Palm Beach, 26th of January, 2019
Smaller but refined, this might be the motto for this year’s concours at the famous Breakers hotel. The main event of Cavallino Classic 28 was spoiled by rainy weather all day but the small but selected field of Ferrari Classic was still worth a visit. Smaller than in previous years especially the lower lawn featured less modern Ferrari as well as the 365 range was very thin but the upper lawn in front of the hotel was more than a compensation. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Ferrari 250 GT SWB the field featured 5 example of the Gran Turismo including the prototype Paris show car as well as some well-known examples making it to the show field almost every year.
Before the SWB the GT class of Ferrari featured the LWB GT nicknamed Tour de France hence its victory at the French classic and two examples could be found in the field. The oldest car on show was the 166 Inter Touring Berlinetta (015S), a very early example with the baroque styling elements of Touring as seen on various Alfa Romeo of the period. With its restrained dark red colour scheme it contrasted the light blue metallic Ferrari 275 GTB Speciale and the golden 250 GT LWB California Spyder. Especially the 275 GTB drew a lot of attention being the special bodied version for Pininfarina himself featuring several very unusual elements including the rear diffusor. The car was sold just a year ago for an outstanding 8 million Dollar and the judges did agree on the condition and the speciality of the car voting it the best GT on the field.
But the front lawn this year was certainly dominated by the competition cars as this might have been the best selection ever seen. Early competition cars included the 166 MM/53 Pininfarina Coupé as well as a 250 MM Vignale Spyder standing next to each other but the stars were the 9 open 12-cylinder racers in the middle of the field. One might say that a 250 TR is a rare car but the 2 examples on the field were even on the more common end of the spectrum. Beautifully presented in its original Finish colours of the Scuderia Askolin chassis 0742TR was seen on the field on display after making its post-restoration debute last year in the Ferrari Classiche tent. As well freshly restored in Maranello was the second 250 TR, chassis 0756TR that was already seen at Pebble Beach a few months ago. This car was awarded best Competition car on the field, the second major award of the weekend. Unlike the former two cars the third Testa Rossa was not a privateer car but a genuine works car driven by Hill, Gurney, von Trips and Rodriguez at Le Mans, the Nuerburgring or the Targa Florio.
Two of the biggest bore engined Ferrari of the period were the 410 Sport and the 412MI. Coming from the same stable as the winning TR the 412MI was also refreshed recently bringing it back to the silver colour as raced by Phil Hill and Richie Ginther in the US after its short intermezzo as a works racer. The 410 Sport is a well-known contender at the Cavallino Classic being one of the previous winners as seen at the jubilee edition 3 years ago. It came along with one of the top three cars that day on the lawn the trio of Ferrari 335S.
At the end of the fabulous history of the Mille Miglia in 1957 it was the 315S and the 335S that brought Ferrari the victory in the last of the legendary road races. 4 examples of the 335S were built or converted from the 315S and with one destroyed only 3 examples exist today and all of them made their way to Palm Beach this Saturday making this an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see them all together. Two of them were campaigned by the Scuderia Ferrari in the Sports car Championship 1957 with Chassis 0674 driven by von Trips at the Mille Miglia finishing second overall and 0700 did not finish the race with Collins / Klemantaski driving. The later might be the most famous camera car as the shots of Klemantaski out of the car are certainly legendary.
With the restriction to 3 litre engines for the 1958 season the 335S became obsolete but a last example was built for the American racing, featuring an upgraded pontoon-body in style of the 1958 Testa Rossa the last 335S was called the “Super Testa Rossa”. The car made its second appearance in recent years at Palm Beach as it was shown by its owner Andreas Mohringer just after being acquired, still in red. Since then Paul Russell performed an outstanding restoration giving the car not just the class victory in Pebble Beach but more important the overall victory at last year’s Villa d'Este concours. Unlike in previous years the show was not concluded with the two awards of the GT and Competition category but with an extra Best of Show award and the owner of the 335S was the last one called on stage taking the top honours just nine months after the BoS at Lago di Como. As both the Cavallino Classic and the Concorso d'Eleganza are part of the Peninsula Best of the Best award this car will not only be present at the selection in Paris in two weeks selected from the winners in 2018, it should return next year to be again contender for the 2019 winners, a unique double appearance in the young history of the Peninsula Award.
With its unique history and the perfect restoration it is certainly a worthy contender and a well representative of the Cavallino Classic.
Unfortunately the weather did not suit this year’s edition as for the first time in years the Breakers Concours had to be held in rain. With the weather forecast going in the same direction tomorrow at the Presidents Country Club in Mar-a-Lago this might be one of the wettest editions of the Ferrari event since it was introduced nearly 3 decades ago.
