Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in the Shell Ferrari Historical Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's Peter Glaesel's 1953 Ferrari 375MM Spider and was driven in the race by Christian Glaesel. This car is chassis #0370AM and has the Aurelio Lampredi designed 4,494cc V12 engine. Its first race was for the Scuderia Ferrari at the 1954 Buenos Aires 1000km race which it won, driven by Giuseppe Farina and Umberto Maglioli. After that race it was acquired by Masten Gregory who had the car painted in the white and black colours seen above but then crashed the car in practice at Pebble Beach on his first appearance with it. When it had been rebuilt he raced it for the rest of the 1954 season, after which it went to his then brother-in-law Dale Duncan for the 1955 and 1956 seasons. It then had a series of different owners in the USA and after passing through the hands of Anthony Bamford and Nigel Moores in the UK in the 1970s it went to Gavin Bain in New Zealand before ending up with Peter Glaesel in 1994.

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.

The car in the centre is a 1953 Ferrari 375 MM which has a 4,523cc V12 engine designed by Aurelio Lampredi and is chassis #0366AM. The programme of the event says this about the car:

'375 MM Scaglietti

Originally a PF Spyder, this car was rebodied by Scaglietti, probably in 1954/55. It is the only 375 MM ever produced with bodywork by Scaglietti. Raced in Swedish GPs of 1954 and '56, finishing second in '56.'

The car on the left with a number 17 in the windscreen is a 1951 Ferrari 340 MM, chassis #0082A, and is the car with which Luigi Villoresi and Piero Cassani won the 1951 Mille Miglia. On the right with a number 18 is a 1953 Ferrari 250 MM Panamericana, which at various times has had the chassis numbers #0292MM, #0239EU and #0352MM, all to move the car in and out of Italy without paying duty or getting an import permit.

Friday's Ferrari

This car competed in the Shell Ferrari Historical Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's Peter Glaesel's 1953 Ferrari 375MM Spider and was driven in the race by Christian Glaesel. This car is chassis #0370AM and has the Aurelio Lampredi designed 4,494cc V12 engine. Its first race was for the Scuderia Ferrari at the 1954 Buenos Aires 1000km race which it won, driven by Giuseppe Farina and Umberto Maglioli. After that race it was acquired by Masten Gregory who had the car painted in the white and black colours seen above but then crashed the car in practice at Pebble Beach on his first appearance with it. When it had been rebuilt he raced it for the rest of the 1954 season, after which it went to his then brother-in-law Dale Duncan for the 1955 and 1956 seasons. It then had a series of different owners in the USA and after passing through the hands of Anthony Bamford and Nigel Moores in the UK in the 1970s it went to Gavin Bain in New Zealand before ending up with Peter Glaesel in 1994.

Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in the Shell Ferrari Historical Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's Peter Glaesel's 1953 Ferrari 375MM Spider and it was driven in this race by Christian Glaesel. It was once owned by American racing driver Masten Gregory and has an Aurelio Lampredi designed 4½ litre V12 engine with bodywork by Pinin Farina. The chassis number is 0370AM.

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 this 1953 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti.

The programme of the event says this about the car:

'375 MM Scaglietti

Originally a PF Spyder, this car was rebodied by Scaglietti, probably in 1954/55. It is the only 375 MM ever produced with bodywork by Scaglietti. Raced in Swedish GPs of 1954 and '56, finishing second in '56.'

The serial number of this car is 0366AM

Friday's Ferrari

This car was entered in the Italy v Rest of the World race for Pre-1959 Drum Brake Sports Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's a 1953 Ferrari 375MM Berlinetta and was entered and driven by Frenchman Jean Sage

There were 9 of the 375MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta cars built and this one is serial number 0358AM