1961 Testa Rossa

TR59 Replica.

 

Is it one of the Jim Rose/Les Monk replicants based on a 330 GT? It looks wrong enough to be! 5333? 6481? There were others too.

 

TR61 (0792, 0794) had Chiti split air intake Sharknose.

 

Both of which live in the US North East....... But neither look like this car

 

Not a fan of replicas.....especially bad ones like that.

 

Sad, another nice GTE suffers an inglorious fate.

 

I wonder how many "experts" commenting this car being a "fake" reported the thread to mods it being misplaced.

 

Yes, completely different. 250 TRI 1961 0792 at Sebring 1961.

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Just for info, 1960 250 TRI 0780 was also rebodied to TR 1961 spec.

 

Thinking about it TRI 0780 may well have had the 1960 body "modified" rather than rebodied to 1961 spec, first at the rear then at the front with the nose.

 

As well as #0782TR which should have been modified too......

 

Nobody seems to be able to confirm what happened to 250 TRI 0782 after its (2?) 1960 races.

 

I will check my Joel Finn book later and advise what he thought happened. My understanding it was scrapped, despite the claims it was later in Australia, which was likely a replica.

 

I'd already read the Finn book. He mentioned the Australia story but couldn't confirm. He said that of the stories the most believable thing that happened to 0782 was that it was kept as a test car, sold in Italy, rebodied to a coupe and later to a 250P like shape. Again, nothing confirmed.

 

Approx. a decade ago, a certain Ferrari historian advised me that he had concluded that #0782TR no longer existed and I see no reason to question him but no longer have the emails he sent me so can't advise more than that BUT why would Ferrari update #0780TR to TR61 form and not #0782TR? I mean they sold the TR59s and TR60s but not #0782TR.

Further, lets not forget that #0780TR is popularly theorised to have been canibalised to build #0808TR in late 1961/ early 1962 and speculation persists that #0808 was actually an entirely new car and that #0780TR has been lying dormant somewhere as covered here and elsewhere. That said I seem to recall that the supposed chassis from #0780 was in the US North East and had been supplied to one of Chinetti's partners back in the day but that could be me confusing the car with another.
https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/250-testa-rossa-60-or-61.120023/

Interesting stuff and likely always destined to be debated by people for decades to come (ala #3673SA or #0846 and dozens more)

 

Anyone have picture of 0780 with the half 60 and half 61 body?