Ferraris tend not to get hot rodded; why pay so much for a
fast machine only to tear it apart, and the value of such cars often falls by
more than the amount of parts put into them. Consider this the exception: a
1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa that had its four-cylinder replaced with a V-12, and
went on to win more races than any other single Ferrari car in history; a few
Ferrari aficionados would also call it the most beautiful car ever built at the
scuderia. And now you can hear it roar again
Known as the 1957 Ferrari 650/250 TRC, the car was one of
two so modified by racer and Ferrari dealer John von Newmann, who used it to
dominate California road racing in the '60s. After it survived nearly 40 races
without a crash, the 650/250 TRC was sold, taken apart and swapped around the
world — to the point where it was seized by the Dutch government in the 1990s
due to drug charges against its then-owner.
Car collector Bruce Meyer had been on the hunt for the
650/250 TRC when the Dutch government decided to part with it. After his
purchase, Meyer reunited it with the original 12-cylinder engine it raced with
all those decades ago, and restored the whole car to concours quality. Slightly
lesser Testa Rossas have sold for nearly $7 million in recent years, and given
the heated market for authentic antique Ferraris, it's not that much of a
stretch to think a few buyers might pay $10 million for this should Meyer ever
turn over the keys. Let's hope whoever owns it lets it out to play as Meyer does
for Petrolicious here.
source: motoramic
by Justin Hyde
http://www.fzrestoration.com
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