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Thanks. That was one of the first vintage Ferraris i sat in. I'm good friends with the previous owner. It used to live less than a minute away from me here in the US
Another 375MM, but the one-off coupe Scaglietti, rebuilt for Roberto Rossellini. #0402AM. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The 375MM Coupe reminds me of the 300 SLR Coupe of the same period (not the standard 300sl Gullwing). Only two of these race chassis based, 8 cylinder ccoupes were built. One was the personal car of Rudi Uhlenhaut. Really makes one wonder who was looking at who, and what other design directions Scaglietti would have pursued if less influenced by Pininfarina. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Swisscarsightings Part 2 is finally up, with pics taken Saturday and Sunday - 294 pics http://www.swisscarsightings.com/concorsovillaeste2007_02.html
Yes, I thought the same thing when I saw the Ferrari. The resemblance to the Mercedes, seems more than coincidental, like two beautiful sisters. Rudi's "Fishing Car", the 300SLR, is one of the most stunning, "Road Cars", of it's era, the mid-fifties. It says, "Mercedes-Benz", then and now. I think that it is one of the most beautiful cars ever created. Who was the designer for the 300SLR? Was it done in house? Who owns it today? Ciao...Paolo
Paolo - I'm checking into the design history. As for the 'fishing' car. I believe that Rudi's car was lost along the way.... On the whole though, I think that the 375 has no apologies to make. It is every bit (maybe even more) beautiful than the SLR. Jon
the racing ferraris are prettier than the slr gullwing imho, but the gullwings need not hang their heads at all. they have their own beauty in a more germanic way. very purposful and good looking too. tom w
"...parking only - space - shuttles..." Nice picture ! http://www.swisscarsightings.com/concorsovillaeste2007_02/Ferrari%20P4-5%20Pininfarina%20046.jpg
What a beautiful setting, what beautiful cars! A picture that does not need words. Thank You for the picture Napolis. Paolo.
Thank You Jon, for your search of the Designer of the 300SLR, and if Rudi's, "fishing car", was lost to time, who owns this car? I agree with Tom, about the Teutonic Manner, of the 300SLR, definately masculine in it's presence. Two different cars, from two different designers, maybe even two different philosophies, but alike in their design beauty as well as function. I don't place one over the other in my comparison, I just note their aesthetic similarities. Ciao...Paolo
http://www.barchetta.cc/All.Ferraris/events-stories/events/2007/concours-show/villa-d-este/villa-d-este-feature-entry-list/index.html
"Very much in keeping with the tradition of the competition, the last six years have featured a design prize for the best contemporary concept cars. The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este Design Award went to the Ferrari P4/5 Pininfarina. Precisely 400 units of the sensational Ferrari Enzo supercar were built in Maranello. But for US film producer and stockmarket guru James M. Glickenhaus, this was not exclusive enough. The Ferrari collector commissioned Carrozzeria Pininfarina of Turin with the construction of a special body based on a standard Enzo. The shape of the P4/5 body recalls the legendary Daytona- winning Ferrari 330 P4 of 1967" Well done indeed.
