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A replicA 1960 ferrAri 246 f1 chAssis,
full-size meticulously crafted using aerospace quality cold drawn
seamless steel tube throughout (certificates of conformity available to
the successful bidder) and T45 rear lower tubes, rear shock mounts
and front wishbone fabrications machined from EN8. These are ready
honed for pins and bearings. The steering box and idler bushes are
EN8 and honed. The front cross member has two internal swaged
braces. All welding is by the TIG process. The chassis is 290cm long,
67cm high, 91cm at widest point (exhaust hangers). The construction
of this superb replica has taken over 1200 working hours including
research and building the necessary jigs.
£30,000 - 40,000
€38,000 - 50,000
This large tube chassis represents the final development of Ferrari’s
front-engined 246 Dino. Fitted with double wishbones, oil filled
dampers and disc brakes on all wheels, this was as far as Ferrari
developed their front engined Grand Prix cars. Although fast, the
handling did not match the newer mid engined cars from Lotus,
Cooper and Brabham. This prompted Ferrari to abandon the front
engined concept altogether, resulting in a change of construction
methods that required far less man hours to build a car. Racing cars
from this era were made entirely by hand. Tubes cut, formed, mitred
and welded by skilled fabricators; artisans who left their own identity
on their work. This meant that the cars became as individual as the
people who created them, with no two cars the same.
The engineer who constructed this replica began to be interested
in cars began at a very young age which resulted in him restoring a
classic car at the age of 17. He began his career in the late 1970s by
starting an engineering apprenticeship with the Post Office (now British
Telecom) in London. After 12 years with the Post Office he left London
to start a new type of career with a Ferrari specialist in the Cotswolds
where he built a replica 246 Dino for a customer, who unfortunately
had to shelve the project before it was completed. He then left to join
a small outfit of very enthusiastic craftsmen who specialised in veteran
and vintage car restoration and who were also completing a batch of
Fraser Nash Le Mans replicas. He built the last three of the batch.He then went to work for Pangolin Editions, a world renowned foundry
in the Cotswolds, noted for its high quality sculptures. He decided to
create this Dino chassis as a tribute to the craftsmen of a time long
gone, when skills were to be found in abundance and were passed on
to the next generation and regards this chassis as a relevant example
of how times have changed in the world of motor sport, he hopes it will
appeal to people who would relish being given the opportunity to be
able to recreate a car of historical importance and rarity.158 - 200
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