1955 Ferrari Literature
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1954 Enzo Ferrari signed contract with Maurice Trintignant
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1954 Enzo Ferrari signed contract with Maurice Trintignant.

Here we have a historically VERY important Scuderia Ferrari item.

This is the original contract that Enzo Ferrari signed with Maurice Trintignant to become a Ferrari works driver in the 1954 season.

The contract is dated March 16, 1954 and covers the terms and conditions under which Trintignant will race.

To make this letter extra special, the back shows the prolongation for the 1955 season.

During these two years, Maurice Trintignant competed in 16 F1 Grand Prix for Scuderia Ferrari, raking up 1 win (Monaco 1955), 2 second places and 1 third place plus winning the 1954 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Enzo signed both the original contract on the front as well as the 1955 continuation on the back.

Comes complete with a contemporary portrait photo of Maurice Trintignant.

We can not express how rare such an item is and how important it is in the history of the Ferrari racing team.

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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.

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Price on request through info@ferraristuff.com.

Vintage Photo - Ferrari 195 Inter Vignale Coupe S/N 0099S
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Vintage Photo - Ferrari 195 Inter Vignale Coupe S/N 0099S.

This is a vintage photo of Ferrari 195 Inter Vignale Coupe in all its original splendour in ca. 1955 in the USA.

There is little known about the car except its original Italian owner and that it appears to have been in the USA as late as 1986. Nowadays the engine & chassis seem to have disappeared and the body, which was in pretty bad shape at one stage, is now on a 212 Europa Coupe (S/N 0269EU) which presumably resides in Australia.

In this picture the car sports a 1955 Massachusetts license plate and the setting appears to be correct for that period.

The photo carries a print date stamp of November 1970 on the RH edge.

A truely unique opportunity to acquire a photograph of a "vanished" Vignale Ferrari!

The photo measures some 7.5 x 7.5 cm (or 3 x 3 inches) and is in excellent condition for its age.

Only 1 available.

Vintage 1955 photo of Ferrari 750 Monza S/N 0514M at the Goodwood 9 Hours with Jonneret and Wharton
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Vintage 1955 photo of Ferrari 750 Monza S/N 0514M - Goodwood 9 Hours - Jonneret / Wharton.

This is a vintage photograph of the Ferrari Monza 750 of Ken Wharton & Jacques Jonneret en route to a DNF in the 1955 Goodwood 9 Hours.

The car was owned by Ken Wharton who got killed in it at Ardmore, New Zealand on January 12, 1957.

One source mentions no further racing activities with it but we found some information that later on the car was apparently owned by Bill Thomasen of New Zealand who raced it quite extensively in NZ during 1960 & 1961.

After this, the car got a Chevrolet Corvette engine implanted and now seems to reside at a NZ museum.

The photo measures some 11.5 x 9 cm or 8.5 x 6.5 inches.

The back carries NO photographer's stamp.

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

Only 1 available.

Vintage 1955 photo of Paul Frere at the European Grand Prix at 1955 on Ferrari 555 Supersqualo
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Vintage 1955 photo of Paul Frere- Grand Prix Monaco (Europe) 1955 - Ferrari 555 Supersqualo.

This is a vintage 1955 photo of the great Paul Frere at the wheel of the Ferrari Super Squalo 555 that he would share with Piero Taruffi for the 1955 Grand Prix of Monaco which was name Grand Prix of Europe at that occassion.

The duo would finish the race in 8th place (out of 9 finishers...) and not less than 14 laps behind winner Maurice Trintignant on Ferrari 625.

The photo measures some 17 x 12 cm or 6.5 x 5 inches.

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

The back carries NO reference to the possible photographer.

Only 1 available.

Vintage June 1955 Domenica del Corriere Alberto Ascari deadly crash in Ferrari at Monza
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Vintage June 1955 Domenica del Corriere - Alberto Ascari deadly crash.

This is a vintage & original June 5 1955 issue of Italian magazine "Domenica del Corriere" which pays attention to the untimely death of Italian racing ace Alberto Ascari.

On May 26, 1955 Alberto tried out the Ferrari 750 Monza (S/N 0562M) which he was to share with Eugenio Castellotti at the Autodromo di Monza. In the third lap, the car started to skid unexplicably, summersaulted and Alberto was slung from the car onto the track where he died a couple of minutes later.

The (fast!) corner where this accident happened, the "Curva di Vialone", was later renamed "Variante Ascari" in his honour.

