1961 Ferrari 250GT
Ferrari 250GT 1961
Berlinetta Compenzione
(SWB. shot wheel base)
Engine : 12V 60o
Total displacement - 2953.21 cc
Maximum Power - 300 bhp / 7700 rpm
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This featured car, chassis number 2735, is one of the most famous and recognizable 250 SWB’s of them all. The Rob Walker paint and the number 7 will forever link the car to the great Stirling Moss, who campaigned the car, quite successfully of course, in the late months of his active career.
Chassis 2735 was one of only three right-hand drive Competition short-wheelbase cars. It was also the second Rob Walker/Stirling Moss GT Berlinetta. The other was chassis 2119.
This car was also the only 250 GT Berlinetta to be raced in period by no fewer than three great drivers of the day. As well as Stirling Moss, it was raced by Graham Hill and Innes Ireland.
The car was delivered to Le Mans on the 6th of June 1961, in Rob Walker colors, but to race for NART team of Luigi Chinetti. The car weighed in at 2,400 pounds (1,107 kilograms).
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Competition, Chassis 2735 – Race History
- 1961 Le Mans 24 Hours
- 1961 Silverstone International Trophy
- 1961 Brands Hatch Peco Trophy
- 1961 Goodwood Tourist Trophy
- 1961 Nassau Tourist Trophy
- 1962 Daytona 3 Hours Continental
- 1962 Oulton Park GT Race
The car was then bought by Chris Kerrison, painted silver and raced with some distinction, before crashing into the Ferrari 250 GTO of John Surtees and Jim Clark’s Aston Martin DB4 Zagato at the 1962 Goodwood Tourist Trophy. After this it was sent to Ferrari for repairs, but Kerrison then entrusted the car to Bizzarrini, who had Drogo build a pseudo-GTO body on the chassis.
Berlinetta Compenzione
(SWB. shot wheel base)
Engine : 12V 60o
Total displacement - 2953.21 cc
Maximum Power - 300 bhp / 7700 rpm
www.sportscardigest.com
This featured car, chassis number 2735, is one of the most famous and recognizable 250 SWB’s of them all. The Rob Walker paint and the number 7 will forever link the car to the great Stirling Moss, who campaigned the car, quite successfully of course, in the late months of his active career.
Chassis 2735 was one of only three right-hand drive Competition short-wheelbase cars. It was also the second Rob Walker/Stirling Moss GT Berlinetta. The other was chassis 2119.
This car was also the only 250 GT Berlinetta to be raced in period by no fewer than three great drivers of the day. As well as Stirling Moss, it was raced by Graham Hill and Innes Ireland.
The car was delivered to Le Mans on the 6th of June 1961, in Rob Walker colors, but to race for NART team of Luigi Chinetti. The car weighed in at 2,400 pounds (1,107 kilograms).
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Competition, Chassis 2735 – Race History
- 1961 Le Mans 24 Hours
- 1961 Silverstone International Trophy
- 1961 Brands Hatch Peco Trophy
- 1961 Goodwood Tourist Trophy
- 1961 Nassau Tourist Trophy
- 1962 Daytona 3 Hours Continental
- 1962 Oulton Park GT Race
The car was then bought by Chris Kerrison, painted silver and raced with some distinction, before crashing into the Ferrari 250 GTO of John Surtees and Jim Clark’s Aston Martin DB4 Zagato at the 1962 Goodwood Tourist Trophy. After this it was sent to Ferrari for repairs, but Kerrison then entrusted the car to Bizzarrini, who had Drogo build a pseudo-GTO body on the chassis.
