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There was some great stuff there today, however one car floated my boat big-time. Ferrari 375 MM - I overheard someone say that it is vin #10. There ws a 67 barn find Jag E-type with less than 10k miles - nothing had been done to it and it looked like it was straight off the show room floor. It had spent the past 25 years under a mound of blankets.

The Ferrari was an incredible car to see, hear, and watch drive

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Ferrari 375 MM. They were made between '53-'55 as pure endurance racers. MM standing for Mille Miglia, Italy's 1000 mile race. 24 were made, in addition to the 375 plus, of which 8 were made. It had a 4522cc SOHC V-12 putting out about 340HP. The plus had a 4.9 liter engine. I doubt it has chassis number 10, as the numbers on those car ran like 0318AM which set a lap record at the '53 24-hours of Le Mans. A later 375 mm (0358AM) came in fourth overall at Mexico's Panamerica road race. Ferrari numbered all of their road racers with even numbers and the road cars with odd numbers back then. That #10 might have been the tenth car produced in the series, or possibly 0310AM. Beautiful car. Pininfarina design.

Edit: Did some research, and it couldn't be 0310AM. The first 375MM was 0318AM. The 10th in the edition was 0370AM. Out of the 32 (or 33 depending), only five were destroyed or are missing.
 
Wow! I truly envy you and the car-spotting opportunities you guys get down there, no chance of this ever happening here...

I would love to get the chance to see that car in person and take a close look...
 
There is a guy here with a 166MM Ferrari. I have seen it, I have followed it (thank heaven for speed limits, I would not have even got close otherwise) and it is beyond impressive! The car emits a primal howl that sets your spine a'tingling!

Same guy has several other examples of Maranello's finest, and he drives his F40 to the hardware store!
 
martx-5 said:
Ferrari 375 MM. They were made between '53-'55 as pure endurance racers. MM standing for Mille Miglia, Italy's 1000 mile race. 24 were made, in addition to the 375 plus, of which 8 were made. It had a 4522cc SOHC V-12 putting out about 340HP. The plus had a 4.9 liter engine. I doubt it has chassis number 10, as the numbers on those car ran like 0318AM which set a lap record at the '53 24-hours of Le Mans. A later 375 mm (0358AM) came in fourth overall at Mexico's Panamerica road race. Ferrari numbered all of their road racers with even numbers and the road cars with odd numbers back then. That #10 might have been the tenth car produced in the series, or possibly 0310AM. Beautiful car. Pininfarina design.

Edit: Did some research, and it couldn't be 0310AM. The first 375MM was 0318AM. The 10th in the edition was 0370AM. Out of the 32 (or 33 depending), only five were destroyed or are missing.
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I didn't see the vin# just overheard - I may have mistaken vin 10 for tenth made - The guy I was talking to said that it had a race history in South America.
 
0370AM (the tenth 375 MM made) did race in Buenos Aires. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif The link also shows that it was raced as #10. That's most likely what they were talking about. The fact that it was the tenth 375MM made I think is co-incidental. It's even got the port holes in the rear fenders, flip windscreen, no headrest. So maybe that's the one. I think we tracked it down. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banana.gif
 
That Ferrari... that's what a sports car should look like. Wow.

Thanks (as always) for sharing. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
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