1953 Ferrari 625 TF Spyder Vignale [0304TF]
1953 Ferrari 625 TF [0304TF] in Formula 1 - Febbre della Velocità, Documentary, 1978
Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin: 
![1953 Ferrari 625 TF Spyder Vignale [0304TF]](/i001139958.jpg)
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◊ 2018-05-07 17:02 |
Reminds me of 500 Mondial; what race is this? |
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◊ 2018-05-07 17:32 |
Found it: 1953 735 Sport Spyder Autodromo, chassis 0428M, Alberto Ascari, Monza http://www.barchetta.cc/english/All.Ferraris/Detail/0428M.735Sport.htm |
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◊ 2019-12-02 13:37 |
Serial number 0428/M is incorrect, that chassis number did not exist until in 1954. There were three early prototypes with serial numbers 0302-0304-0306 and this 735 S is believed to have carried number 0306/TF. The body was built at Ferrari. Scaglietti had not started his carrozzeria yet. |
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◊ 2019-12-04 15:39 |
A messy story to understand. The chassis number is confused, and it seems to have 2 model names (possibly due to early factory rebuild with different body and oily bits). "0304TF 53 *** s/n 0306 is also on the chassis frame ***"". So is it actually 304/TF?? Or did a separate 306/TF also exist?? The picture may be the original body as a 1953 Ferrari 625 TF (Targa Florio) Vignale before the rebuild as a 735 S Spyder with more normal grille, also this account. So my guess if these accounts fit together neatly and all describe the same specific car is that we have a pre-rebuild picture of [0304TF] during its brief 625 TF existence. If they don't ...... |
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◊ 2020-02-19 18:43 |
On this rare occasion Ferrari developed a fully new model range by installing 4-cylinder F1-engines of 2.5 litres into three specially prepared sportscar frames, then increasing the displacement to 2.9 litres. As the cars were constantly modified, crashed, rebuilt etc. with engines coming out and going in all the time, they probably decided to follow the development by locking on the engine number - by renumbering cars to match their engines, they made sure that when papers of 0304TF are laid on the table, engine of 0304TF is also coming in with it. Anything else hardly mattered - and in the end it is possible that all three cars used all three serial numbers at a time or another. Summasummaarum: anybody's guess on which serial number is correct for each car is as good as it gets, serial numbers 0302TF, 0304TF and 0306TF might as well be called car A, car B and car C. That is a nice way to avoid serious headache. -- Last edit: 2020-02-22 22:33:42 |
