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It was produced as a limited edition so even if only 10 have been sold that's technically still correct

 

Just received the book, “Ferrari, The Monopostos of 1948-52” by John Starkey. It’s only small size, app 9” x 6.5”, and 95 pages, but it’s also only a small price!

There are some nice period photos that I haven’t seen before, but I’m disappointed that there are no results tables. I know that the author tried to identify the cars individually and follow their racing history so it would have been nice to have had the cars identified individually in tables so one could follow their evolution.

Just my two-pennorth!

Nathan

 

Hi, is there a book describing every classic Ferrari with their body versions and history ?
(I got curious when I saw a 335 S having a 250 TR body style)
Thank you!

 

0656, here is a partial history. http://www.barchetta.cc/english/All.Ferraris/Detail/0656.290S.htm

I’m not aware of a book that is comprehensive in the way you stated. One of the fascinating aspects of Ferrari history, for me, is the individual histories and lives these cars have led.

 

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Was it a car you have seen in the metal or in a book/on the net?

The only car from this series of S for Sport cars currently with styling similar to a 250 Testa Rossa, with pontoon fenders, is 335 S #0764.

315 S #0656, 335 S #0674 and 335 S #0700 were modified in period with pontoon fenders but have all been returned to original and much more beautiful envelope nose/fender type form.

You will need very many books, but even with all the books in the world you will never know everything, as people who actually work on, deal in, own and collect Ferraris do not, but you can be on your way to a never ending, wonderful and very enjoyable learning adventure. The more you learn, the more you will realise how much more you will need to learn, and it will never end.

 

One could also point to at least one each of the 250 Monza (#0432M) and 500TR (#0600MDTR) having pontoon fender rebodies by Scaglietti in '57/58. Considering the works ditched the design to return to enclosed fenders in '58 it seems weird BUT most of the cars rebodied were connected to Chinetti and I wonder if it wasn't a ploy to make old, worn out racing cars look better than new, for resale purposes........ As a kind of poor mans 250 Testa Rossa

 

335S 0764, not exactly a "poor man's" Ferrari.....!
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I think you mean this one - 335 Sport 0764

there were so many cars with two or more bodies
as sample 212 Export 0086E - she had 4 different bodies and at the end the spyder had 5 or more different radiators

there is no book for it
to difficult to do it
the experts are not interested to show all their rar pictures in one book

 

May I suggest a nice monograph of interest regarding 0764. Paul Russell and Company restored this splendid 335 Sport. They developed a very nice hardcover booklet about the restoration - with splendid photos of the process. It is available, via on-demand printing, from the self-publishing company 'Blurb':

https://www.blurb.com/b/10269263-ferrari-335-sport-the-history-and-restoration-of

Regrets, be aware that Blurb packing is not substantial or very protective. There are several other books in this series by Paul Russell and Company, all recommended - restoration monographs about 250TR 0724 TR, and 212 0267 EU:

https://www.blurb.com/b/6542963-a-restoration-story-the-ferrari-250-testa-rossa-no
https://www.blurb.com/b/6470297-a-restoration-story-the-ferrari-212-vignale-coupe

These books are far more interesting to me than many of the over-priced redundant Ferrari books that collectors toss silly money at.

 

Or perhaps were you thinking that the 335 S had a body style similar to a 250 Testa Rossa with envelope body?

335 S 0674 and Works 250 Testa Rossa 0728 TR.
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Yeah it was 0764, I discovered it with the Peninsula Classics award.

 

335 S 0764 was originally built from new with the pontoon fenders.

 

Can anyone recommend for or against this book?

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New book, only in Dutch, about Jan de Vroom.
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As for that, at this point, Google's translation app is now so good that all you need to do is hover over the pages with your phone and it can be in virtually any language you want.

This book sounds like it might be an interesting and relatively untold story, with a significant Chinetti/NART connection. I am working on getting a copy right now.