Very special Ferrari at my local breakfast car club
Jun 4, 2011 | 12:59 PM
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I wasn't expecting it to turn up. However next month he is bringing down an ex Fangio car worth 5 million GBP!!! I'll get my son to take some more pics.
Jun 4, 2011 | 01:02 PM
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Option from the factory. I wasn't sure at first but really like them now suits the car perfectly. This is the demo vehicle we also have a Nero 458.
Jun 4, 2011 | 01:03 PM
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That is a great restoration job as well. That is chassis 0798.
Here is a blurb on the Internet I found about it.
Featured is the first of two eight cylinder engined 'SPs', s/n 0798. It started life with a 2.4 litre V8 engine, but before it started racing the engine was upgraded to 2.6 litre. It was entered by the factory in the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans race where gearbox problems caused a premature end of the race. It was subsequently sold to the United States, but it never proved very reliable. Shortly after its retirement, the car was added to Pierre Bardinon's vast Mas du Clos collection where it remained until 1997.
Here is a blurb on the Internet I found about it.
Featured is the first of two eight cylinder engined 'SPs', s/n 0798. It started life with a 2.4 litre V8 engine, but before it started racing the engine was upgraded to 2.6 litre. It was entered by the factory in the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans race where gearbox problems caused a premature end of the race. It was subsequently sold to the United States, but it never proved very reliable. Shortly after its retirement, the car was added to Pierre Bardinon's vast Mas du Clos collection where it remained until 1997.
Jun 4, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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There was all sorts there but this was just incredible. He didn't hold back when he left either. I sounded out of this world. I had the California parked in the same car park, I don't think anyone saw it after this turned up.
Jun 4, 2011 | 02:44 PM
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That is a great restoration job as well. That is chassis 0798.
Here is a blurb on the Internet I found about it.
Featured is the first of two eight cylinder engined 'SPs', s/n 0798. It started life with a 2.4 litre V8 engine, but before it started racing the engine was upgraded to 2.6 litre. It was entered by the factory in the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans race where gearbox problems caused a premature end of the race. It was subsequently sold to the United States, but it never proved very reliable. Shortly after its retirement, the car was added to Pierre Bardinon's vast Mas du Clos collection where it remained until 1997.
Here is a blurb on the Internet I found about it.
Featured is the first of two eight cylinder engined 'SPs', s/n 0798. It started life with a 2.4 litre V8 engine, but before it started racing the engine was upgraded to 2.6 litre. It was entered by the factory in the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans race where gearbox problems caused a premature end of the race. It was subsequently sold to the United States, but it never proved very reliable. Shortly after its retirement, the car was added to Pierre Bardinon's vast Mas du Clos collection where it remained until 1997.
