Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Jesse Alexander's Book

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Hey Francis: Caught another one, did ya? Good for you. There's always a spot 
open?for a keen-eyed proofreader/copy editor in newspapers if you're 
interested. BTW, is that the same 246 that was wrecked by the wealthy Brit who 
owned it? It had his corporation name on it. Something like KBS? I always 
prefered the 246 with the 12-cyliner engine stuffed in it for the Tasman 
Series. It testing it, Tripps said that it was quite a handfull. Only it would 
have been a 2412. I had to put that in before cLyDe called me on it.

Yer Lister for more accuracy, Ferrari Bubba




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From: francis 
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Jesse Alexander's Book


Willi?
?
The only race the Dino 246 won in 1960 was the Italian Grand Prix. There was no 
"European" GP in 1960. The Monza race was in fact the last GP won by a front 
engined car, but really only because all the British teams (who were by now 
running mid-engined cars) boycotted the race because they considered the Monza 
banking too dangerous. Hill did indeed win by 2 minutes from Richie Ginher in a 
smiliar car, Ferrari getting 4 of the first 5 places. The car Hill drove was 
chassis no 007, which after many journey roundd teh world in various 
incarnations, is now restored and raced in its original V6 condition and lives 
a couple of miles from my house. I see it quite often?
On 12 Jul 2008, at 22:44, Red5hilser [at] aol.com wrote:?
?
> 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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