fangio drives Breadvan, '59 LWB Cal, Serenissima, '58 LWB, first rear engine Birdcage

    Count Volpi's email captions per photo, (my comments in parentheses):

    1. Modena track: Fangio at the wheel. Bizzarrini crouching at door. Fangio took us both for a 3-lap ride each. Terrorized the first two corners, I could have slept through the rest such was the feeling of total safety. Believe me, he did his best and liked to.

    2. Fixing plugs. On the left, Giorgio Scarlatti who won Pescara when you were there. (for 1961 GP).

    3. & 4. My bubbled '59 LWB California.

    5. & 6. Willy Mairesse at Chamrousse and Lemans 1966. Different cars. (These are two of four Serenissima cars, and tons of parts and spare engines, I've seen photos of. I once asked his plans for these cars. Got a shoulder shrug and vague answer "...maybe a collector".)

    7. & 8. 1958 when Farina made elegant cars. Pre California. Look at what else was on the road there.

    9. 10. & 11 It is the first rear engined birdcage. 1961 (?). Can't remember. Type 64 was in 1962. Bonnier tried to drive it in Pescara in '61, you were there (must have been a 4cly type '64). Undriveable. 1961 was a fast year. (then he sent this with a correction with the unpainted car) Same car raw, testing before painting 8 Jan 1961. The previous date was wrong. Modena track. Guarino Bertocchi (Maserati's chief mechanic) at the wheel.
     
  4. Gran Drewismo

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    #4 Gran Drewismo, Jun 25, 2012
    What kind of image file format is it? Forum only accepts these types of files:

    asf avi doc gdb gif jpg m4a mov mp3 mp4 mpg pdf png ppt txt wav wmv xls zip
     
  5. CDM

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    #5 CDM, Jun 25, 2012
    All of the photos are jpeg reduced to small size.
     
  6. IanB

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    #6 IanB, Jun 26, 2012
    from your desktop, press the Apple key and N to open a new window.

    Navigate to where the photos are stored.

    Move your pointer to each photo file, hold down Apple key and click, this will highlight the file and allow you to change the name.

    Change file extension from .jpeg to .jpg then press return.

    Ferrari chat will now accept the photo.
     
  7. CDM

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    #7 CDM, Jun 26, 2012
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  8. michael platzer

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    #8 michael platzer, Jun 27, 2012
    great pics - thank you!
    what s/n is the California Spider and the PF Cabriolet?
     
  9. GIOTTO

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    #9 GIOTTO, Jun 27, 2012
    Car n°212 is #1459GT.
    Photo n°8 is a rear-engined Maserati Birdcage. Guerrino Bertocchi during tests at the Modena aerautodromo, I think winter 1960/61.
     
  10. Boudewijn

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    #10 Boudewijn, Jun 27, 2012
    Indeed Tipo 63 Chassis 002, the "muletto", as tested by Scarlatti and Bertocchi in December 1960.
     
  11. wbaeumer

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    #11 wbaeumer, Jun 27, 2012
    Yep! But not Maserati`s best car!
     

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