ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1983
Tematika: automobilizam
Ilustrovana verzija: Da
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

FERRARI 250LM , Marcel Massini , Osprey Publishing 1983

Ferrarı 250LM
Ferrari`s first street legal mid-engined GT car `Truly an exotic among exotics`

The Ferrari 250LM is a special Ferrari, make no mistake. It takes its place alongside the very greatest of the marque, and everyone knows how great the name of Ferrari is. Dean Batchelor`s quote `Truly an exotic among exotics` is no insubstantial puff. And here`s why.

1961 was a major turning point for the Maranello racing team-it was deemed proper, at last, for the engine to sit behind the driver. Those first cars were Dino sports-racers after the Formula cars. Soon the sports car designers were saying that if a V6 or V8 will fit, so will our traditional V12. A change in regulations for 1962 prompted experimen-tation and Forghieri lengthened a Dino chassis to take the 250 engine. So the 250P was born. By 1963 the 250P had won at Le Mans and was on the ascendant. Ferrari`s GT car, the 250GTO, by 1963 was looking to be beaten and needed a successor. What better than a 250P with a roof; thus the 250LM was born. LM for Le Mans to celebrate their victory?

Here is the definitive development, production and biography of each of the 32 cars made in the 250LM series starting in 1964 and running through 1966. Never before has such detail been assembled on one model. As driver David Piper says in his Foreword to this book, there is no more lovable racing car than a Ferrari 250LM.

Enjoy the 200 plus black and white photographs and the unique colour section. Revel in the detail of these most significant and handsome cars - Ferrari`s last genuine production road/race cars, a breed which was soon to disappear. An important book for the Ferrari aficionado.

The front of the jacket shows off chassis LM 5909 owned by Albert Obrist, shot at the Nürburgring in 1981. In its former life it raced in Europe (2nd Reims 12 hours in 1964, Bandini/Surtees) and then in America by Bob Grossman, before restoration. The back of the jacket shows the genuine certificate of origin of chassis LM 5895 first delivered to Maranello Concessionaires in England.
English, hard cover , dust jacket, size 19,5 x 25 cm , 196 pages