- Jul 13, 2006
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Newport Beach Cars & Cafe
- Thread starter Kayvan
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Kingman
GT Owner
Very limited parking. Cars first start showing up at 6:30am. Real volume starts at 7:30am. The Bistro has several people directing where you can park (blocking access), and they start displaying their authority around 7:30-8am.
Kingman
GT Owner
When is a 1959 Ferrari 250 TR...not a 1959 Ferrari 250 TR??
This car showed up at Cs&C this past weekend.......and WOW!!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a26075/watch-a-homebuilt-ferrari-testa-rossa-howl/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttl-kF8Rbuo&feature=youtu.be
Building Your Dream: A Replica 1959 Ferrari Testa Rossa
JULY 28, 2015
Following the tragic 1955 Le Mans accident, Ferrari anticipated a reduction of capacity for sports cars and began designing a 250 GT V-12 engine: The name ‘Testa Rossa’ was first used by the Prancing Pony for previous four cylinder 500 TR and by the time the Carlo Chiti’s new V-12 was ready, Enzo Ferrari himself bequeathed the more powerful version with revised cylinder head design, fitted high compression pistons, special conrods and six Weber twin choke carburettors with the name.
While the first prototype could hold its own against the more powerful Aston Martins and sister Ferrari cars at Nürburgring in 1957, the Testa Rossa wasn’t exactly ready. By the time the second prototype, bodied by Scaglietti, appeared at Le Mans, it was the most distinctive Ferrari the market had ever seen.
Scaglietti’s personal favourite, the pontoon fenders are unmistakable anywhere – in essence, the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa was a Formula 1 racer with fenders. But, outside of its iconic aesthetics, mechanical failure with pistons plagued the model until 1958 where factory models won four of the six races to secure Ferrari’s third consecutive World Sports Car Championship for Constructors.
The 1959 version was redesigned by Pininfarina and built by Fantuzi and this was the model that engineer Peter Giacobbi paid homage to by building it from scratch. Inspired by his heroes- Juan Manuel Fangio and Graham Hill, men who pushed the 250 TR to the edge of the envelope, Giacobbi wanted to experience his heroes driving without modern car-control systems and electronics which we take for granted today.
Finding a handmade aluminium body for a 1959 TR in the Home of Ferrari, Italy, he used all original vintage Ferrari parts, recreating his Testa Rossa replica to exact detail. The fully functional homage with 400 horsepower is stunning and while the last unrestored 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa auctioned for over $39 million recently, it’s unknown how Giacobbi’s creation would be valued.
Only 34 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossas (including prototypes and consumer vehicles) were ever built and beside its signature design, it was the 10 out of 20 Scuderia Ferrari international victories from 1958-61 that made the car a legend.
This car showed up at Cs&C this past weekend.......and WOW!!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a26075/watch-a-homebuilt-ferrari-testa-rossa-howl/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttl-kF8Rbuo&feature=youtu.be
Building Your Dream: A Replica 1959 Ferrari Testa Rossa
JULY 28, 2015
Following the tragic 1955 Le Mans accident, Ferrari anticipated a reduction of capacity for sports cars and began designing a 250 GT V-12 engine: The name ‘Testa Rossa’ was first used by the Prancing Pony for previous four cylinder 500 TR and by the time the Carlo Chiti’s new V-12 was ready, Enzo Ferrari himself bequeathed the more powerful version with revised cylinder head design, fitted high compression pistons, special conrods and six Weber twin choke carburettors with the name.
While the first prototype could hold its own against the more powerful Aston Martins and sister Ferrari cars at Nürburgring in 1957, the Testa Rossa wasn’t exactly ready. By the time the second prototype, bodied by Scaglietti, appeared at Le Mans, it was the most distinctive Ferrari the market had ever seen.
Scaglietti’s personal favourite, the pontoon fenders are unmistakable anywhere – in essence, the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa was a Formula 1 racer with fenders. But, outside of its iconic aesthetics, mechanical failure with pistons plagued the model until 1958 where factory models won four of the six races to secure Ferrari’s third consecutive World Sports Car Championship for Constructors.
The 1959 version was redesigned by Pininfarina and built by Fantuzi and this was the model that engineer Peter Giacobbi paid homage to by building it from scratch. Inspired by his heroes- Juan Manuel Fangio and Graham Hill, men who pushed the 250 TR to the edge of the envelope, Giacobbi wanted to experience his heroes driving without modern car-control systems and electronics which we take for granted today.
Finding a handmade aluminium body for a 1959 TR in the Home of Ferrari, Italy, he used all original vintage Ferrari parts, recreating his Testa Rossa replica to exact detail. The fully functional homage with 400 horsepower is stunning and while the last unrestored 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa auctioned for over $39 million recently, it’s unknown how Giacobbi’s creation would be valued.
Only 34 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossas (including prototypes and consumer vehicles) were ever built and beside its signature design, it was the 10 out of 20 Scuderia Ferrari international victories from 1958-61 that made the car a legend.
