细节
THE 1949 SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS 24 HOURS GP OF BELGIUM WINNER
1949 SCUDERIA FERRARI 166MM BARCHETTA
COACHWORK BY CARROZZERIA TOURING
Engine: V12, one overhead camshaft per bank, 1995cc, 140bhp at 6,600rpm; Gearbox: five speed manual; Brakes: four wheel hydraulic drum; Suspension; front, independent with transverse leaf springs, rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs. Right hand drive.
In late 1946 Enzo Ferrari had completed the first of his legendary V12 engines. Working in modest surroundings with engineers Gioachino Colombo, Guiseppe Busso and eventually Aurelio Lampredi, Ferrari was quickly able to accomplish his singular vision: to develop a powerful, reliable and smooth competition motor using a V-12 configuration.
In May of 1947, the Tipo 125 was first driven in competition by Franco Cortese at a regional event held at the Piacenzo circuit. Cortese led the race until the final lap when the fuel pump failed. This 125 was driven throughout the remainder of the season with success and it became increasingly evident to Enzo Ferrari that his engine provided an excellent basis for further development. The Tipo 125 was enlarged from 1497cc to 1902cc, the Tipo 159, and finally in 1948 to 1995cc, the Tipo 166-which was 166.25cc per cylinder.
The 166 raced throughout the season against stiff competition from the likes of Maserati, Alfa Romeo, and Cisitalia, winning the two most important races, the Mille Miglia and the Targa Florio. Enzo Ferrari had created his first true champion with the 166, and started the single most enduring legend in motor racing history.
In mid 1948 Ferrari had commissioned Carrozzeria Touring of Milan to design and build the coachwork for his next series of chassis for the 1949 season. While the 166 had proven to be a great success on the track, Ferrari went to Touring with the hope that a beautiful design to clothe his chassis would further differentiate his fantastic cars.
Touring's founder, Felice Bianchi Anderloni, had just begun working on the project when he unexpectedly died of a heart attack. His young son Carlo recognized the significance that the Ferrari marque held with the recent racing victories of the Tipo 166. He knew that the Ferrari commission was critical to the future of Touring and that the first coachbuilt Ferraris would be looked upon for years to come. Carlo Anderloni recalls: I just knew that I had to win recognition for the company with a beautiful design. Just imagine if the first Ferrari I did-The Barchetta-was not a wonderful car!
The result was one of the most beautiful and influential designs of the Post-War period and was introduced at the Torino Auto Show in 1948. It was affectionately dubbed by the motoring press of the day "the Barchetta", or little boat, a term which refers to the similarly rounded speed boats which were often seen in Venice.
In honor of Biondetti's victory in the 1948 Mille Miglia, Ferrari named the 1949 Series cars the "166 Mille Miglia." Only 25 166 MM Barchettas were produced and of this group only a few chassis, like the one offered here, were built for Scuderia Ferrari. These cars had nothing short of an incredible racing season capturing victories in all of the major races including the Targa Florio, Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, Spa Francorchamps, and Montlhery. The lightweight team cars can be differentiated from the customer cars by a number of different characteristics. Most notably the Scuderia Ferrari cars were built with twin Marelli magnotor, rather than distributors, a spartan cockpit without "Lusso" trim on the scuttle, beautifully constructed aluminum fuel tank, rather than one made of steel, and differing instrument panels.
Chassis 0010M was prepared by the Works to contest the 1949 season along side two other chassis, 0008M and 0012M. (The first series 166MM Barchettas unlike all later Ferraris, left the factory with engines numbered two digits behind the chassis number. For example, chassis 0010M is correctly fitted with engine number 0008M.)
Ferrari had gone to great effort to ensure a good showing in the all important Mille Miglia that was to take place in April of 1949, and no less than nine 166s were entered, most were the customer Lusso version. Chassis 0010M was driven by Bonetto and Carpani and led the race in all of the stages to Rome. At Pescara, this furious pace had caused fading brakes and Bonetto was eventually overtaken finishing second behind Biondetti in the sister car.
For the first Post-War LeMans, held on June 25/26, Scuderia Ferrari entered two cars, No. 22 driven by Chinetti and Selsdon and No. 23, (Chassis 0010M) driven by Jean Lucas and Pierre Louis Dreyfus who drove under the pseudonym "Ferret." While leading the race Ferret crashed handing the victory to Chinetti in his 166MM Barchetta.
