1971 Sebring 12 hours, Young American racing team, drivers Young and Gregory, Young in trouble here at the hairpin. Image Unavailable, Please Login
great picture ! ! ! even sad to see this, but for driving hard - sometimes beyond the limit - those cars had been made
A few more from the same accident. Internet photos. Marcel Massini Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks, had never known that there was fire at the end but the main thing is he was ok. There are photos around of an even mightier 512M barrel roll at Zeltweg as well.
A question: how many (more or less) were transformed into 'M', and of these do we know how many 'M' survive?
Converted to M specs: 1002, 1008, 1014, 1018, 1020, 1022, 1024, 1028, 1030, 1034, 1036, 1040, 1044, 1048, 1050. Please note that several of these conversions were NOT done by the factory but by private individuals. Marcel Massini
Thanks Marcel. Conversions were done both in and out of period by private individuals? I think I remember 1040 being the poster child of private mods to M spec, from Donahue's book, but I may be wrong... it remains my favorite 512, in any case...
What I've read is that when Penske received 1040, they completed stripped/disassembled it and then went through it with a fine tooth comb on reassembly with an eye toward making any and all improvements they could before turning a wheel in anger. Motor was sent to Traco who handled the blueprinting/building to get the most out of the Ferrari engine.
Mario Andretti entering 1042. Watkins Glen Can Am 12 July 1970. Marcel Massini Image Unavailable, Please Login
1040 before it became the Sunoco. Jim Adams in the Can Am Series at Edmonton in Canada 26 July 1970. Marcel Massini Image Unavailable, Please Login
1046 in the old paddock of the Nürburgring during the AvD-Oldtimer Grand Prix August 1979. Marcel Massini Image Unavailable, Please Login