Report & images … Peter Singhof www.ClassicCarPhotography.de
2019 CAVALLINO CLASSIC 28 - CONCORSO MAJOR AWARD WINNERS 3 TOP AWARDS The Cavallino Cup - for Best of Show 1958 335 Sport 0764 Andreas Mohringer
The Scuderia Ferrari Cup - for the finest Competition Ferrari 1958 250 Testa Rossa 0756TR Chris & Ann Cox
The Gran Turismo Ferrari Cup - for the finest GT Ferrari 1965 275 GTB Speciale 06437 Lee Herrington
18 MAJORS La Coppa per Dodici Cilindri - for the finest 12-cylinder Ferrari 1961 250 GT LWB California 1685GT Lee Herrington
La Coppa per Otto Cilindri - for the finest 8-cylinder Ferrari 2008 430 Scuderia 164465 J.R. Amantea
La Coppa per Sei Cilindri - for the finest 6-cylinder Ferrari 1974 246 GTS Dino 07746 Dennis & Mary Susan Garrity
The Preservation Vintage Cup (pre-1975) - for the Ferraris best representing fine original preserved condition for Ferraris at least 30 years & older 1961 400 Superamerica 2809SA Richard Workman 1962 400 Superamerica 3361SA Jimmy Page
The Preservation Classic Cup (1976-1990) 1989 328 GTB 78894 Jeffrey Ajluni 1985 288 GTO 56331 Ian & Katie Poulter
The 250 GT SWB Cup - for the finest 250 GT SWB Street Production 1960 250 GT SWB Berlinetta 2243GT David MacNeil
The Robert Tallgren Memorial Elegance Cup - for the finest coach-built Ferrari 1953 250 MM 0260MM Matthew Ivanhoe
The Gerald Roush Memorial Cup - for the Ferrari requiring the most research to restore 1955 500 Mondial Series II 0580MD Tom Peck
The Wayne Obry memorial Cup - for the Ferrari best representing excellence in restoration quality 1963 250 GTL Lusso 4391GT Frank Ziccarelli
The Ferrari Classiche Cup - for the finest Classiche certified Ferrari 1958 250 Testa Rossa 0756TR Chris & Ann Cox
The Ferrari Competition Cup - for the finest track/racing Ferrari 1994 348 GTC LM 97553 Heinz Swoboda
The Ferrari Supercar Cup - for the finest 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo or FXX 1991 F40 87511 Peter & Jennifer Ponzini
The Ferrari Spirit Cup - for the owner best representing the Spirit of Track and Concorso 1994 348 GTC LM 97553 Heinz Swoboda
The Honorary Judges’ Cup - for the finest judged Ferrari selected by the Honorary Judges 1965 275 GTB Speciale 06437 Lee Herrington
The Chief Judge Emeritus Cup - for the finest Ferrari as chosen by the Chief Judge Emeritus, Ed Gilbertson 1957 335 Sport 0700 Scuderia N.E. * Please note that many of the spectacular Ferraris on the show field at the Saturday Concorso d’Eleganza were for display only and not judging.
Cavallino Classic 28 – First in Class – Platinum Award Winners*
Class 1: Competition 1953 250 MM 0260MM Matthew Ivanhoe 1955 500 Mondial Series II 0580MD Tom Peck 1958 250 Testa Rossa 0756TR Chris & Ann Cox 1958 335 Sport 0764 Andreas Mohringer 1994 348 GTC LM 97553 Heinz Swoboda
Class 2: 166, 250, 400 SA, 500 SF 1965 500 Superfast 6041SF Antonio Henriques
Class 3: 250 GT Cabriolet, 250 GT SWB 1961 250 GT LWB California 1685GT Lee Herrington 1960 250 GT SWB Berlinetta 2243GT David MacNeil
Class 4: 250 GTL Lusso 1963 250 GTL Lusso 4391GT Frank Ziccarelli 1963 250 GTL Lusso 5153GT Greg Brendel 1964 250 GTL Lusso 5607GT Jim Utaski 1964 250 GTL Lusso 5183GT Ian & Melayne Packer
Class 5: 275 GTB, GTS, Speciale, 330 1966 275 GTB 08349 Rich Haydinger 1966 275 GTB 08973 Doug Cohen 1965 275 GTB Speciale 06437 Lee Herrington 1965 275 GTS 7427 Vance Shappley 1967 330 GTS 9781 Dennis & Claire Nicotra
Class 6: Two Plus Two 1971 365 GTC/4 14419 Daniel Heit 1999 456M GTA 31732 Michael & Nancy Calkins
Class 7: Dino GT, GTS 1970 246 GT Dino 01060 Juan Hinestrosa 1971 246 GT Dino 01438 Joko Tanoyo 1973 246 GTS Dino 04962 Robert & Pam Francis 1974 246 GTS Dino 07746 Dennis & Mary Susan Garrity
Class 8: 308 GTB, GTS 1976 308 GTB Vetroresina 19377 Charles Wegner
Class 9: 328 GTB, GTS 1989 328 81932 Rocco Mangel 1989 328 GTB 78894 Jeffrey Ajluni 1988 328 GTS 75083 Paul Cissell, III 1989 328 GTS 81580 Joseph Napoli
Class 10: 355 Berlinetta, Spider, 360 Modena 1999 355 F1 Berlinetta 114719 Jeffrey Ajluni 1997 F355 Spider 108488 Paul Skilowitz 1999 360 Modena F1 118191 Glenn Simon
Class 11: Flat 12 – 365, 512 1974 365 GT4/BB 17765 Ron Caldwell 1974 365/BB 18549 Glenn Simon 1995 F512M 101379 Tom Cabrerizo 1992 512 TR 92105 Richard Fulton 1994 512 TR 97545 Rich Baumgart 1994 512 TR 96901 Bruce Bond
Class 12: F40 Supercars 1989 F40 80769 Jasbir & Sanjam Dhillon 1991 F40 87511 Peter & Jennifer Ponzini
Class 13: 288, F50, Enzo Supercars 1985 288 GTO 56331 Ian & Katie Poulter 1985 288 GTO 57227 David MacNeil 1995 F50 104789 Bruce Bond 2003 Enzo 134297 Jeffrey Grossman 2003 Enzo 132650 Tom Cabrerizo
Class 14: 430, 550, 599 2007 599 GTB 156625 Tom & Terri Barrone 2007 599 GTB 152979 Rocco Mangel 2008 430 Scuderia 164465 J.R. Amantea
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