0010M was returned to the works for repair in preparation for the Spa 24 Hour GP of Belgium held on July 9/10. Chinetti and Lucas were assigned to the car and they led nearly the entire race outperforming the Delages with engines that were twice the size of the 166. Chinetti and Lucas were the overall winners, a feat which is nothing short of heroic. Not only did they defeat cars with engines double the cubic capacity of the 166, but at one stage during the race legend has it that Chinetti hit a patch of oil left by the Delage of Louveau, lost control, crashed and injured a female spectator in the process. Chinetti jumped out of the car, gave the ailing woman first aid, jumped back in the battered Ferrari and went on to win!
The Spa victory was historically very important to the newly formed Scuderia Ferrari, because it firmly proved the superiority that Ferrari had over its competitors.
After its victory, 0010M was returned to the Works to repair the battle scars it had gained during competition. Its next win was in the 1950 Paris Montlhery 12-Hour Race, again in the hands of Chinetti and Lucas. It is believed that 0010M was the Paris Auto Show car. This could be where it was first seen by Jim Kimberly, a wealthy American privateer racer who was heir to the Kimberly Kleenex fortune.
By the Spring of 1950, Kimberly had negotiated to buy 0010M. He had been impressed by a 166 Spyder Corsa (016C) that was owned and campaigned on the East Coast and was particularly enthusiastic about the seductive lines of the Touring coachwork. Kimberly raced 0010M five times throughout the the 1950 Season with impressive results: 4th at Bridgehampton, 1st at the Studebaker Proving grounds, 1st Elkhart Lake, 4th Watkins Glen, 2nd on index and 1st in Class at Sebring.
Following this successful season in the Eastern United States, Kimberly, a Chicago native, decided that the Barchetta would be a worthy competitor to represent the Eastern region of the SCCA in the of the California Sports Car Club events. As a result, for 1951, the 166 was entered into the Palm Springs Road Races held on April 1, 1951. After seeing the entry of the 5.4 liter Cadillac Allards, Kimberly and his mechanic Marshall Lewis thought that the little 2 liter Barchetta would be totally outclassed. This marked the first ever entry for a Ferrari in a California race, and Lewis surprised everyone when his excellent driving resulted in a victory by a near two lap margin! 0010M once again demonstrated the superiority of the Ferrari marque, which until then had not been seen in the Western United States.
The next race was at Pebble Beach where Kimberly crashed after hitting some oil in hot pursuit of Phil Hill's winning 2.9 liter Twin Supercharged Alfa Romeo. 0010M was returned to Chicago where it was repaired and eventually sold to Jim Simpson who raced it throughout 1952 with moderate success.
Like many great race cars 0010M changed hands a few times and a comprehensive chain of ownership is known and documented. Remarkably, throughout its life it has remained largely intact and original. In 1980, collector Warren Sanke purchased 0010M from Mr. Darryl Greenameyer. Sanke restored the 166MM with the help of David McCarthy on the mechanicals and Kent White, commonly known as the Tin Man helping with the coachwork.
When the paint was stripped, the many battle scars from Le Mans, Spa, and Pebble Beach were evident in the bodywork. The Tin Man's skill and great effort saved much of the original coachwork. In a recent interview, both Sanke and White recalled that the only parts that were beyond saving were the doors, parts of the grille, the floorplan and the dashboard. This painstaking restoration took a full eighteen months and was completed in 1984. Since then the Barchetta won many awards the most significant of which are as follows : 1st in class and best competition Ferrari at the International Ferrari Concours, Best in Show at the Santa Barbara Race Car Show, 1st in class and the prestigous Hans Tanner Award for the best Ferrari at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Mr. George Jewett purchased the car from Warren Sanke and continued to both show and race the car in historic events. From 1985 until 1989, the car was looked after by the highly respected restorer Phil Reilly. During this period Reilly fully rebuilt/overhauled the engine, gearbox, brakes and suspension. In May 1987, George Jewett and his father successfully competed in the 60th anniversary of the Mille Miglia where it performed faultlessly. In 1990, the car passed to noted Ferrari collector Albert Obrist, where it had the distinction of being the earliest car as well one of his favorites in an incredible collection devoted to Ferrari cars.
0010M is one of the most significant Ferraris in existence owing to its incredible racing achievements on both sides of the Atlantic. Its success paved the way for the Ferrari marque; it signalled the start of an almost unprecedented 30 years of victorious racing. Most importantly, however, the Barchetta is a wonderfully satisfying car to drive. It will provide its new owner with an exciting entry to use on a number of different racing and touring events.
