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Contrary to the "appears to be" note I posted above, #30 OSCA is the 2000cc (6-cylinder), chassis number 2002. The Milano plate in the grille...
I have a note of a photo appearing in the Ferrari Annual for 1955. The photo shows three cars. #54 Ferrari 750 Monza of Luigi Piotti (the...
in 0098E with VR plate.
Yes, there are different styles of damper bodies. The methods of production varied as did the tooling, both of which changed in different places...
Many Italian cars used "Houdaille" dampers made under license in Torino by the company named above. These included many Ferrari and Maserati of...
I spoke with Richard Cicurel a few years ago. My goal was to learn more about his Siata 208S spider (BS*501*) but we spoke of his Maserati A6G...
Aside from the fact that we cannot always rely on the stated reasons for a DNF ... the quick statistical compilation does not tell us how other...
I think not. The success or failure of a racing car is not based only on the engine ... even if Ferrari can be faulted for sometimes behaving as...
Haven't logged on for a while and just caught up a bit on this thread. Jim Pauley is in 0464/MD at Thompson in 1955. There were quite a number...
This would be 0224/AM or 0226/AM. I would guess the former but not with any great conviction. 0222/AT is a remote possibility as it was supposedly...
I have not yet made a serious attempt to identify this car but an ad appeared in MotoRacing dated May 4, 1956 that would be easy to presume is the...
Hello Paul, Thank you for sharing! This 275GTB "08539" was delivered late May 1966 to its first owner, Girolamo Fani-Ciotti, in Roma, so...
I did not notice the last reply so am late to respond. 2104 was, as has been noted, an early chassis in the series. But, it was one of the last...
The concours at Lawrencevile, June 1955, had two Maserati entries as listed by the program: 1952 Maserati Gran Sport Giles Anderson -...
From the same photo session ... with Jack McAfee and Carroll Shelby. [ATTACH]
Marcel, I was just trying to help here and yet avoid a potential confusion. I cannot say with certainty that "Roma594949" was not a 250/GT...
Once that detail is confirmed, then there are a couple of additional Italian owner names to share ... as Marcel almost certanly knows as well. The...
This car, built in a prolonged fashion on one of the earliest chassis in the A6G/54 series ... yet with perhaps the last Frua body completed in...
Steve, If there is a minor error in the Roma plate number you reported (or perhaps there is a recording error in the notes I have?), then your...
Pomona, January 1957 A couple of photos appear in West Coast Sports Car Journal (CSCC) for February, 1957.
