More Old Photos

4

 

+1 = 5

 

Not to mention the attorneys for the other side.

 

6!!

 

Mr. Niles, odd question, but do you remember what type of film you used to shoot those photos? Do you or Jarrett have the negatives/slides or are they just prints?

And you can put me down for at least two copies of the book, so you're up to six so far.

Cris

 

count me in too

 

+1 = 7

 

Here in the Northwest -- between the crew at the restoration shop, customers and Ferrari researchers/collectors for the reference library -- figure @20+ more sales at least.

 

Giro di Sicilia 1956

Peter Collins and louis Klemantaski in the 290 MM (perhaps chassis number 0628) or the 857 S (0584M-0578M)
Piero Carini in the 750 Monza (Chassis number 0500M). Who can confirm?
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P. Collins/L. Klemantaski
857 S Monza Spyder Scaglietti "0584M" n° 337

Piero Carini? ? ?

 

Enzo Pinzero, 0550M

 

I took these pics in '98 during the Historics weekend in Monterey. I just LOVED these cars, probably my two favorite cars all weekend!

Best,
James
Austin, TX
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Hi

I'm searching any pics of #5895 250LM at Le Mans 1965. Too I woul like if some one can explaime wich diferences are in 250 &275 LM cars. Was the same body with diferent engines? Are diferent bodys?


Thanks a lot


Joan Albert

 

Joan: There is no difference. The factory designation is 250LM, but that was apparently a (lame) attempt to homologate the car as a part of the ongoing series of 250GT's. They all had engines of 3.3 liter capacity, or "275" in the Ferrari scheme of naming the engine by the size of one cylinder.

 

Well, it's been a couple of days since anyone visited my favorite thread, so here are a few from a 1971 visit to Mecca (oops, no offence intended to Maranello OR Mecca). The factory even casts its own drain-plates. They were just starting the 365GTC/4's and the 246GTS's.

 

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First one had/has a 3 litre engine, all others the 3.3.

Pete

 

...very nice.

 

I wonder how long before these drain plates turn up on Ebay -- with a starting bid of $10k

Dale

 

god pics Ed

 

+1

 

WOOOO!!! two dinos in yelow colour, very nice pictures! I love the factory pictures.
The more time i spend with this post the more happy i feel.
can you post more pictures,please!

 

Nice detail! Maybe casting those drain-plates was an exercise for their prospective casters Reminds me of an interview with Mr. Böhringer, a famous Mercedes restaurator, I read in a vintage car magazine some time ago. When he was young, he was the assistant to one of the most famous Mercedes mechanics. He told a very funny episode of his apprenticeship, when his boss asked (unfortunately, the beautiful Stuttgart accent in German is half the fun) "Bua, hoascht a Garasch dahoaim?" (Boy, do you have a garage at home?), Mr Böhringer answered yes, his boss: "Streich di amoi, dann kannsch au Autos lackiere!" (Paint it, then you can paint cars, too!). This was how Mercedes worked in the 50s

 

That shot is terrific! Thank you! What are the numbers on the plates? Surely not serial numbers.
Ed

 

it is the holy grail of drain plates - see the number on the drain casing (at the top) and the number on the drain plate itself?? MATCHING NUMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!