1949 SCUDERIA FERRARI 166MM BARCHETTA
COACHWORK BY CARROZZERIA TOURING
Engine: V12, one overhead camshaft per bank, 1995cc, 140bhp at 6,600rpm; Gearbox: five speed manual; Brakes: four wheel hydraulic drum; Suspension; front, independent with transverse leaf springs, rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs. Right hand drive.
In late 1946 Enzo Ferrari had completed the first of his legendary V12 engines. Working in modest surroundings with engineers Gioachino Colombo, Guiseppe Busso and eventually Aurelio Lampredi, Ferrari was quickly able to accomplish his singular vision: to develop a powerful, reliable and smooth competition motor using a V-12 configuration.
In May of 1947, the Tipo 125 was first driven in competition by Franco Cortese at a regional event held at the Piacenzo circuit. Cortese led the race until the final lap when the fuel pump failed. This 125 was driven throughout the remainder of the season with success and it became increasingly evident to Enzo Ferrari that his engine provided an excellent basis for further development. The Tipo 125 was enlarged from 1497cc to 1902cc, the Tipo 159, and finally in 1948 to 1995cc, the Tipo 166-which was 166.25cc per cylinder.
The 166 raced throughout the season against stiff competition from the likes of Maserati, Alfa Romeo, and Cisitalia, winning the two most important races, the Mille Miglia and the Targa Florio. Enzo Ferrari had created his first true champion with the 166, and started the single most enduring legend in motor racing history.
In mid 1948 Ferrari had commissioned Carrozzeria Touring of Milan to design and build the coachwork for his next series of chassis for the 1949 season. While the 166 had proven to be a great success on the track, Ferrari went to Touring with the hope that a beautiful design to clothe his chassis would further differentiate his fantastic cars.
Touring's founder, Felice Bianchi Anderloni, had just begun working on the project when he unexpectedly died of a heart attack. His young son Carlo recognized the significance that the Ferrari marque held with the recent racing victories of the Tipo 166. He knew that the Ferrari commission was critical to the future of Touring and that the first coachbuilt Ferraris would be looked upon for years to come. Carlo Anderloni recalls: I just knew that I had to win recognition for the company with a beautiful design. Just imagine if the first Ferrari I did-The Barchetta-was not a wonderful car!
The result was one of the most beautiful and influential designs of the Post-War period and was introduced at the Torino Auto Show in 1948. It was affectionately dubbed by the motoring press of the day "the Barchetta", or little boat, a term which refers to the similarly rounded speed boats which were often seen in Venice.
In honor of Biondetti's victory in the 1948 Mille Miglia, Ferrari named the 1949 Series cars the "166 Mille Miglia." Only 25 166 MM Barchettas were produced and of this group only a few chassis, like the one offered here, were built for Scuderia Ferrari. These cars had nothing short of an incredible racing season capturing victories in all of the major races including the Targa Florio, Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, Spa Francorchamps, and Montlhery. The lightweight team cars can be differentiated from the customer cars by a number of different characteristics. Most notably the Scuderia Ferrari cars were built with twin Marelli magnotor, rather than distributors, a spartan cockpit without "Lusso" trim on the scuttle, beautifully constructed aluminum fuel tank, rather than one made of steel, and differing instrument panels.
Chassis 0010M was prepared by the Works to contest the 1949 season along side two other chassis, 0008M and 0012M. (The first series 166MM Barchettas unlike all later Ferraris, left the factory with engines numbered two digits behind the chassis number. For example, chassis 0010M is correctly fitted with engine number 0008M.)
Ferrari had gone to great effort to ensure a good showing in the all important Mille Miglia that was to take place in April of 1949, and no less than nine 166s were entered, most were the customer Lusso version. Chassis 0010M was driven by Bonetto and Carpani and led the race in all of the stages to Rome. At Pescara, this furious pace had caused fading brakes and Bonetto was eventually overtaken finishing second behind Biondetti in the sister car.
For the first Post-War LeMans, held on June 25/26, Scuderia Ferrari entered two cars, No. 22 driven by Chinetti and Selsdon and No. 23, (Chassis 0010M) driven by Jean Lucas and Pierre Louis Dreyfus who drove under the pseudonym "Ferret." While leading the race Ferret crashed handing the victory to Chinetti in his 166MM Barchetta.
