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1964 Ferrari 250 LM: A Le Mans Legacy
As a car kid, my passion for racing / sports cars was solidified attending an open track day @ Lime Rock Park in 1974. My buddy worked at a shop in Brooklyn and knew the owner of 250 LM s/n 5845. He asked Mr. Okada if he would mind giving me a few laps around the circuit. It had started to rain and the track was clear of participants. Needless to say, the memory of tip-toeing that beast through the downhill onto the main straight with the rear-engine sensation is what I remember most.
Amazing to see Mr. Ferri and this legendary car at the legendary Mosport track where the Canadian Grand Prix was held for many years. I met Remo many, many years while working for a local Italian TV show and doing a story on Alfa Romeo. His passion and love for Ferrari really comes out in this film. Most of all it was great to see my city of Toronto represented in your great collection of motoring movies. Grazie Petroliscious!
I found an LM I Boston for a good friend back in the 1980s. It was owned by a guy named Najarian who claimed to be former Ferrari test driver. We took the car to a Ferrari Club event at Line Rock where my friend let me take out. After a few laps I smelled gasoline fumes so pulled into the pits to find the fuel filler gasket had dried out allowing gas to run down the inside fender wall into the engine compartment. Short day but it was a blast to drive.
Understood. This is a formidable car by any measure, and a unique one. That said, the design language that Ferrari evolved over the years for its front engined cars, is not the same when an adapted to a mid-engine platform with the cabin top shifted forward and large cooling ducts in back. For anyone wanting to spend an afternoon looking at Ferrari carrosserie, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles is currently running a Ferrari show, with 10 significant examples spanning 70 years of production. If you are in Southern California this is very much worth the trip. The show will be up through April of 2018. https://petersen.org/portfolio-item/seeing-red/ Video of the opening is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3vPsoSPsr8
around 1967.. our neighbor’s house guest drove his 250LM up from LA to show at Pebble Beach, and the Concour de Elegance . Hearing the car drive in, I hustled over to have a look-over. Simply, the most moving lines I had seen before in person . Forever that ‘feeling’ of getting swept away by a car’s body,sound,smell .. has stuck. Sadly, years later,news arrived that this car was lost in a highway fire. An accident had occurred, the Ferrari had halted to help with 1st responder’s . Gas had run down the street under where the LM was parked,and accidentally the fuel was struck wild.. and this car engulfed. My recollection- the PB judges awarded the car blue for best in class . Anyone knowing more,i’d be grateful for updates or clarification on the incident . Also I’d be thrilled to know the latest on the host for this driver/car, while in PB. I believe his name is John. An enthusiast himself,he too in his love for his white Saab V4 and his black Honda.. brought sport cars and bikes into my view and lifelong passion . Thank you !
