Ferrari 375 MM

Ferrari 375 MM

#0320AM winning 1953 Pescara Grand Prix
Overview
Manufacturer Ferrari
Production 1953-1955
Body and chassis
Class race car
Layout FR layout
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2,600 mm (102 in)
Curb weight 900 kg (1,984 lb)
See Ferrari 375 F1 for the 375 used in Formula 1 racing

Ferrari 375 MM, was a race car produced by Ferrari in 1953 and 1954. It was named "375" for the per-cylinder displacement in the 4.5L V12 engine, and the "MM" stood for the Mille Miglia race. The engine was based on its Ferrari 375 F1 counterpart, but with smaller stroke and bigger bore. The first prototype was a Vignale Spyder and 3 next cars were Pinin Farina Berlinettas, all converted from Ferrari 340 MM. Perhaps the most known 375 MM is the "Ingrid Bergman" version, commissioned in 1954 by director Roberto Rossellini for his wife, actress Ingrid Bergman. The Bergman 375 MM was subsequently bought and restored by the Microsoft executive Jon Shirley and the restoration specialist Butch Dennison. It later became the first postwar Ferrari to win Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.[1]

Individual cars[2]
model chassis coachbuilder body comment image
375 MM 0286AM Vignale Spider based on 340MM
375 MM 0318AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta based on 340MM, crashed in 1953 Carrera Panamericana where drivers Antonio Stagnoli and Giuseppe Scotuzzi died
375 MM 0320AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta based on 340 MM (video, video)
375 MM 0322AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta based on 340 MM
375 MM 0358AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta
at 1953 Carrera Panamericana
375 MM 0360AM Pinin Farina Spider
375 MM 0362AM Pinin Farina Spider Once driven by Dan Gurney. (video)
375 MM 0364AM Pinin Farina Spider Pontoon rear fenders. Sold for USD 9 million i 2013.[3]
375 MM 0366AM Pinin Farina Spider
375 MM 0368AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta
375 MM 0370AM Pinin Farina Spider (video video)
375 MM 0372AM Pinin Farina Spider (video)
375 MM 0374AM Pinin Farina Spider (video)
375 MM 0376AM Pinin Farina Spider
375 MM 0378AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta
375 MM 0380AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta
375 MM 0382AM Pinin Farina Spider the only[4] unrestored 375 MM, at Pebble Beach 2010.

Raced by Bill Spear, owned for over 30 years by physicist J. B. Gunn.

(video)
375 MM 0402AM Pinin Farina Spider Initially owned by Roberto Rossellini. Rebodied 1955 by Carrozzeria Scaglietti (video
375 MM 0412AM Pinin Farina Spider (video)
375 MM 0416AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta
375 MM 0450AM Pinin Farina Spider rebodied
375 MM 0456AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta Commissioned by Roberto Rossellini for his wife Ingrid Bergman, in a new color later available for all Ferraris as "Grigio Ingrid."[5]
375 MM 0460AM Pinin Farina Spider
375 MM 0472AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta Turin Auto Show 1955
at Turin Auto Show 1955
375 MM 0476AM Ghia Coupe (video)
375 MM 0490AM Pinin Farina Coupe "Speciale", on display Turin Auto Show 1955

References

  1. Shaun Tolson. "Robb 50 Connoisseurs: Jon Shirley". Robb Report. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. 375 MM register from www.barchetta.cc.
  3. Lot 140 1953 Ferrari 375 MM Spider at Sothebys.
  4. Alan Boe (January 2011). "375 MM 0382 AM Out of the Darkness - Once Lost and Now Found" (PDF). Cavallino (180): 33–43.
  5. "Pebble Beach best of show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
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