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  Currently being offered by  Girado & Co  the ex Derek Bell and Jackie Ickx works entered Ferrari 166/246 Dino. Stunning from any angle, the Ferrari 166/246 Dino was one of two upgraded to "Tasman" specification with a 2.4ltr V6. Girado & Co - " Though Ferrari stopped short of flying any personnel out to Sydney to directly assist with the running of the cars (it was only getting a percentage of the winnings), Maranello’s support in other ways was invaluable to Amon and his Scuderia Veloce outfit. “I greatly appreciate what Ferrari did for me because it’s a helluva long way from them,” Amon later explained. “They air-freighted out any parts we needed and they supplied all the information we asked for" "While Amon would drive the sister 246 Dino, chassis number 0008, during the 1969 Tasman Series, Derek Bell was invited to drive chassis number 0010 once again. From the off, the potent 300bhp Ferraris proved the class of the field, Amon securing a decisiv...

  Mayoreric  wrote an article of the Morini 3 1/2 based Junior Race bikes run in the Italian Championships " Up to some years ago, junior racers were allowed to run only on production model or TT Formula bikes. With the aim of participating in the Italian 1981 TT3 championship (4 stroke up to 400 cc. and 2 stroke to 250 cc.), race-bike specialist Bruno Ruozzi from Reggio Emilia decided to produce a bike starting from a damaged Morini 3 1/2, that he had bought for a few hundred thousand lire (a few hundred dollars US). It was a brave decision and it went against the current of the times: the Benelli 2 stroke - 250 cc. twins were dominating the class" The Riunite sponsored bike above is the bike prepared by Bruno Ruozzi, who, sadly I have read, passed away very recently, and was the winner of the 1984 Italian TT3 championship with Andrea Perisi in the saddle, and second in the same championship in 1985, piloted by the late Eros Manfredini. " This bike is based on a Morini ...

  Bonhams  had the Ex-Campbell Donaghy 1961 Ducati 250cc F3 Production racing bike pass through their Stafford sale in 2019. The bike that scored Ducati their first ever world championship point for one of their single cylinder bikes, finishing 5th in the Ulster Grand Prix, then a round of the World Championship. Only available in 1961 and 1962, the 250F3 (sold by UK importer Vic Camp as the Manxman) had a sandcast motor that carried over the 175's ribbed conrod and longer, stepped, crankshaft. Unlike previous F3s the 250's head incorporated bosses to allow desmo closing rockers to be fitted, and at least one left the factory so equipped. The clutch cover also omitted an inspection cover and drilling to allow a kick starter. While the bore and stroke were the same as the roadster, at 74 x 57.8mm to give 248.6cc, the carburettor was a 29mm Dell'Orto SSi 29A (rather than 27mm). The frame was unique to the 250F3, and the cycle parts were very different to the roadsters: for ...

  Buddy Elmore’s 1966 Triumph Tiger 100, one of four works supported bikes entered in that years Daytona 200. Starting from 46th on the grid due to an oil pressure problem in qualifying, he led by lap 22 to the take chequered flag averaging 96.6mph. He wasnt expected to win, or probably even finish; renowned Triumph collector and owner of the winning '66 bike Dick Shepard explains below. It was from this memorable race that the Daytona 100 was born. Triumph repeated their 66 win with a 1-2 finish in 1967, Gary Nixon this time finishing ahead of Buddy Elmore. Nixon had finished 9th in the 1966 race after a puncture sent him into the pits while fighting Elmore for the lead.  Six of Triumph engineer Doug Hele’s T100s finished in the first fifteen places of the 97 contestants in 1967. Needless to say, the new twin-carburetor Daytona models were selling at a brisk rate as a result, with many of Hele’s race bike upgrades finding their way into production over the ensuing model years...