Showing posts with label Ferrari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ferrari. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

interesting number thing going on here



found on http://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/FERRARI%201952.html


1952 was going to be a factory fight to the finish, and Ferrari built four cars specifically for the event. That year, the race was divided into sports and stock classes, with 26 cars entered in the European sports-car category. Mercedes would bring two 300 SL Gullwing coupes and a roadster, and there were entries from Jaguar, Gordini, Lancia and Porsche. http://lacarrera2007.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html

Sunday, June 7, 2015

a comparison and study of the Ferrari designs in the 50's and 60's











Ferrari thanks their test driver, Dario Benuzzi



Dario Benuzzi has been with Ferrari since 1969. He has tested vehicles and knows the Fiorano test track like the back of his hand. Over the years he has earned a special place in Maranello, and even Ferrari, the company proud of being elitist, knows the value of dedicated employees. So to thank Benuzzi, Ferrari brought back four of the top cars that Benuzzi tested during their development phases and cut him loose on the track.

http://bangshift.com/bangshiftapex/how-does-ferrari-thank-a-test-driver-that-has-been-with-the-company-since-1969-like-this-four-queens-for-a-knight/

Zona-rapida blogspot shared the photography of Jesse Alexander


Mechanics, Monaco, 1956


Sir Sterling Moss, Monza 500, 1958


Phil Hill, Targa Florio, Ferrari 250 GTO, 1962

Found on http://zona-rapida.blogspot.com/2014/12/fotografia-jesse-alexander.html

Orginals from http://www.jessealexander.com/ , http://jessealexander.com/blog/

2 very expensive 60's Ferrari are going to auction. Normally, who cares, right? The money from these, though, is going to pay for Coast Guard Rescue boats



The auction of a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB and 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 will take place on 14 October 2015 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridge

Businessman Richard Colton, requested that money raised from the sale of his cars be used to build a new lifeboats for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the charity that saves lives at sea. It provides, on call, a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service and a seasonal lifeguard service.

Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, it has saved more than 140,000 lives. More and more people are using beaches and the sea for leisure and RNLI crews and lifeguards are responding to an increased number of incidents.

Six out of every 10 lifeboat launches are only made possible because of gifts in wills, so they are vital to saving lives at sea.

http://www.classic-auctions.com/15/section.aspx/415