Friday's Ferrari

The Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992 featured a special display of Ferraris in the paddock and demonstration runs of various Ferraris during the meeting and this is one of the photographs  that I took of the display.

The car on the left of the picture with the display number 10 is the 1950 Ferrari 166/195 MM Touring Barchetta that the factory brought up to 195, and later to 212 specifications. Owned by Dudley Mason-Styrron it is chassis #0040M. The note about the car in the programme of the event says this:

 

'166/195 Barchetta

Front engined V12; 2.3 litres; 160-180 bhp at 7000rpm; ifs/double wishbones/transverse leaf springs. Rigid rear axle/semi-elliptic leaf springs. The dual model designation reflects the fact that it started out as a 2-litre car in the 166 series and finished up with a 2.4 litre engine from the 195 series. The 'Barchetta' - literally 'little boat' body is by Touring. It ran in the 1950 Mille Miglia, 4th overall (G.Bracco/U.Maglioli) and finished 12th overall. 5th in class (Luigi Villoresi) in the Targa Florio that year.'

 

The only information in the programme about the car in the centre with the display number 30 is that it's a Ferrari F1 Dino. It 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. Here at Silverstone it was driven by Phil Hill in demonstration runs during this meeting. 

 

The car on the right with the display number 11 is a 1967 Ferrari 246 FL which was driven in the demonstration runs by John Surtees and the note in the programme says this about it:

 

'Ferrari 246 FL

Mid-engined V6; 2.4 litres, 300 bhp at 8900 rpm; twin ohc per bank. Lucas fuel injection. All round independent suspension. This car started life with a 2-litre engine as one of the Dino 166 F2's built to meet the 1967 F2 regulations which required engines based on production units. It was used by such by the works until it became one of two cars which fitted with a 2.4-litre engine were prepared by Ferrari to run in the 1969 Tasman series of races in New Zealand/Australia. Its principal driver in the series was Derek Bell.'

Friday's Ferrari

The Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992 featured a special display of Ferraris in the paddock and demonstration runs of various Ferraris during the meeting. This is a photograph I took during one of the runs.

It's a 1967 Ferrari 246 FL, seen here at Luffield corner, and it is being driven by John Surtees who was a Ferrari team driver from 1963 to until he left the team early in the 1966 season. This is one of the cars that were on display in the paddock that day and a note in the programme of the event says this about it:

'Ferrari 246 FL

Mid-engined V6; 2.4 litres, 300 bhp at 8900 rpm; twin ohc per bank. Lucas fuel injection. All round independent suspension. This car started life with a 2-litre engine as one of the Dino 166 F2's built to meet the 1967 F2 regulations which required engines based on production units. It was used by such by the works until it became one of two cars which fitted with a 2.4-litre engine were prepared by Ferrari to run in the 1969 Tasman series of races in New Zealand/Australia. Its principal driver in the series was Derek Bell.'

Friday's Ferrari

The Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992 featured a special display of Ferraris in the paddock and demonstration runs of various Ferraris during the meeting. This is a photograph I took during one of the runs.

It's a 1967 Ferrari 246 FL and it is being driven by John Surtees who was a Ferrari team driver from 1963 to until he left the team early in the 1966 season. This is one of the cars that was on display in the paddock that day and a note in the programme of the event says this about it:

'Ferrari 246 FL

Mid-engined V6; 2.4 litres, 300 bhp at 8900 rpm; twin ohc per bank. Lucas fuel injection. All round independent suspension. This car started life with a 2-litre engine as one of the Dino 166 F2's built to meet the 1967 F2 regulations which required engines based on production units. It was used by such by the works until it became one of two cars which fitted with a 2.4-litre engine were prepared by Ferrari to run in the 1969 Tasman series of races in New Zealand/Australia. Its principal driver in the series was Derek Bell.'

Friday's Ferrari

One of the cars in the Ferrari Feature at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992 was Nick Mason's 1978 Ferrari 312 T3.

The programme of the event had this to say about the car:

3     312 T3

Mid-engined flat-12; 3 litres; 510bhp at 12,000rpm; four

valves per cylinder; twin ohc; fuel injection; all-round

independent suspension, introduced 1978 as further

development of 312T; transverse gearbox car introduced

1975. Driven by Gilles Villeneuve in many grands prix in

1978; winner Canadian GP.

Here's the car (serial number 034) at Luffield Corner, being driven in a demonstration run by Jody Scheckter. The car behind it is the 1969 Ferrari 246 FL Tasman (serial number 010) being driven by John Surtees.