Rick Hall -- 1954
Ferrari 250 Monza V12
Rick Hall of London, UK, finished third
in this 1954 250 Monza. I found this photo on Barchetta
showing 750
Monza #0442M.
Author and Historian David Seielstad
ID's the car:
"Your photo of #21 shows 0442, the V12
Monza. In 1954 Ferrari was still not sure about using a four-cylinder
in his top sports car. So a
V12 was installed in a Monza chassis. The engine was to the 250 MM
specification. Four of these 250 Monzas were built. They are:
0420 M Pf spyder
0432 M Pf spyder
0442 M Scaglietti spyder
0466 M Pf spyder (destroyed and a fake
Scaglietti spyder using this serial # exists)
In factory hands these cars had a short
racing history. Trintignant/Piotti won the Hyeres 12 hours with 0420,
Piotti won the Tour of Sicily with 0432.
This is 0442. It raced in the Dolomite
Cup and Carrera in 1954, then was sold to Manfredo Lippman via Chinetti.
Lippmann sold it to the French Consulate, Iann McCarvy-Munn who sold it
to Peter Burroughs. Used as a street car then to Sydney Stolt and Bill
Serri." |