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| The Clive Joy and Patrick Simon 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, Le Mans Classic 2016. |
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Ferrari, Maranello, Italy. The 250LM was developed out of the works 250P and retained the name even though most of them should have been called 275LM due to the cylinder capacity (the engine was originally developed for the 3 litre 250 GTO). It was intended for private racers and Ferrari had intended it to be homologated as a GT car but only produced 30 rather the necessary 100. Thus in 1964 and 1965 it raced as a prototype. Under new rules it was homologated as a Group 4 Sports car in 1966. Many continued racing internationally for many years. The most famous victory fell to the NART who won Le Mans in 1965 with Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory driving. Amazingly this was the last Ferrari overall victory at Le Mans! The cars had a Ferrari 3.3 litre V12 engine mounted behind the driver and driving the rear wheels. The chassis was steel and the body was a 2 seater berlinetta style. The one pictured above is Chassis 5907. I believe this was originally the Maranello Concessionaires UK car with which Graham Hill and Jo Bonnier won the 1964 Reims 12 hours and with which David Piper and Tony Maggs won the Rand 9 hours at Kyalami the same year. A great endurance racer and won of my favourite Ferraris of all time. A joy for us all to see Mr Joy!
