Official Ferrari 250 Tour de France picture thread

in 1961 Dumay and Mairesse are present with each other 250 SWB (2729GT and 2129GT) maybe the 250 LWB participated to the GT race or was a practice car for some driver?

 

Not all of the 7# Ferrari 250 GT LWB Interim Berlinettas competed in the Tour de France and whilst having the same chassis (508D) and similar engines, they have Pinin Farina coachwork and hence are known as "Interim's".

1377GT - Engine 128 DF - No TdF
1461GT - Engine 128 DF - September 1959 TdF
1465GT - N/A - No TdF
1509GT - Engine 128 DF - September 1959 TdF
1519GT - Engine 128 DF - September 1959 TdF
1521GT - Engine 128 D - September 1959 TdF
1523GT - Engine 128 DF - September 1959 TdF

 

Hardly fair to compare the wins of the 77# "Tour de France" models with lesser in number manufactured 39# GTO models.

The "Tour de France" name resulted after the 1956 win as firstly a nickname, then after taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the 1957 Tour de France event, the organizers awarded the cars with the event's Tour de France name. As it was never the Official Ferrari name, I always write it in inverted commas.

The cars went on to win the 1958 - 1964 events, scoring a record consecutive nine wins overall.

 

Found something more on the web:

In 1961 and 1962, in the same day of the F1 GP ( August 6, 1961 and August 5, 1962 ) it was held a non championship race for GT cars , named "Rheinland-Pfalz Preis Nürburgring".

Several Ferraris were entered in both races, but looking at the lists of entered cars, the proper year seems to be 1961 .

The only problem is that the race number 41 doesn't match in both cases .

Ciao

Andrea

 

Very unlikely.

 

Entry list for August 5-7, 1960, Montgomery Airport Race.

See Race One (Gran Tourismo)
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If the picture has been taken before the scruteneering it could be a race number from a previous race.

 

More legible.
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If so, the only plausible car is the 250 entered (DNF) by Rudolf Helmut Metzger .
Which is the vin # ?


Ciao

Andrea

 

I meant just another race sometime before and somewhere else and they didn't remove the race number.

 

I've perfectly understood what You meant.
But, in that race the # 41 was a 250 SWB as all the other Ferrari cars except the one I've indicated as plausible ( Metzger car) .

Ciao

Andrea

 

1518 and 1785
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The serial number is a great mystery, have been working on this for years already.

 

Have a proper look at the wipers and come again. And that is not the only big problem...

 

2016 Retromobile
Paris, France

1959 250 GT LWB "Tour de France" 1335GT
Photograph: Courtsey of 'Velocetoday'

Modified with:-
♦ Borgo Pistons
♦ Tipo 130 Camshafts
♦ Weber 36DCL3 Carburettors with "Trompette" Velocity Stacks
♦ Six-Blade Cooling Fan
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Didn't all the TdF have a comp setup with 130 cams and velocity stacks?

 

The Jess Pourret book documented the build on the engines. I would check but the book is in a different location than I am currently.

Jeff

 

1958 Ferrari 250GT LWB TDF.... as taken 6 months ago...
..and yesterday, ready for paint...
(car has been in storage since 1995..)
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And the chassis number is?

 

1127GT?

 

...Sorry I didn't post it....that is correct... #1127GT

 

I take the opportunity to ask: does 1127GT have a passenger headrest or traces of one having been there? Most mid series cars had one, but then it seems to drop out...