Hi Marcel Please when you have time, make a new book with the histories updated, because really the 250 LM is the greatest Ferrari of all times. My favourite is the green one with a yellow stripe owned by a dear friend of my family, a long time ago I drove the car at night to Italy to be restored, it was the time of my life. By the way the color has been changed like ofcourse you will know. greetings Tony
find it here in more detail http://www.***************.com/car/136/Ferrari-250-LM.html while the street car is here http://www.***************.com/car/2736/Ferrari-250-LM-Pininfarina-Stradale-Speciale.html
street car......mmm...very special too! il like the interior in this color ones of the most "sexy" Fcars in my opinion the combinaison of those colors give to this car a good aspect. there s a picture showinf the profil of this car inside the garage probably, the best shoot i ve ever seen about Ferrari.
FYI, there is another "street-ized" LM, no. 5995. I had a wild ride in it in Florence (Firenze) when owned by Roberto Benelli. It is a standard Scaglietti, modified w/ back window, roll-up (electric IIRC) windows, black leather interior, bumpers, and (at that time) lovely silver paint. Dick Merritt ended up buying it from Benelli; have lost track of it since but no doubt you guys know all this anyway. I never had any trouble missing shifts in 5909, once I got the hang of it. However, if the linkage is mal-adjusted it can cause a blockage, as I found to my very expensive regret on Dino 002. 5909 has been restored several times since it was in my custody, so I'm guessing that someone didn't get the adjustment right.
Sonny Bono should have taken lessons from you, Ed. Actually, we all should have been paying more attention to what you were up to.
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Every engine building book that I've ever read says to never run an engine without an air cleaner. Too much chance of rocks, debris, etc, getting into an engine and blowing the engine in the wink of an eye. Why would anybody risk damage to such a valuable car by using straight pipes on the intake, even if this was the way it was originally intended?
Totally true. On Dino Competizione PF built an air filter that can be removed when she's displayed at Concours but even then one should keep an eye out.
On closer examination of the 250LM photo, it looks like the carbs actually draw their air from a giant enclosed "reservoir" that is under the rear plexiglass which has vents on the sides. This would most likely keep most debris away. But I would be afraid that some punk kid would pour his root beer down the intake at a car show, just because that's what punks do: cause trouble.
At most shows I've been to, owners put rubber plugs (like a sink uses) inside the trumpets/air inlets while on display. Normally linked together with some sort of chain or string ... makes sense. Pete
Absolutely right! However, Ettinger (Breadvan) and I (GTO) drove these cars daily for years without a thought given to this issue and without incident. Dumb luck and/or Divine intervention? Wales probably, but you, Ed?
+1! The reservoir mentioned above, from which the carbs draw their air on certain cars can be a disaster in the rain as they become virtual kitchen sinks funneling water straight into them. Phil Hill (not in an LM) had to retire at the Nurburgring 1000k's due to that one year.
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