Motorsport Cars
Cars designed and built specifically for automobile racing, both for mass races and for setting speed records. Unlike production sports cars for the road, racing cars have a maximally lightweight body, which lacks many important control and safety components. These cars are generally not allowed on public roads.
Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar XK120 Competition Roadster (#660578) '1951Produced in a single copy
Ferrari 340 America Barchetta (#0030MT) '1951designed by ScagliettiProduced in a single copy
At first it was Ferrari 275 S America Barchetta '1950. In 1951 the engine was upgraded to Ferrari 340 and Fontana body was mounted. Scaglietti body was mounted in 1954-55.
Ferrari 340 America Fontana Spyder (#0030MT) '1951Produced in a single copy
Fontana body was on the chassis #0030MT from 1951 to 1954.
Porsche 356 SL Coupe (#356/2-063) '1951Produced in a single copy
A racing model based on the Porsche 356 SL Gmund Coupe. It was prepared exactly for the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, when Ferdinand Porsche received a personal invitation to participate from the race organizer - Charles Faroux. A total of two cars were made. During the race, one of them got into a terrible accident, and the second one won the race in the classes of 1000 cm³ and 1500 cm³, showing an excellent average speed of 140 km/h on the lap for a liter displacement engine. It is currently in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.
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