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Discussion in 'Vintage (thru 365 GTC4)' started by sbocha, Jan 21, 2013.

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  1. sbocha

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  2. miurasv

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  3. sbocha

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  5. Marcel Massini

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    Although photo is hard to see I think this is the yellow 1954 375 MM Spider Pinin Farina 0460 AM of Mrs Willametta Day of Horseshoe Ranch in Nevada. Still with the Day family.

    Marcel Massini
     
  6. omd78

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    More pictures?

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  7. of2worlds

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    The yellow 375 MM was the cover story feature for Cavallino Ferrari magazine issue #69. I don't recall any other print stories about this car after that.
    CH
     
  8. Maciek

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    See also Henry Rasmussen's book "Ferrari Salute to The Spider" published back in 1991.
     
  9. Boudewijn

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    That's right, but Road&Track already had a completely comparable article in the Ferrari issue of November 1991. The Cavallino article was from 1992.
     
  10. readplays

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    Seats are the infamous green leather.
     
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  13. kare

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    Does anyone have any idea who that lady is driving her cab on California coast line? A great mystery, that photo!
     
  14. T308

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    Barbara Hutton.
     
  15. El Wayne

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    Yes, and I believe the location is Sunset Drive, Asilomar Beach, Monterey, CA.
     
  16. El Wayne

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    #16 El Wayne, Feb 28, 2014
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    By the way: LHD, no hood scoop, silver or light metallic blue exterior, black interior, California plates. Photo taken in CA in what was probably the early 1960s. Can anyone identify it? Wrong colors for 1805 GT.
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  17. 134282

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    Do you know the plates?
     
  18. kare

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    I cannot possibly see how that could be Barbara Hutton. If you search for Barbara Hutton photos on Pinterest or Flickr, you will quickly agree with me.

    I know factory used this photo to represent celebrity customers captioning it to be Barbara Hutton, but I guess somebody took a wrong turn as the lady driving the Ferrari might look a little like Hutton looked like in 1920's or 30's...

    PS. I also think that the interior color may not be visible in this photo, the ragtop cover does not necessarily match the leather.
     
  19. T308

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    Hutton would have been 51 in 1963 (the earliest this could be with the black plate CA car). True, the person in the car looks a little more "healthy" than Ms. Hutton usually did, but her appearance changed dramatically day to day, week to week. My grandmother worked at Santa Anita Racetrack and got to know her during the days of her marriage to Cary Grant ("Cash and Cary" they called them). One of the things that Grandma said about her was that she LOVED jade. Jade jewelry, jade colored clothing, jade colored handbags, jade colored scarfs, even jade colored "foundation garments".

    So I've always looked at this photo, seen the "woman of a certain age", with a Ferrari, in California in 1963ish wearing a Jade Scarf and thought it could be Ms. Hutton. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't dismiss it as a possibility.
     
  20. any_1

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    I have that issue. The car obviously has a 375 plus engine. In the article you could read that "Willy" Day ordered a red car with beige interior and LHD. Enzo was not happy to sell one of his racing car to some rich woman in California, but he needed the money. He altered the specs to show who was the boss...
     
  21. El Wayne

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  22. El Wayne

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    I do not.
     
  23. sbocha

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    #23 sbocha, Sep 6, 2014
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    Hello! I have another problem in identifying Ferrari.
    It says on Ruoteclassiche that this car is Ferrari 166 MM/53 Vignale Spyder
    Alfredo Vignale | Ruoteclassiche
    But as we know, Vignale coachworks for 166 MM/53 and 250 MM are practically the same. So can somebody identify the car on photo and say its chassis number.
    Thanks!
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  24. Aardy

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    0274/MM...
     
  25. sbocha

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    Aardy, so it is 250 MM? And Ruoteclassiche was wrong?
     

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