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Title: Iso Bizzarrini, The Remarkable History Of A3/C 0222
Author: Richard Heseltine
Binding: Hardbound, slip cased
Pages: 128
Size: 11.25 in X 9.75 in
Publisher: This book is part of the Exceptional Cars series published by Porter Press International Ltd in the U.K.
It is not often that we see a book written about an individual car but that is what we have here. The car subject is the most successful Iso Bizzarrini race car, chassis number 0222.
This Iso Bizzarrini race car was the winner of the Over 5-liter Prototype class and ninth overall at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans driven by Regis Fraissinet and Baron Jean de Mortemart.
The history of Giotto Bizzarrini and racing in the 1960s is covered in addition to the specifics of how Iso Bizzarrini No. 0222 was created. A short biography of all the drivers who raced No. 0222 is in there as well.
The modern history is detailed as this race car moved from owner to owner over the years and was converted to a street car and back to a race car for historic racing and eventually ending up in the collection of Bruce Meyer in Beverly Hills, California who loves to collect Le Mans race cars.
It has many excellent old photos, several on the race track. There are recent studio photos of No. 0222 after the restoration, commissioned by new owner Bruce Meyer, to bring it back to the form as when it raced at Le Mans in 1965.
This book would make an important addition to anyone’s car book collection.
Contents of Iso Bizzarrini, The Remarkable History Of A3/C 0222
The Car
1) Ingenere Bizzarrini
2) Design and development
3) Technical analysis
The Races
4) Out on track 1964
5) ‘222’makes its debut
6) Le Mans 24 Hours
7) 12 Hours of Reims
8) Course de Cote de Mont Dore
9) 200 Miles of Zeltweg
What Bizzarrini Did Next
10) After 1965
Later life of 222
11) Restoration and revival
12) Photo gallery
Acknowledgements
Index
The Author – Richard Heseltine is a journalist and author specialising in classic and contemporary performance cars. A former staff member of Classic & Sports Car and Motor Sport, for whom he remains a regular contributor, he has also written extensively for Octane, Classic Cars and Auto Italia in addition to newspapers such as The Guardian. He has written several books on subjects as diverse as the British specialist sports car industry and coachbuilt Ferraris. He has also owned, driven and pushed countless Italian classic cars over the past 25 years.
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It’s a very special car, and it was so cool to watch it drive by at Pebble, pull into a spot in the Bizzarrini “corral” and then watch Bruce climb out with a huge smile. Thanks for the review.
CJ,
I also saw this special race car and spoke with Bruce Meyer at Pebble Beach last August – my photos are at this link – https://mycarquest.com/2016/08/bizzarrini-class-pebble-beach-awesome-part-1.html