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In 1959 Ferrari enthusiast Howard Fuller, owner of the Fuller Brush Company, issued a special catalog to honour up-and-coming man Phil Hill.

The catalog contains many photo's of Phil racing Ferraris, at the Ferrari factory, tinkering with his cars and during leisure time.

These catalogs are now very much collector's items and a relatively rare find in mint condition.

Here we have a totally mint examply that was mailed out to Mr. Eugene H. Baker of Landisville, PA, USA.

Mr. Baker had the catalog signed by Phil Hill shortly thereafter. Phil used a black ballpoint for the signature.

Truly a rare find with this vintage autograph !

Only 1 available of course as every autographed item is unique and we provide a Certificate of Authenticity with it which guarantees that this is a genuine signature.

This is circa 1959 mechanical parts catalog for the Ferrari 250 GT PF.

It lists virtually all mechanical parts, down to the last nut & bolt but NO bodywork parts are included.

It contains 29 tables with exploded views and tables listing the individual mechanical parts of the 250 PF.

The list of tables is in Italian / English.

The details of the parts are in Italian.

Excellent condition throughout as originally issued (copy-like print) but comes in a non-original binder.

Original factory issue.

Only 1 available.

4th Edition 1959.

3 Days after the manuscript was delivered to the Publishers, Mike Hawthorn was killed on the Guilford by-pass.

It tells the story of the 1958 season when Hawthorn became the first British World Champion. Ironically one of the low points of the year was the death of Hawthorn’s great friend Peter Collins.

Truly it was a disastrous year for motor racing.

Fine condition for age with minor discolorization to the dust jacket.

Only 1 available.

This was the first ever GP in the USA.

It measures approximately 7 x 5 inches.

Excellent condition.

About the car:

This is S/N 0004, built in 1958 and is of the small tube chassis frame variety.

This is the same car in which Luigi Musso had his fatal accident during the French Grand Prix held at Reims on July 6, 1958.

The car was raced extensively during the 1958, 1959 and 1960 seasons and was raced by the above mentioned Luigi Musso and further by Wolfgang von Trips, Phil Hill, Jean Behra (amongst others a win at the Aintree 200, 1959), Cliff Allison, Olivier Gendebien, Froilan Gonzales and of course Tony brooks.

The car was broken up at the end of the 1960 season but somewhere during the 1960's Sir Anthony Bamford of the UK acquired the engine from the factory. In 1980 Graypaul Motors created a replica of the car which now seems to reside in Japan.

About the race:

Tony qualified 4th with a time of 3'05.9 and finished the race in in 3rd position, a royal 3 minutes behind winner Bruce McLaren on Cooper Climax.

Only 1 available.

Red, Black & white sales brochure for the 250 Pininfarina Coupe as described in Richard Merritt's book on page 167.

4 Pages.

Language: English.

Excellent condition for its age and carries the faint stamp of 1950's Scandinavian Ferrari representative Tore Bjurstrom in Orebro, Sweden neatly placed in the lower right corner of the back giving this brochure extra cachet.

Only 1 available.

It measures approximately 4.5 x 3.5 inches.

Mint condition.

Only 1 available.

It measures approximately 4.5 x 3.5 inches.

Mint condition.

Only 1 available.

This is a vintage 1959 - 1960 photo of a 250 California Spider, taken by British journalist Gordon Wilkins.

According to Rob Cole, this is S/N 1217GT. The car currently seems to reside in Japan. (Thanks to Rob for supplying this information and identifying the car).

The photos is in excellent condition for its age but does have some discolorization as visible in the scan.

It measures some 16 x 12 cm or 6 x 5 inches.

The back carries the photographer's stamp.

This is a vintage print, i.e. printed shortly after the original image was captured on film.

Only 1 available.

This is a vintage 1959 photo of the leader pack during the TT at Goodwood.

The pack consists of:

• The # 2 Aston-Martin DBR1/300 (S/N 2, would win this race) of Carroll Shelby & Jack Fairman, followed by
• The # 22 Porsche 718 RSK (would finish second) of Wolfgang Berghe von Trips & Joakim Bonnier
• The # 9 Ferrari 250 TR 59 (S/N 0770TR, would finish 5th) of Tony Brooks & Dan Gurney
• The # 24 Porsche 718 RSK (would crash out of the race) of Hans Herrmann & Chris Bristow
• Last but not least the # 10 Ferrari 250 TR 59 (S/N 0766TR, would finish 3rd) of Olivier Gendebien (other sources say that Cliff Allison drove the car until it was taken over by Phil Hill / Tony Brooks).

Both 0766TR & 0770TR have extensive racing careers and survive to this day.

The photo measures some 18 x 12.5 cm or 7 x 5 inches and is in mint condition.

The back carries NO references to the photographer.

This is a vintage print, i.e. printed shortly after the original image was captured on film.

Only 1 available.

Good condition for its age.

The cover shows the then-new Renault Floride (Renault probably paid a hefty sum to get it on the cover...).

The race was won by Roy Salvadori & Carroll Shelby in their Aston Martin DBR1/300 (S/N 2) with a total of 323 laps to their name.

For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1959.

This vintage & original 1959 photo shows Jean Behra's Ferrari 246 blowing smoke as a piston is on the way out on July 5 1959 during the French Grand Prix at Reims.

Jean ran in 6th postition when a piston expired in lap 31 which put him out of the race.

This picture is one of the last there is of Jean as a Grand Prix driver as this was formally his last Grand Prix and he died less than a month later (on August 1, 1959) when he crashed his privately owned Porsche at the AVUS ring in Berlin.

The photo measures some 17.5 x 12.5 cm or 7 x 5 inches and is in good condition.

The back carries the stamp of the photographer.

This is a vintage print, i.e. printed shortly after the original image was captured on film.

Only 1 available.

This is a vintage 1959 photo of the Garage Francorchamps entered Ferrari 250 TdF of Jean Beurlys & "Elde" during the 1959 running of the 24 Heures du Mans.

The duo managed 297 laps which was good for a 1st in class and 3rd overall behind the 2 Aston Martins of Shelby/Salvadori & Trintignant/Frere thus making it the highest placed Ferrari (!).

As far as known, this was the car's last racing outing and it now seems to reside in the USA.

The photo measures some 29.5 x 20 cm or 12 x 8 inches and is in near mint condition bar (non-sticky!) glue residue on the back.

The back carries NO references to the photographer.

This is a vintage print, i.e. printed shortly after the original image was captured on film.

Only 1 available.

This is a vintage 1959 photo of the winning trio of TdF's approaching the Parabolica bend at the Autodromo di Monza during the 1959 running of the Coppa Intereuropa.

Starting at the front, we see:

# 74 - Carlo Maria Abate in Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta TdF S/N 1333GT
# 69 - Casimiro Toselli in Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta TdF S/N 1335GT
# 77 - Alfonso Thiele in Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta TdF S/N 1389GT

The gentlemen would finish the race in the top three, with Thiele taking top honours, followed by Abate and Toselli.

The photo measures some 24 x 18 cm or some 9 x 7 inches and is in mint condition.

The back carries the stamp of the original press agency.

This is a vintage print, i.e. printed shortly after the original image was captured on film.

Only 1 available.