A few more pics of the Ferrari Testarossa "swarm" on 25th Sept.

[MerlintheMad]

Back in the "What did you do to your Stinger today" thread (iirc), I posted some pics that the cook of the Silver Fork Lodge took of the Ferraris that pulled into the parking lot and the owners had lunch. As they drove down Big Cottonwood canyon, my wife and I were coming up and we saw all c. dozen of them. I told my lifelong friend (since the 2nd grade), and Ferrari fanboy, about this unexpected encounter and he was envious and incredulous to say the least. He went looking for more information on the Net and came across this guy's Instagram posting. His caption of the single pic follows:

Foreground: 1961 Ferrari 250TRI. This is THE car driven by Oliver Gendebien and Phil Hill, to victory at Le Mans in 1961. 3L V12, 300 horsepower with a top speed of 161 miles per hour. Early examples of the 250TR sell in the tens of millions - I don’t even want to know how much this one is worth. Behind THAT is something exceptionally rare - the 1960 Ferrari 246S Dino Sport Spyder. Only two were ever made, featuring a 225 horsepower V6, developed for use in Formula One. Seeing both of these incredible and rare machines start under their own power, being nearly 60 years old, left me at a complete loss for words.

I specifically remember seeing the Hill/Gendebien "sharknose" Le Mans car as it passed us; but at the time I did not realize the historical significance of the car at all.

Here's the cook's pics, in case you missed them the first time around. The aerial shots are from his drone. The video is here: Dropbox - ferrari testarossas.MOV

 

[Ozstung]

Very nice pics and narration Merlin. But did I read you were lost for words lol.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Very nice pics and narration Merlin. But did I read you were lost for words lol.

Ah, that was quoting the Instagram guy my friend discovered from his web search. Apparently he goes on Deskgram as "jp_thecarguy".

I would have found some way to describe the sound of a 60+ year-old V12 and V6 singing beside each other; and, my feelings. I'm pretty confident about that.

(edit: Deskgram, my mistake. edit-edit: Oh, Deskgram is part of Instagram: too much learning curve for this early. *sigh* "This website uses the Instagram API but is not endorsed or certified by Instagram." So, not quite "part" of Instagram": I'm still researching this place.)

(second edit: and here he is, looks locally based, at the moment; the Ferraris are right there on this top page; he's taken to taking pics of his girlfriend, lol. https://deskgram.net/jp_thecarguy)