1957 Maserati 300S

This car took part in the 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's the 1957 Maserati 300S, chassis #3074, of Mark Knopfler and has a 2,991cc 6-cylinder inline engine that was based on the 2½ litre unit of the 250F Grand Prix car with a longer stroke, and took part in the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1957. The car was originally bought by Brazilian driver Antonio Mendes de Barros and stayed in South America till the 1970s when it was acquired by Australian Bruce Spicer, then via Bob Jane and John R Sheppard to Kerry Manolas. In 1994 it was bought by Mark Knopfler. The white number 11 car behind the Maserati is the Don Law Racing 1954 Jaguar D-Type which was driven in the race by Win Percy, and beyond that is Paul Pappalardo’s 1959 Ferrari 250TR59/60.

Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car in the paddock at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010, but it didn't take part in any of the races there.

It appears to be a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder, but started off life as a 1961 Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2, chassis #2349. It spent its early years in Sweden where it was badly damaged by a fire and was rebuilt in its current form by Neil Twyman.

Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car in one of the pit garages at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It's a very convincing looking 1957 Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder, but it started off life as a 1961 Ferrari 250 GTE, chassis number 2349GT. The car was severely damaged in a garage fire in Sweden in 1972 and rebuilt in its current form by Neil Twyman.

On 7 November 2014 I showed a photograph that I had taken of this car at Silverstone in July 2000.

Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in one of the Shell Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge races at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2004.

It's Carlos Monteverde's 1958 Ferrari 250 TR Spyder, more commonly known as the Testa Rossa, seen here in the pit lane during a practice session. The serial number of the car is 0738TR and I've featured it before, on 10 January 2014.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph in the Ferrari Owners Club parking area in the paddock at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

I couldn't find out anything about it at the time and as the proportions of the car didn't seem to be quite right I labelled it as a 'Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Replica'. I now find that it started off life as a 1964 Ferrari 330GT 2+2, but was later 'rebodied, by Jim Rose, UK as TR/59'. The serial number of that Ferrari 330GT was 6481GT.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph of a car which I took at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000. It appears to be a 1957/58 Ferrari 250TR, but none of the cars in the www.barchetta.cc register of that model appear to be this particular car, and no Ferrari 250TR took part in this meeting. It may be another Ferrari model which has been rebodied to resemble the 250TR.
Note: I've investigated this further and I've now found that it's serial number 2349GT, originally a 1961 Ferrari 250GTE and rebuilt in its present form after being severely damaged in a fire.

Friday's Ferrari

The first Ferrari 250TR (Testa Rossa) that I saw was one entered in the British Empire Trophy race at Oulton Park in April 1958 by the Equipe Nationale Belge. Here are photographs of two Testa Rossas seen in the pit garage at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

This is the 1958 Testa Rossa of the Brazilian Carlos Monteverde. The serial number is 0738TR.

Also a 1958 model (and also left-hand drive) Italian Pietro Brigato's car, driven at Silverstone by Paolo Bozzetto. This car's serial number is 0758TR.

Friday's Ferrari

Two cars here today seen together at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995. They are two examples of the Ferrari 250TR (Testa Rossa), a 1958 and a 1959 model.

Number 8 is the 1958 model, serial number 0718TR, entered by Brandon Wang, and number 11 is the 1959 model belonging to Paul Pappalardo, serial number 0774TR.

Friday's Ferrari

Three Ferraris today photographed at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992 from the same point as the Maseratis shown in the post on Tuesday.

This is a 1958 Ferrari 250TR, serial number 0606 ,driven by the Italian Paolo Sebastiani, otherwise known as 'Stingbrace'

A 1957 Ferrari 500TRC, serial number 0682MDTR, driven by David Cottingham

A 1953 Ferrari 250MM, serial number 0390MM, driven by Jeremy Agace