Bonneville Legends at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts

[AJR192]

With the Leno talk, they are going to "open the hoods" and discuss the technical aspects of the cars on display. I wonder if Jay Leno or Ken Gross can descibe the technical aspects of Betsy's engine better than Al or Charlie Hamilton. $200.00 a ticket to the special event is a little extravagent to me. Cuts into my T-shirt fund at the salt. Besides I hear you can usually Catch Leno discussing cars for free at Bob's Big Boy..............

[manta22]

I've been to Leno's "Big Dog" garage in Burbank twice. Jay Leno is a bonifide car guy!

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Bonneville legends and some other cool iron: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=111053800401265205999&target=ALBUM&id=5798057746396713473&authkey=Gv1sRgCN735sm3_4C2DQ&invite=CLrC4P4H&feat=email

[nrhs sales]

The mormon meteor is one of my all time favorite Bonneville cars



That is just pure art!!!

[Glen]

I stopped by on the way to speed week and spent the day with Wes Potter seeing part of the town as well. A great show. There is a book out on the cars at the show and great pictures. Maybe someday we will see the same type vehicles in the new Bonneville museum.

[nrhs sales]

Maybe someday we will see the same type vehicles in the new Bonneville museum.

I was thinking the same thought as I was looking through this thread!!!

[Glen]

Speed,The art of  the performance automobile
ISBN -10:09836069X
ISBN - 13:-978-0-9830606-9-7

$35.00

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Glen, that book looks really good on my coffee table! I picked up one of the postcard packs, too! 

http://umfa.utah.edu/store

[Glen]

Woody, I often pull out a old book or magazine on LSR and spend a afternoon reading it. That art museum is nicely done and the store offers a lot of goodies.

[superleggera]

is the full exhibit still going on?  We just got back the silver 1954 Ferrari 375MM Coupé Scaglietti that was on display there.

[trimmers]

I believe it was supposed to end on September 16.  I took a day off from Speedweek to drive into SLC to see it.  Definitely worthwhile! 

[manta22]

is the full exhibit still going on?  We just got back the silver 1954 Ferrari 375MM Coupé Scaglietti that was on display there.

A totally cool car--- Lampredi big block?

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[superleggera]

is the full exhibit still going on?  We just got back the silver 1954 Ferrari 375MM Coupé Scaglietti that was on display there.

A totally cool car--- Lampredi big block?

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

Yes.  sn#0402AM.  Started life as a 375MM spyder racecar and rebodied for owners Roberto Rosselini / Ingrid Bergman by Scaglietti after it was heavily crashed.   I was part of the restoration team who brought it back to life and its current state.  These "big block" Ferrari's were incredibly fast in their day as spyders -- and this coupe is just a bit cleaner aerodynamically. 

[streamliner]

Yes.  sn#0402AM.  Started life as a 375MM spyder racecar and rebodied for owners Roberto Rosselini / Ingrid Bergman by Scaglietti after it was heavily crashed.   I was part of the restoration team who brought it back to life and its current state.  These "big block" Ferrari's were incredibly fast in their day as spyders -- and this coupe is just a bit cleaner aerodynamically. 

Very nice...

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Last year about this time I saw a presentation by Bill Victor on a local 1954 Ferrari 375 Plus that was factory raced, crashed and burned, stolen then restored, and rediscovered. The car is now involved in a court battle and Bill has been involved as an expert witness.

The car was supposedly bought by a local man, Karl Kleves, from James Kimberly and he swapped the engine for something. They were welding on the car and it had a full belly pan with some leaky oil in it and it caught fire.They put the fire out and moved it outside. The car body sat in a grassy field and two local guys decided to steal it. They spent several weeks cutting some grass, moving it some, repeating until they got it to the road. They got caught and did time! Another guy had stolen the ID tag and tried to sell the car, too!

Later the motor was returned and then the car went missing and now they think a private collector in Belgium has it and USA has no extradition with Belgium. A very strange tale - just my quick recall! You really can't make this Subaru up! 

Karl has since died and the family feud has begun. Estimated worth $4~$10 million!

Getting to see this Ferrari at the Speed exhibit was way cool. They were the AC Cobras of their time! 

A guy brought one of these which was great: http://www.amazon.com/BBR-Ferrari-Carrera-Panamericana-Winner/dp/B002YWZCPA

http://article.wn.com/view/2012/09/12/Karl_Kleves_junkyard_in_the_70s/
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/ferrari/1953-1955-ferrari-375-plus-ar3276.html
http://www.roadandtrack.com/auto-shows/1954-ferrari-375-plus