Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Jesse Alexander's Book

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

RSK got its name from the suspension layout - - - it looked like a "K".  A 
bit of trivia you drop at the dinner table today.
DOUG

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To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:44 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Jesse Alexander's Book


> Speaking of Jesse Alexander's book, 'Driven,' how many Listers have a 
> copy? I looked at mine this morning and found at least?two glaring errors 
> in the captions. The first one is plate 27, a close-up of a Ferrari 
> Mechanic fitting a tire on his car for the 1956 Monaco GP. The tire that 
> he is putting on is a Dunlup, which Ferrari didn't use until 1959 or 1960. 
> Ferrari was using Engleberts at the time.
>
> The second is plate 77, which he says is three Porsche RSK Spyders sitting 
> in a garage waiting for the 1959.LeMans. From where I sit, the photo is of 
> a 550 Spyder, an RS Spyder, and an RSK. Check out the headlight 
> configurations.
>
> On the bright side, he has a beautiful shot of?Phil Hill's?246 front 
> engined Dino GP car, sitting?right along side the new mid-engine prototype 
> (without the shark nose)?to be driven by von Tipps, in the pits during 
> practice for the 1960 European GP. Tripps' car had the new 1500cc engine 
> that was going?to be run?the next year. BTW, Hill won the race by over 2 
> minutes.??
>
> Yer faithul servant, Ferrari Bubba
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