Since there is no photographic account of the accident itself or the aftermath, the magazine had to make do with a more than excellent and very dramatic artist's impression which shows Alberto being slung from the car. That image is used on a full page which makes it excellently suited for framing.

Furthermore, there is a full page account of the accident including drawings of the path of the car and it pays attention to earlier, similar, accidents and the crash of Alberto's father, Antonio Ascari, at Montlhery in 1925.

Excellent condition for its age!

Only 1 available.

Vintage 1955 Mille Miglia photo Ferrari 118 LM S/N 0484LM and Maserati 300S S/N 3054 Taruffi / Perdisa
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This is a vintage 1955 photo of Piero Taruffi in his # 727 Ferrari 118LM (S/N 0484LM) chasing Cesare Perdisa in his # 728 Maserati 300S Fantuzzi (S/N 3054) during the 1955 Mille Miglia.

Given the fact that the startnumber indicates the actual starting time (i.e. 727 started at 7.27 AM; 728 at 7.28 AM) Taruffi already made up 1 minute on Perdisa so this must be rather early on in the race and Perdisa even finds time to wave at the crowd.

Eventually none of the two cars & drivers would make it to the finish; Taruffi dropping out after exactly 5 hours, 4 minutes and 54 seconds with a broken oil pump and Perdisa a mere 15 minutes later for reasons unknown to us.

Both cars surive to this day.

The photo measures some 22 x 17 cm or 8.7 x 6.7 inches and carries the stamp of the photographer on the back.

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

Only 1 available.

1955 Photo of Ferrari 500 Mondial Spyder Pininfarina S/N 0424MD at the Criterium Neige et Glace
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1955 Photo of Ferrari 500 Mondial Spyder Pininfarina S/N 0424MD at the Criterium Neige et Glace.

This is a 1955 photo of the 500 Mondial of Mr. Dupont during its last race, the Criterium Neige et Glace in France.

After this rally, Mr. Dupont traded the car with the Ferrari factory on a 500 Mondial Scaglietti which was consequently stamped with the same S/N, 0424MD.

The original 0424MD, the car in this picture, has vanished in the mists of time...

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

The back carries the stamp of the original press agency.

This appears to be a later print.

Only 1 available.

Vintage 1955 photo of Ferrari 121 LM S/N 0532LM at the Le Mans 24 Hours Castellotti and Marzotto
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Vintage 1955 photo of Ferrari 121 LM S/N 0532LM at the Le Mans 24 Hours Castellotti and Marzotto.

This is a vintage photo of the Ferrari 121LM of Eugenio Castellotti and Count Paolo Marzotto en route to a DNF in the 1955 running of the 24 Heures du Mans.

The car in question, Ferrari 121 LM S/N 0532LM, survives to this day and now seems to reside in Austria.

The photo measures some 11 x 8.5 cm or 4 x 3.5 inches.

The back carries NO photographer's stamp.

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

It is in mint condition for its age.

The 1955 edition of the 24 Heures du Mans is of course most infamous for the horrendous accident with Pierre Levegh's Mercedes which crashed into the main grandstand.

The race was won by Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb in their Jaguar D-Type (S/N XKD505) with a total of 307 laps to their name.

The event was equally dramatic for Ferrari as NONE of the 5 entered cars made it to the finish...

For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1955.

Only 1 available.

Vintage Original 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans Program Booklet
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Newly arrived Vintage Original 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans Program Booklet

Vintage Original 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans Program Booklet.

The booklet measures some 10.5 x 25 cm, counts 148 pages and is filled to the brim with information of the cars, the drivers, previous editions of the race, the track and of course great contemporary advertising.

The design of the 1955 program cover came from world-renowned motorsport artist Geo Ham who opted for the symbolic approach. The place is the Les Hunaudieres straight with the major contenders (Ferrari, Jaguar and Cunningham) storming towards the Mulsanne corner with the pedal to the metal...

The 1955 edition of the 24 Heures du Mans is of course most infamous for the horrendous accident with Pierre Levegh's Mercedes which crashed into the main grandstand.

The event was equally dramatic for Ferrari as NONE of the 5 entered cars made it to the finish...

The race was won by Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb in their Jaguar D-Type (S/N XKD505) with a total of 307 laps to their name.

For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1955.

Very good condition for its age with some minor foxing to the covers and comes complete with an "Ozo Fuels" page marker and reproduction tableau de pointage.

Only 1 available.