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Just to see how this works, so we may as well have the Wayback go way back. These images are from my dad’s collection taken almost 60 years ago, so please keep them within the group. Due to the 100k suggested limit the images have become a bit grainy. Should anyone be interested contact me for larger file sizes. As time goes by I’ll try to figure how to add a little info to each image.
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Safety was a high priority in the 50’s obviously!!
Some History:
The Corvette was driven by John Fitch and Piero Taruffi. It retired with rear end issues.
Hambro automotive who was the Healey importer for NA entered 3 streamliners, possibly special 100S’s or some maybe 100-6’s, history is a bit unclear. The #23 car (AHS3804) was originally one of 4 special test cars (Reg. NOJ391) that was rebuilt as a 100s that morphed into the streamliner. It had previously raced at the Mille Miglia, the Daytona Beach speed trials, Sebring in 1954, 1956 and was a DNF in ’57 due to a fuel issue after 98 laps. It later raced at Nassau in ’58 and Bahamas in ’62. It was restored in 1988 and a replica built in the guise of it’s 1954 Sebring livery in 1992ish.
The #5 Jaguar driven by Hawthorne and Ivor Bueb finished 3rd. That car was also raced at Reims in ’56(won) LeMans in ’56(6th), Limerock in ’57(won) and others. It’s still being raced at places like Goodwood and the historic Mille Miglia.
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Still trying to add photos in the text body so that images and history could be together. 1st attempt was a fail, ended up with attached images and just the text of the link description in the body after submission. I could edit the text and remove attachments but couldn’t seem to delete the post entirely, so this rather than a blank submission.
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Just pre-start at the 1957 edition of the Sebring 12 hour race. In this case mostly customer Ferrari 500 TRC’s lined up.
Ferrari handed off the four-cylinder sports racer line to customers at the end of 1956, choosing to focus on its own attention on the V12-powered cars. The 1956/7 500 TRC was a revised version of the 500 TR (Testa Rosa) of the previous year. In keeping with the new regulations, Ferrari widened the cockpit, added doors, fitted a windscreen, and added a stowable convertible top. It rode on the longer 2350 mm wheelbase of the 860 Monza and featured coil springs all around, and retained a live axle in the rear. The 680 kg car’s 180 hp made it quite capable, and even though it was never a works car, the 500 TRC claimed class victories at LeMans, Sebring and the Targa Florio.
#28 Ferrari 500 TRC driven by Richie Ginther and Howard Hively. Finished 10th overall and 1st in 2.0L class
#29 Ferrari 500 TRC driven by Ed Lunken & Charles Hassan. DNF due to a fuel leak.
#30 Ferrari 500 TRC driven byWilliam Helburn and Jim Pauley. DNF due to cooling leak.
#31 Ferrari 500 TRC driven byJan De Vroom, George Arents & David Cunningham. 14th overall.
#71 just to the left is an Arnolt Bolide that finished 30th.
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Stunning in both pictoral content and historical significance . These are fantastic cars.
I have just sent my Maserati 300s off to Greece for the International Proxy series. Unfortunately due to numbering I had to go with 23 rather than the 20.
What a great era for racing sports cars, glad we have it in our classes.
Thanks MIA. :good:
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I couldn’t find any races where the 300S was #23 so sadly no history there. Good luck in the proxy races though.
Staying at Sebring for 1957 I did however find a few photos of interesting cars seen in passing, either inside of the track or on the streets of Sebring.
A 1948 Tucker. This car was probably a re-paint as I think the factory cars were a single colour.
A Jaguar XK SS. Looks to have driven down from New York. Possibly the 1957 New York Auto Show car. One of 16 road going D-Types that escaped before the fire at Brown’s Lane.
Bentley Continental. After all you wouldn’t want to be uncomfortable going to the races!!??
Two 300SL Gullwings and an Aston Martin DB2 possibly an early DB2/4 Mk.III.
I tried to make the text wrap alongside the picture but it seemed to revert when submitted. More to follow in a later post. :unsure:
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Ferrari 315 Sport chassis #0674 with a Ferrari V12 3500 cc engine. Driven by Peter Collins & Maurice Trintignant, it finished 6th overall. It raced later that year at The Mille Miglia driven by Von Tripps where it finished 2nd overall, at LeMans driven by Mike Hawthorn & Luigi Musso (DNF) and then at Watkins Glen in Sept. of the following year where it finished 3rd. This is the car that recently sold for $35M out of the Bardinon collection.Go here for more details on the chassis history.
http://www.barchetta.cc/english/all.ferraris/detail/0674.315s.htm
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And for something just a bit smaller! (About a 1/3rd the displacement of the Maserati’s and Ferrari’s.)
#59 is a Lotus 11 driven by Colin Chapman, Joe Sheppard and Dick Dungan. They finished 11th overall and 1st in the 1100cc. class. Sheppard was the US distributor for Lotus at the time.
#60 is the Lotus 11 of Jay Chamberlain and Ignacio Lozano who were a DNF due to a fuel issue.
For the 11, there were two main body styles: one with a headrest and the other with no headrest, just two small fins. These cars were the latter.
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It’s been a while since we visited Sebring. At the starting line folks are milling about.
Prior to the start, a section of the pits.
The previously seen XK:SS in the foreground.
#55 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce driven by Jake Kaplan and Charlie Rainville. They finished 20th overall and 1st in the 1.3GT class! :yahoo:
#58 Cooper T39 of Tom Hallock and Max Goldman who finished 18th in a 1098cc car!!
#59 The Chapman/Sheppard/Dungan Lotus 11 that finished 11th overall and 1st in S1.1!
#60 The Chamberlin/Lozano Lotus 11 that DNF’d due to a fuel issue.
#61 Another Lotus 11, from Puerto Rico driven by Merino/Pedrerra/Rosales, finished 32nd.
#63 A DB (Deutsch-Bonnet)HBR5 driven by Storr/Ullrich that DNF’d. An 846cc Panhard engine!
And a bit closer to the front of the line.
#49 MGA entered by Hambro automotive Canada (Canadian distributor then) driven by Allan Miller/ Ed Leavens (later of Leavens Automotive (now Leavens VW in London Ont.) & who drove many different cars at Jarvis in the 50’s and 60’s)/Rowland Keith. Finished 23rd, 1st in GT1.6 B-)
#50 MGA entered by Hambro automotive USA (North American distributor then) driven by Spitler/Kinchloe who finished 36th
#51 MGA entered by Hambro automotive USA & driven by Ash/Ehrman/van Driel who finished 27th
#52 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce Entered by Sir Sydney Oakes of the Bahamas (Sydney Oakes was born in Toronto on June 9th 1927 while his parents were residing at Oak Hall in Niagara Falls. He grew up in Niagara Falls and as an adult he returned to Canada and lived in Oak Hall with his own family. Following the death of his father, Sir Harry Oakes, the title of baronet was transferred to his eldest son – Sir Sydney Oakes. Although he had inherited a fortune, Sir Sydney was a businessman and owned the largest bottling company in the Bahamas and was also involved in real estate. On Monday August 8th 1966, Sir Sydney Oakes was killed in Nassau, the Bahamas when the sports car he was driving failed to negotiate a highway curve and crashed into a utility pole.) B-)
& driven by Sherman Crise (BS)/Alan Markelson (USA) They finished 24th overall.
#54 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider driven by Comito/Kessler/Rubin that finished 38th.Some fun historical tidbits in there. Many of these folks are long gone and forgotten, but they occasionally come back to life when we review these old races. B-)
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Some original film of the ’57 race. Many of the cars in the earlier attachments are seen. Not great quality but…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzegAlq92V0
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