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  1. John Corbani

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    #451 John Corbani, Feb 22, 2006
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    Attached is the above picture after sharpening. Do this AFTER reduction and BEFORE saving to .jpg for best results. PhotoStudio and PhotoShop are good. Some other sharpening programs are bad. Experiment a little to find out how much sharpening is right for the picture as it will be seen on screen. Save the original for playing later. Great thread. I took pics of West Coast races in the 50's. Lost them all. Memories are good though.
    Thanks,
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  2. Ed_Long

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    #452 Ed_Long, Feb 22, 2006
    Wow, what a terrific photo! Thanks for sharing it. Looks to be the nose of Birdcage Maser on the pole, several GTOs, maybe an Elva, the driver of what looks to be a Lotus 23B with his head turned, an early version of a Chevy Corvair (Lord help us), a Triumph TR4, several 356 Porches, a Jag 140 in the rear. My gosh, what a great shot. I raced a Fiat Abarth Berlina 1-liter coupe for many years in Maryland that had a Nassau 1963 tech sticker on the dash. Al Cosentino raced it there and in Sebring in '63. It ate 1-liter Mini's for breakfast!
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  3. billnoon

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    #453 billnoon, Feb 22, 2006
    Hey guys go easy!!!

    I have a 62 Corvair Spyder with the 150bhp turbo engine, same as the one in the photo. Car is one of my daily drivers and a hoot to boot! Super easy to keep it on the boil and the handling with the IRS single pivot swing axles totally predictable.

    Only Nader (who never drove one anyway) or a complete idiot could get themselves in trouble with one of these miniture iron beasts!

    The drums fade a little after some heavy down-hill breaking and its not a car I push too hard past legal limits but fun nevertheless!!!

    There is a double S on ramp on the short run to my kids school and my little guys scream at the top of their lungs...faster...more opposite lock...work it popa! Thank God it will be nearly ten years before my oldest gets his license.

    Cheers,

    Bill
     
  4. vince308

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    #454 vince308, Feb 23, 2006
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    same race same GTO #3223 Hayes Charles n°21 ....
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  5. Miltonian

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    #455 Miltonian, Feb 23, 2006
    In answer to the question in post 447, about the location of the track in Puerto Rico, I dug through some magazines and found the following:

    Until 1955, sports car races had been staged on a small scale in Puerto Rico at Ramey Air Force Base, located at the northern tip of the island. At that time, the base was put under Strategic Air Command control and the airport circuit was no longer available.

    A new track was built (1959/60) on the outskirts of Caguas because of the city's nearness to the larger cities of the island. For example, Caguas is just a 25 minute drive from the capitol city of San Juan.

    The circuit is set in hot, steamy, verdant hills at the edge of a flat suger cane lowland. The breathtaking hills are short, sharp, and steep; forming an excellent vantage for spectators.

    The track is 1.7 miles in length, with a half-mile straightaway 60 feet wide. All of the 11 curves are 50 feet wide. The rest of the track is 40 feet wide. Fangio called the track "The Little Nurburgring".
     
  6. Christian.Fr

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    #456 Christian.Fr, Feb 23, 2006
    GtO in action, so nice.
     
  7. Bertocchi

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    #457 Bertocchi, Feb 23, 2006
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    I am using Macromedia Fireworks. I have tried sharpening after reduction.

    Here are three photos taken in 1975 at Luigi Chinetti Motors on 600 West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, where I started my Ferrari career. Perhaps Marcel can shed some light on the chassis number. (Coco Chinetti is on the telephone).
    Second shot is of the interior of the same car.
    The last is an old Alfa stuffed in the back with so many other neet cars. I have seen previous threads on cars stored at Chinettis.
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  8. Marcel Massini

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    #458 Marcel Massini, Feb 23, 2006
    Most probably 750 Monza #0492 M.
    Marcel Massini
     
  9. kare

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    #459 kare, Feb 23, 2006
    Definitely 0492M.
     
  10. Bertocchi

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    #460 Bertocchi, Feb 23, 2006
    You are good! How can you tell it's #0492? Educate us!
     
  11. BoxerCrazy

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    #461 BoxerCrazy, Feb 23, 2006
    Great pictures David!! did you happen to get a good one of that bike thats peeking out from the left in the first picture?

    thanks

    doug

    ps:what is the gray car thats behind(left side) the two red ferraris in the first photo??
     
  12. Christian.Fr

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    #462 Christian.Fr, Feb 23, 2006

    Marcel nickname is " The scientist".
     
  13. Wolfgang

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    #463 Wolfgang, Feb 23, 2006
  14. Bertocchi

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    #464 Bertocchi, Feb 23, 2006
    The silver car is the rebodied 250/275P known as the Bob Peak Car. It is the subject of an earlier thread in which Marcel is a prominent contributor. I am glad eveyone enjoys the phots. I try to mix it up a bit as far as subject matter.
     
  15. ClassicFerrari

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    #465 ClassicFerrari, Feb 23, 2006
    David. Thank you. This thread rocks!
     
  16. 400iGuy

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    #466 400iGuy, Feb 23, 2006
    I hadn't seen your other post. What an amazing place! It is just mind blowing that such a wide varity of so many special automobiles are in one place. Thank you very much for taking and posting all these photos
     
  17. Wolfgang

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    #467 Wolfgang, Feb 23, 2006
    Thank you very much, my pleasure.

    Best
    Wolfgang
     
  18. dm_n_stuff

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    #468 dm_n_stuff, Feb 23, 2006
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    Yes he does and it looks great.
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  19. dm_n_stuff

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    #469 dm_n_stuff, Feb 23, 2006
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  20. kare

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    #470 kare, Feb 23, 2006
    Cowl is the key; only Monzas in s/n range 0492..0498 had such cowls. Only two of them were around in 70's and 0496M was in UK. Photos confirm. Best wishes, Kare
     
  21. Texas Forever

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    #471 Texas Forever, Feb 23, 2006
    Thanks so much. I appreciate your hard work. Dale
     
  22. Bertocchi

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    #472 Bertocchi, Feb 23, 2006
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  23. Boudewijn

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    #473 Boudewijn, Feb 23, 2006
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  24. rockdad

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    #474 rockdad, Feb 23, 2006
    Hey! I bought my first Ferrari from Charlie Hayes' Salon Ferrari in California back in 1974. Thanks for the pic.

    Mike
     
  25. Bertocchi

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    #475 Bertocchi, Feb 23, 2006
    In my family we have had this debate for many years. I believe the car to be RHD, as most Vignale cars are, and the Prancing Horse backwards. The shelves in the restoration shop were against the other wall. There was a window on the wall opposite the shelves. I must be crazy!
     
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