| David Love's
Ferrari 250TR #0754 -- (2)
More of David's description
of the history of his car.
"Keck sold it to
Jack Graham of San Jose, CA., who used it hard during 1960.
At Laguna Seca on Oct. 21-22, 1960, Graham insisted on a high brake pedal
in spite of the new linings..."
"Graham's mechanic, Larry
Taylor, told me the sad story: the result was locked brakes entering old
Turn 5 and over the edge in the general direction of Salinas, coming to
rest in an oak tree. In the late 60's at an SCCA race at Laguna,
the son of another of Graham's mechanics gave me these slides of the wreckage
on its trailer." (Graham survived the accident but suffered
serious injuries and never raced again. TM)
| "The next owner, Bob
Gengami, bought the remains and made it worse. The details would fill another
book so suffice it to say that I repaired or had repaired the essentials,
saving the crankcase for 20 years, while racing the car using other 3 liter
V-12 parts. In 1984 the crankcase was restored by the talent of the staff
at Griswold Restorations and now is back where it belongs." |
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| Gengami raced the car
in novice races in northern California in 1962.
Here's Gengami at Cotati
at an RDC session in early 1962. |
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Another look at Gengami
at Cotati. Here's he's on the grid waiting for the next test/practice
session.
Rod
Carveth in Ferrari Testa Rossa #0666 was Gengami's instructor and led
him around Cotati for many laps.
Fantastic sounds from
the two Ferrari V12s. |
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| "Gengami sold it to a
Bob Allen of Palo Alto and in May of 1964 he advertised it in the San Francisco
Chronicle classifieds as "freshly overhauled". At the time
I had a Porsche 550 Spyder, wanted to move from F Modified to D and couldn't
find a Birdcage Maserati. I traded the Spyder and some cash for the
Ferrari. soon discovered that the car was completely unuseable - engine,
suspension, gearbox, brakes - the works. The seller denied the reality,
refused to take it back, I sued and lost the case.
The trail from then to
now is another story, but in short, thanks to friends and to Mr. Otto Zipper
who in 1964 sold me a complete 250 GT engine, I have been racing the car
since 1965, interrupted only because of required maintenance or repairs.
I have done the maintenance and repairs, with the help of many talented
friends." |
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| Love raced the car from
1965 to 1968 against mid-engined competition in SCCA events. Here
he leads a Corvette around Turn
4 at Cotati in 1965.
In 1974 Love won his event
at the first Monterey Historics, and campaigned the car through 2009
in historic racing. |
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