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  1. wbaeumer

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    #1 wbaeumer, May 13, 2008
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    Even when its not the best Tipo 26 (body, front-axle, engine are new. Rebuild by Peter Shaw for Mr. Sutherland) 8C-3000 #3001 was for me THE car of the weekend. A very beautiful car! Its now owned by Josef-Otto Rettenmaier as part of his fantastic Maserati prewar-collection!

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  2. Maranello Guy

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    #2 Maranello Guy, May 13, 2008
    Beautiful !!!
     
  3. biz5300

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    #3 biz5300, May 13, 2008
    Yes but it was TOO QUIET... I couldnt hear it amongst the P3 Alfas... ;-)
     
  4. wbaeumer

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    #4 wbaeumer, May 13, 2008
    correct - but beauty queens are not always noisy!

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    #6 bundas, May 14, 2008
    thank you, walter. this is the only way i will see the cars
     
  7. djui5

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    #7 djui5, May 14, 2008
    Wow, what a great piece of machine!
     
  8. wbaeumer

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  9. wbaeumer

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    #9 wbaeumer, May 14, 2008
    This stupid Americans who had the car before lost the original (!!!) fuel-tank!!!! Unbelievable....(sic.!)!

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    Walter
     
  10. Serenissma

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    #10 Serenissma, May 14, 2008
    Thats the story behind this car? I liked the fight 246 and tec-mec had.To bad the Lotus were to fast.


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  11. wbaeumer

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    #11 wbaeumer, May 14, 2008
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    It was a 250F-engine that was given by Maserati to the Colotti-people who made and developed the 250F-concept. Unfortunately it was a more or less private operation and therefore underfinanced. But the car was the ultimate version of the "250F".
    For me the dice between my buddy Barrie (TechMec) and Tony (Dino) was THE action of the day! Fantastic!

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  12. wbaeumer

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    #12 wbaeumer, May 15, 2008
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    To get a closer view about Barrie`s abilities behind the wheel: here comes a photo I took in 2001 when he drove #1120 in Monaco. There are many good drivers around who can drive offset-camber in turns - but to do this in the small tight "Rascasse"-corner in Monaco is veeeeery special. Barrie did it!

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    #13 Serenissma, May 15, 2008
    Thanks Walter did you have a pleasent dinner the last evening 11/5?
     
  14. wbaeumer

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    #14 wbaeumer, May 15, 2008
    Yep, the diner in the "Café de Paris" was excellent!

    Ciao!
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  15. Serenissma

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    #15 Serenissma, May 17, 2008
    No Mille Miglia this week Walter?
     
  16. wbaeumer

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    #16 wbaeumer, May 17, 2008
    Nope! At home with my babe!

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  17. henk4

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    #17 henk4, May 19, 2008
    is there anybody who can explain why 3001 has stamped 3002 AND 3001 stamped on the rear right frame member?
     
  18. wbaeumer

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    #18 wbaeumer, May 19, 2008
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    You mean this!

    Well, THATS a VERY good question! I think only Peter Shaw could give a correct answer to this.

    My thesis is:
    The 3002 is stamped on the Rettenmaier-car on the correct position. The 3001 ist on a very unusual position.
    Interesting is that 3002 has its number on the correct position stamped.

    It could be possible, that Maserati changed both chassis and restamped 3002 to 3001 while the newer chassis became the no. 3002 from the beginning when it was sold to Birkin.

    As most of the T26 dissapeared its a well known thesis amongs the historians of this type that Maserati produced only a limited number of cars starting with 2-digit-no. and later used the same frame with modified or upgrated mechanicals and restamped it to a 4-digit number.

    This means that much less cars were build than officially listed! Is the history of the 50ies cars very confusing quite often - the story of the T26`s is completely GaGa!

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    #19 henk4, May 19, 2008
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    Thanks, yes, I took exactly the same picture while in the paddock...what I think is also nice is that nobody is trying to cover up things by putting thick layers of paint over one of the numbers. (for more pictures of the car on track, have a look at our coverage of the event at ultimate-car-page.com (skip the hyphens, F-chat blocks a direct link....)
     

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