Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car in the Ferrari Owners Club's area at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's the 1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione of Anthony Dyas, and despite the number 157 on the door of the car it didn't take part in any of the races at this meeting. This is the competition version of the Ferrari 250 GT, one of 74 built by Scaglietti, with an aluminium alloy body and the Colombo designed 2,953cc V12 engine. It is chassis #2129GT and was originally owned by Jacques Swaters' Ecurie Francorchamps, Willy Mairesse and Georges Berger taking first place with the car in the 1960 Tour de France race. Ecurie Francorchamps later merged with Johnny Claes' Ecurie Belge to form Equipe Nationale Belge.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph I took at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992 which featured a special display of Ferraris in the paddock numbered 1 to 32, and a page in the programme of the event gave details of each of the cars.

This is a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione, chassis #2735GT, and is the Rob Walker entered car with which Stirling Moss won the 1961 Tourist Trophy race at Goodwood. The car was rebodied by Piero Drogo after competing in the 1962 Tourist Trophy race, but was restored in stages from the 1970s, the complete restoration being finished in 2009. The car on the left is a 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta that the factory brought up to 195, and later to 212 specifications. Owned by Dudley Mason-Styrron it is chassis #0040M. On the right is a Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Scaglietti TdF at the time owned by Peter Hannen and is chassis #1353GT.

Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car at the Footman James Classic Car Show at EventCity, Manchester in September 2017.

Apart from the wheels it looks like a 3-litre 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB, but a DVLA registration check shows it to have a 2,979cc BMW engine. It's a replica of the Ferrari - and a very good one - by Grassbank Conversions of Manchester and it's one of a pair they are building. Have a look at their website which tells you all about the car and invites offers for it. If I had a spare £60,000 I'd make a bid for this.