Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in the Coys of Kensington Pre-1964 GT Car Race at the Coys international Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO of Harry Leventis, chassis 3505GT, originally built for the British UDT Laystall team, and still bearing their pale green colours, the car was intended to be driven by Stirling Moss, but his career ending accident at Goodwood in April 1962 meant that he never actually got to drive the car in competition. Innes Ireland took his place and won the Tourist Trophy race at Goodwood in August 1992. The car has, of course, the Gioacchino Colombo designed 2,953cc V12 tipo 168 engine. At this Silverstone meeting the driving was shared by Stirling Moss and Tony Dron. 

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997 where there was a special display of Ferraris, and the GT race which was a feature of these Coys meetings was reserved for Ferraris with 30 listed in the programme of the event, including 11 of the 250 GTO cars.

This car wasn't listed amongst those taking part in that GT race, but it's the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO of Harry Leventis, chassis 3505GT. Originally built for the British UDT Laystall team, and still bearing their pale green colours, the car was intended to be driven by Stirling Moss, but his career ending accident at Goodwood in April 1962 meant that he never actually got to drive the car in competition. Innes Ireland took his place and won the Tourist Trophy race at Goodwood in August 1992. The car has, of course, the Gioacchino Colombo designed 2,953cc V12 tipo 168 engine.

Car number 61 behind the 250 GTO is the 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, chassis 5031GT, of Richard Taylor that was driven by Barrie Williams in the GT race.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph taken at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

There were 32 cars in a special Ferrari feature at this meeting and this photograph of four Ferrari 250GTOs shows three of them, plus one other which took part in the meeting but wasn't part of the official display. The ones in the display were numbered and notes in the programme gave some detail of each car. For all the Ferrari 250GTOs the following details were shown:

Front-engined V12; 3 litres; 280bhp at 7500rpm; ifs/coil
springs; rigid axle rear/semi-elliptic leaf springs.

The first car (No. 20 in the windscreen) is a 1962 model, serial number 3505GT (then owned by Edward & John Harrison) and the programme said this:

20 250 GTO
Entered by the UDT/Laystall team and driven by
Innes Ireland this car won the 1962 Tourist Trophy
race at Goodwood.

Next to that (No. 28) is also a 1962 model, serial number 3909GT (then owned by Takeo Kato) and the programme said this:

28 250 GTO
A Scuderia Filipinetti car for 1962/63 before going to
Frenchman C Bourillot. Ran in many of the long distance 
races including 1962 Tour de France and Montlhery
1000 Kms, 1963 Nurburgring 1000 Kms, Spa 500 Kms -
3rd overall.

The next car wasn't officially a part of the Ferrari special feature, but took part in the BRDC '60s GT Race at the meeting driven by Frank Sytner. It was then owned by Sir Anthony Bamford and is a 1963 250GTO, serial number 4399GT.

The last car in this group (No. 2) is Nick Mason's 1962 model, serial number 3757GT, which also took part in the BRDC '60s GT Race and about which the programme says:

2 250 GTO

3rd overall for Ecurie Francorchamps in 1962 Le Mans

('Elde'/ 'Beurlys'); 3rd overall 1962 Tour de France; driven

in many UK events in 1964 by Peter Clarke.