Ferrari 125 S

COLOMBO V12 ENGINE

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Motor V12 Colombo de un Ferrari clásico con sus tapas de balancines rojas arrugadas y carburadores Weber

Colombo V12: The V12 Drawn on a Garden Table That Stayed Inside a Ferrari for Forty-Two Years Some engines get designed in proper engineering departments. Glass-walled offices, slide rules, scheduled meetings, espresso machines, the lot. And then there’s this other one, which was sketched in pencil in Milan, in August nineteen forty-five, while Italy was … Read more

FERRARI 125 S

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1947 Ferrari 125 S, the first car to bear the Ferrari name, red open sports bodywork with narrow nose and round headlights

Ferrari 125 S, A Promising Failure: How Ferrari Began with Three Broken Words May 11, 1947. Piacenza circuit, northern Italy. The first car ever to wear the Ferrari name is leading its debut race. Then a fuel pump dies. The driver pulls in. The car stops. There are two normal reactions to this scenario. One: … Read more