0010M was returned to the works for repair in preparation for the Spa 24 Hour GP of Belgium held on July 9/10. Chinetti and Lucas were assigned to the car and they led nearly the entire race outperforming the Delages with engines that were twice the size of the 166. Chinetti and Lucas were the overall winners, a feat which is nothing short of heroic. Not only did they defeat cars with engines double the cubic capacity of the 166, but at one stage during the race legend has it that Chinetti hit a patch of oil left by the Delage of Louveau, lost control, crashed and injured a female spectator in the process. Chinetti jumped out of the car, gave the ailing woman first aid, jumped back in the battered Ferrari and went on to win!
The Spa victory was historically very important to the newly formed Scuderia Ferrari, because it firmly proved the superiority that Ferrari had over its competitors.
After its victory, 0010M was returned to the Works to repair the battle scars it had gained during competition. Its next win was in the 1950 Paris Montlhery 12-Hour Race, again in the hands of Chinetti and Lucas. It is believed that 0010M was the Paris Auto Show car. This could be where it was first seen by Jim Kimberly, a wealthy American privateer racer who was heir to the Kimberly Kleenex fortune.
By the Spring of 1950, Kimberly had negotiated to buy 0010M. He had been impressed by a 166 Spyder Corsa (016C) that was owned and campaigned on the East Coast and was particularly enthusiastic about the seductive lines of the Touring coachwork. Kimberly raced 0010M five times throughout the the 1950 Season with impressive results: 4th at Bridgehampton, 1st at the Studebaker Proving grounds, 1st Elkhart Lake, 4th Watkins Glen, 2nd on index and 1st in Class at Sebring.
Following this successful season in the Eastern United States, Kimberly, a Chicago native, decided that the Barchetta would be a worthy competitor to represent the Eastern region of the SCCA in the of the California Sports Car Club events. As a result, for 1951, the 166 was entered into the Palm Springs Road Races held on April 1, 1951. After seeing the entry of the 5.4 liter Cadillac Allards, Kimberly and his mechanic Marshall Lewis thought that the little 2 liter Barchetta would be totally outclassed. This marked the first ever entry for a Ferrari in a California race, and Lewis surprised everyone when his excellent driving resulted in a victory by a near two lap margin! 0010M once again demonstrated the superiority of the Ferrari marque, which until then had not been seen in the Western United States.
The next race was at Pebble Beach where Kimberly crashed after hitting some oil in hot pursuit of Phil Hill's winning 2.9 liter Twin Supercharged Alfa Romeo. 0010M was returned to Chicago where it was repaired and eventually sold to Jim Simpson who raced it throughout 1952 with moderate success.
Like many great race cars 0010M changed hands a few times and a comprehensive chain of ownership is known and documented. Remarkably, throughout its life it has remained largely intact and original. In 1980, collector Warren Sanke purchased 0010M from Mr. Darryl Greenameyer. Sanke restored the 166MM with the help of David McCarthy on the mechanicals and Kent White, commonly known as the Tin Man helping with the coachwork.
When the paint was stripped, the many battle scars from Le Mans, Spa, and Pebble Beach were evident in the bodywork. The Tin Man's skill and great effort saved much of the original coachwork. In a recent interview, both Sanke and White recalled that the only parts that were beyond saving were the doors, parts of the grille, the floorplan and the dashboard. This painstaking restoration took a full eighteen months and was completed in 1984. Since then the Barchetta won many awards the most significant of which are as follows : 1st in class and best competition Ferrari at the International Ferrari Concours, Best in Show at the Santa Barbara Race Car Show, 1st in class and the prestigous Hans Tanner Award for the best Ferrari at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Mr. George Jewett purchased the car from Warren Sanke and continued to both show and race the car in historic events. From 1985 until 1989, the car was looked after by the highly respected restorer Phil Reilly. During this period Reilly fully rebuilt/overhauled the engine, gearbox, brakes and suspension. In May 1987, George Jewett and his father successfully competed in the 60th anniversary of the Mille Miglia where it performed faultlessly. In 1990, the car passed to noted Ferrari collector Albert Obrist, where it had the distinction of being the earliest car as well one of his favorites in an incredible collection devoted to Ferrari cars.
0010M is one of the most significant Ferraris in existence owing to its incredible racing achievements on both sides of the Atlantic. Its success paved the way for the Ferrari marque; it signalled the start of an almost unprecedented 30 years of victorious racing. Most importantly, however, the Barchetta is a wonderfully satisfying car to drive. It will provide its new owner with an exciting entry to use on a number of different racing and touring events.