Looking at some old pix. Perhaps someone here can identify? You guys are amazing. Clues: pix marked as follows: Drogo, 70's Italy. Sports racers, Ga. FCA meet, 1989. TR 61, Concorso Italiano 1994. 275, England, 1980's. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Dear Mister Ed "The legend" Niles, car with number 2 is a replica with engine 04915 250 GTE and part of the chassis of 13123 365 Gt 2+2. I've seen the car in Monterey 1994 (see pictures). I'm working on the others. All the best, Miki-Paki. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ed, the first car is the 250 GT-based "Thomassima I". When I spoke to Tom about this car, he recalled using a PF Coupe as the donor, but he had failed to record the chassis number. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ed, this one is 275 GTB s/n 08391, supercharged and then cut into a "NART conversion" in the 1970s. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Is the Thomassima 1 the chassis that was in a Flood in Florence ?? Nobody has figured out which one it is/was ? Great pics!
The follwing is an extract from Meade of Modena "Thomassima I was Meades first complete car. It was based on a Ferrari 250 GT, but illustrated the profoundly personal Thomassima form so dramatically it was invited to be shown at a classic car exhibit in Florence. Once again fortune failed to smile on the young designers elegant forms. It was a dream coming true, but in a wet season, the Arno over-spilled its banks flooding the facility where Thomassima I was awaiting its public debut. It was irreparable, a total loss."
I have nothing on that 250 TR replica. Does the plate read "SKH 719"? What state is that? As for that other beast, it looks to me like one of those Fiat Dino-based replidoodads.
The TR replica in photo #2 was owned by Joe Nitti at that time. I couldn't see the license plate too clearly, but if it's a Georgia plate, it's probably Nitti. This was held at The Stauffer Resort at Lake Lanier.
Haha. Somehow I knew you'd find this thread! Shawn, pics 2-4 (the 250 TR replica and the, uh... Dino-ish replica) were taken at the FCA National Concours in 1989.
Pix taken 1983 at the Aargauerstalden (name of the street) in the City of Bern, capital of Switzerland, when owned by Swiss dealer Albrecht G. Guggisberg ("Braeche"), owner of Oldtimer-Garage Limited. Conversion was done late 1970's by two ex-Chevron mechanics in England while owned by Brian Classic (UK plates KGJ 3D), supercharger by Westlake UK (removed 1986 by Modena Engineering Ltd.). This car was originally Celeste Chiaro 106-A-26 and was featured in the English Magazine "Autocar" of 28 August 1969. Marcel Massini
AKA "Guggi." Thanks everyone. I had the '58 250TR marked as a replica, but it looked so nice that I wasn't sure. The Dino, on the other hand, must have been built by Captain Obvious.
Pretty sure the 'Drogo' is the First Thomassimma and Picture nog taken in italy but at the peace palace in the Hague, the netherlands. Have not seen this pic before, can i Have a High res, please? The car was destroyed. November 1966 and Have been in the netherlands for a couple of weekend Back then. Supposedly based on a 250 coupé. Niels
Since 2014 converted back to a coupe using the original roof. Work done in UK by Neil Twyman. Repainted original blue colour.
08391. Bodywork cost GBP£ 180 K and the engine was also completely rebuilt by SMDG for an additional GBP£ 40 K. Car sold June 2015 to a new owner and then re-sold again in July 2015. Original color of 08391 was Celeste Chiaro 106-A-26. Here's another photo (NOT my photo). Marcel Massini Image Unavailable, Please Login
According to his interview with Petrolicious he also has a Lusso being restored. English Footballer John Terry On Why He Collects Classic Ferraris - Petrolicious