Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Jesse Alexander's Book

[francis newman (francis]

Hi Bubba babe :-)

Yes, it had a Tesatarossa engine fitted wen Enzo sold it to New  
Zealand and yes it was a handful. Yes also a British owner (and  
proficient driver) did roll it and suffered sever injuries at  
theGoodwood Revival a few years ago.

The current owner has had a new V6 built and is now winning  races in   
it :-)

best

Francis

On 13 Jul 2008, at 19:32, Red5hilser [at] aol.com wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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