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Rick Hall -- 1954 Ferrari 250 Monza V12
Rick Hall of London, UK,
finished third in this 1954 250 Monza. I found this photo
on Barchetta showing 750
Monza #0442M.
Author and Historian David
Seielstad ID's the car:
"Your photo of #21 shows
0442, the V12 Monza. In 1954 Ferrari was still not sure about using
a four-cylinder in his top sports car. So
a V12 was installed in a Monza chassis. The engine was to the 250 MM
specification. Four of these 250 Monzas were built. They are:
0420 M Pf spyder
0432 M Pf spyder
0442 M Scaglietti spyder
0466 M Pf spyder (destroyed
and a fake Scaglietti spyder using this serial # exists)
In factory hands these
cars had a short racing history. Trintignant/Piotti won the Hyeres
12 hours with 0420, Piotti won the Tour of Sicily with 0432.
This is 0442. It raced
in the Dolomite Cup and Carrera in 1954, then was sold to Manfredo Lippman
via Chinetti. Lippmann sold it to the French Consulate, Iann McCarvy-Munn
who sold it to Peter Burroughs. Used as a street car then to Sydney Stolt
and Bill Serri." |