An awful lot of covering on #78's radiator; was it that cold? It almost looks as if the car is frowning!
If anyone thinks that this doesn't look like the Nurburgring, that's because it isn't; in '59 the race was run on the silly Avus circuit.
Thank you, Mr. Gonzales, for posting all these wonderful photos from the days when F1 racing was so much simpler than today; when sex was safe and racing was dangerous!
I think this may actually be the scene from "Grand Prix" where Sarti has stalled his Ferrari on the line and is attempting to re-start the car so that he can take up the chase of the field that, tragically, ends in his death.
I don't think the movie. Engine configuration? Was the Formula Junior jazzed up movie cars that detailed? Numbers on spark plug wires? Vented rotors?
The actual team cars had the new 3-valve V-12 engines with a different exhaust configuration, but for the movie the movie people were still using cars with the old 2-valve exhaust configuration, and in some cases Ferrari was allowing them to use the actual 2-valve F1 cars, which presumably were now superfluous for their needs. Watch the movie footage supposedly showing the practice sessions; you should see actual 2-valve 312s in the scenes! Better yet, watch this video at the 52-second mark and tell me what you see?
I really like the 1966-67 F1 cars the best, before wings and sponsor paint. Yes, you are correct. I read when the producer of the movie approached Enzo about making the movie. He turned over everything to him. Enzo was very accommodating about Ferrari being shown.