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1967 Ferrari 250 Lm replica. Registration no. Unregistered.…
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Sydney
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3-May-2009
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1967 Ferrari 250 Lm replica. Registration no. Unregistered. Chassis no. Fr 6056 cm. Engine no. This visually interesting vehicle is a glassfibre-bodied replica of one of the most coveted of all Ferrari models, the 250LM. Introduced in 1963, the 250LM was intended to replace the immortal 250GTO as Ferrari's Gran Turismo racer, though its homologation into the Gt category was at first refused by the Fia. Faced with having to compete in the prototype class, where it faced stiff competition from the Ferrari 275 and 330P works entries, the customer-only 250LM nevertheless acquitted itself well. Its first significant victory came in July 1964 when the Maranello Concessionaires-entered example of Jo Bonnier/Graham Hill won the Reims 12-Hour race, the following year the car lived up to its 'Lm' (Le Mans) appellation by winning the famous 24-Hour endurance classic, Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory bringing the Nart entry home first. Gt homologation was eventually granted in 1966 and even at this late stage the 250LM proved capable of contesting outright victory. Only 32 were built between 1963 and 1966, and strictly speaking only the 3.0-litre engined prototype was a '250'. All the rest had the 3.3-litre V12 engine and thus in actual fact were 275s. This 250LM replica was advertised for sale in America in 1981 by a Mr Rehm, of West Germany, the vehicle had been purchased by him in Los Angeles and was on show at Trendimport in La. In April 1981 it was purchased for display at the York motor Museum and shipped to Australia. While the car was used on a few occasions for demonstration runs, it was not until 1986 that it was substantially renovated by Mike Rodsted, who entered it in that year's York flying fifty on the Museum's behalf, the car is powered by a Ford 3.0-litre V6 engine and does not have any significant Ferrari components in its body or drive train.
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Motor Vehicles: Motor Cars