This car took part in the HGPCA Pre-61 Front Engine Grand Prix Car race at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.
It's the 1960 Ferrari 246 Dino of Tony Smith which was the last front engined car to win a Grand Prix race, Phil Hill driving it to victory in the Italian Grand Prix in the next to last race of the 1960 season. At the end of the that season the car was fitted with a 3 litre 250 TR V12 engine and sold to New Zealander Pat Hoare who campaigned the car there for two years before it was sold and drastically altered with a body resembling that of the 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO. In 1978 the car was acquired by Neil Corner who had it restored to its original specifications and raced it in historic events until selling it in 2000 to Tony Smith. The programme of the event says the car has a 2½ litre engine, so presumably it's the 2,475cc V6 engine that it had in 1960.
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