This was one of the cars displayed in the special Ferrari Feature at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.
It's James Allington's 2953cc V12-engined 1959 Ferrari 250 TR59 Fantuzzi Spyder, chassis #0770TR. The car competed in the major World Sportcar Championship races of 1959 and 1960 in the hands of drivers such as Phil Hill, Olivier Gendebien, Wolfgang von Trips and Tony Brooks. The programme of the event said this about the car:
32 250 TR Testarossa
Front-engined offset V12; 3 litres; 300bhp at 7600rpm;
built in 1959. After disastrous 1959, including retirement
at Le Mans and hard-earned fifth place in Tourist Trophy
(Gurney pushed car over the line with puncture for fifth
place), modifications made for 1960 created better
racers and Ferrari won World Championship, with six
cars in top seven at Le Mans. 0770 was the missing one,
after running out of fuel.
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