by Mike - The auction is new but the guy running it is not new. He is Rick Cole the classic car guy who started the whole auction scene in Monterey in 1986 around the Historic Races and the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance every … [Read more...]
A Ferrari Mystery – Is It The Ferrari 412S Or The Ferrari 412MI?
February 11, 2014 By 4 Comments
by Mike - After reading The Ferrari 412S story Dennis Gray, a photographer who regularly publishes in Sports Car Digest and a regular reader of My Car Quest sent this note below, Phil Hill identified the car to me as a 412MI not a 412S. The … [Read more...]
Phil Hill Drove It But George Tilp Didn’t Buy It – The Ferrari 412S
February 9, 2014 By 2 Comments
by Mike - How would you like to take a track tour with Phil Hill and Dan Gurney around Watkins Glen? Me too - read on. I was introduced to the interesting history of George Tilp by one of his nephews, Geoffrey Horton. Geoffrey introduced me to … [Read more...]
The Ferrari 750 Monza Spider Sold In Paris
February 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
by Mike - A Ferrari 750 Monza Spider race car raced by Phil Hill was up for auction at the RM auction in Paris on 5 February 2014. It is the Ferrari Monza that George Tilp once owned. In another Ferrari he installed the custom made Offenhauser … [Read more...]
This Ferrari 750 Monza Spider Once Was Powered By A Custom Offenhauser Engine? – No It Was Not
January 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
by Mike - A Ferrari 750 Monza Spider race car is up for auction at the RM auction in Paris on 5 February 2014 and was not powered by the custom Offenhauser engine commissioned by George Tilp. It is the Ferrari Monza that George Tilp once … [Read more...]
The Most Stately Offenhauser Engine – The George Tilp Offy – Once Owned By Phil Hill
January 14, 2014 By 18 Comments
by Mike In the 1950s what would you do if you had a lot of money and you wanted to own and drive race winning cars? First you would buy the best car you could find, then you would get the best drivers like Phil Hill, Dan Gurney and Richie Ginther … [Read more...]
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