Showing posts with label Scaglietti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scaglietti. Show all posts
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Friday, February 10, 2017
lucky me, I photographed it before it was restored.... the 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa finally has a feature in Classic Driver.com
It was at the 2012 Graystone Mansion Concours in Beverly Hills (incredible car show!) and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/1948-ferrari-166-spyder-corsa-body-work.html is my gallery of it. Python skin seats, beautiful body, cool gauges, and Scaglietti bodywork
Well, it's going to auction now with Artcurial, at Retromobile, and https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/worlds-fastest-python-leather-seats-come-a-unique-ferrari is the story of it. According to the auction company Deputy Director Pierre Novikoff, it represents the genesis of the fabled Scuderia Ferrari
It's been restored though, and looks splendid. If you look at the way it was in my gallery, you'll see a race car with history. If you look at the gallery with ClassicDriver.com you'll see a restored car
For example:
did they somehow restore, or replace the gauges?
or look at the seats
Cleverly they slid the seat bottom further back to hide the torn area in back, notice the dimension the seat extends forward of the seat side is much less in the restored example at bottom
but the cockpit has a much better presentation in black than faded and exposed aluminum
looks like the brake handle was replaced. Zero personality, too machine like in it's perfection, unlike the original that looks like great old Italian metal workers made it quickly, and went racing that afternoon
Well, there you are, as raced, or restored. Where ClassicDriver states "What makes it so special is its originality and integrity — every change and modification, including those fabulous seats, has been preserved, rather than reverted back to its original form. "
I won't feed you that hogwash... I show you the before and after, and what changed.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Spinedi's 1960 250 GT SWB Scaglietti Berlinetta Competizione
http://www.sportscardigest.com/favorite-race-cars-2016-pebble-beach-concours/3/
http://www.barchetta.cc/english/all.ferraris/detail/2159gt.250gt.htm
Monsieur Spinedi was an amateur private racing driver, surely wealthy, judging by the models and dedication to this hobby.
He was Swiss resident in Geneva and ran in the 60's competitions such as the Cup of the Alps and the Targa de Florio in the 60's.
http://slotadictos.mforos.com/104811/11734950-swb-171-tdf-1963/
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Andy Warhol had one rare Ferrari, he bought it only to make an art piece parody of Rolls Royce, but sold it without racing it, making art of it, or knowing how rare it was
above, a 1955 Ferrari 857 Sport Scaglietti Spider 0588 M.
Ferrari built just four 857 Sports models, and 0588 M was the last example created.
After a brief period with the Ferrari works team, the car returned to Ferrari and Scaglietti, where it received its spider coach work on and distinctively finished with a rear upright fin, similar to that of a D-type Jaguar.
In 1956, John Edgar purchased the “new” Ferrari to add to his stable. In its first US competition outing in 1956, Jack McAfee wielded the 857S to a second place at Palm Springs. Soon thereafter, McAfee drove 0588 M, finishing third at Pebble Beach.
All this racing wore out the Ferrari mechanicals, and mechanic Jack Deren put a Chevy engine, gearbox, rear end in it. Then Oscar Kovaleski won races with it. Even beating NART Factory Team Ferrari's and private Cobras.
These initial successes kicked off a long list of significant wins for the car but by 1966, this Ferrari ended up bought Andy Warhol, for $3600, who painted the car yellow with the intention of creating a parody of the movie The Yellow Rolls-Royce,
http://theoldmotor.com/?p=54021
http://www.slotcarillustrated.com/index.php?categoryid=41&p2_articleid=87
http://www.dkeng.co.uk/restorations/65/Previously_Restored_Cars/Ferrari_857S.html
Funny how Andy Warhol shows up here in the auto enthusiast world, isn't it!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Can you believe a Ferrari never won Best Of Show at Pebble Beach before? True
Until 2014, a post war car hadn't even won best of show in the past 55 years.
This is the 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti Coupe of Jon Shirley, who won best of show in 2008, and he was once president of Microsoft, and remained on the board of directors until 2008. This Ferrari was designed by Sergio Scaglietti for Roberto Rossellini who comissioned it for his wife, Ingrid Bergman. It’s one of only five roadgoing versions of this racer, and was the first passenger Ferrari to be bodied by Scgalietti.
Info and image found in Sept 1st 2014 issue of Auto Week magazine, photo by Kimball Studios, courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours, and http://www.starkinsider.com/2014/08/concours-delegance-1954-ferrari-375-named-best-show-complete-list-winners.html
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
racing in the Love Bug movie, 1968
Monday, December 31, 2012
if you're a billionaire, and want an extremely rare and incredible Ferrari with a movie tie in of impeccable caliber, it is the Scaglietti '56 250 GT LWB Ferrari Berlinetta from the movie "The Love Bug"
1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour De France which was also featured alongside humble Volkswagen Beetle ‘Herbie’ in 1968 film was offered on sale for $7.5 million. Known as one of the 9 models build by the Italian automaker, it’s one of the sought-after Ferraris. This pristine example of Ferrari’s most revered berlinetta with chassis no. 0585GT was sold new to a US-based property developer and by 1965, had found its way into the hands of Walt Disney’s studio
Thursday, May 10, 2012
1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa, body work by Scaglietti
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