Yesterday I’ve heard the following story: During 5899’s conversion to LM-P specification, Hans Illert and Heinz Duss had shortened the frame and drilled holes in the chassis remnants in order to reduce weight, what was the reason why Vic Norman had to use a British replica frame for the rebuild and Ferrari officially stated, that 5899 is registered as destroyed in their books and the Colombo/Vaccari tube is a non original fake. Today, 5899 is Red Book certified and much expert supported. Any idea what I get wrong here? And aren’t rather such mysteries the real issues of LM-history and not the hilarious brouhaha with warnings not to buy a ‘first-hand LM’ via internet?
This most wonderful car is no more but instead some highly payed certificates ... is this reality today? Image Unavailable, Please Login (c) Paul Schouwenburg
I remain stunned that an Englad built Vic Norman replica chassis can be Classiche certified and the real experts not only tolerate but even support such value building manipulations. Exception or continuing trend?
in Paul Shouwenburg 's book ''Ferrari Fever'' and with the search button on Ferrarichat 250 LM Hans Illert LM-P s/n 5899 | FerrariChat
1964 Ferrari 250 LM by Scaglietti | Arizona 2015 | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com) The link in the first post is no longer working. This is a link to the auction result from 2015