Essen, December 5, 2001 |
An important show |
The so-called ”Showcenter” is an important part of the Essen Motor
Show that usually combines special exhibitions of cars, design
studies etc. belonging to certain themes. In 2001, the major theme
was ”The Cars of the Sports Car World Championship”. |
Many years of this constructors’ World Championship — started in 1953 — were represented by the very type of car
which dominated that particular year’s season. Ferrari has always been a great and important name in sports car
racing, and thus the number of Ferrari automobiles on display was quite high: Seven Ferrari had been brought to
the exposition. Jean Sage’s impressive 375 MM Berlinetta Pinin Farina s/n 0358AM from 1953 was the earliest car
on show, followed by the fully rebuilt 857 S Spider Scaglietti s/n 0578M; the latter car dates from 1956 and is
currently owned by British dealer David Clark of Taylor & Crawley. Unfortunately the organizers could not persuade
any owner of one of the desirable 250 Testa Rossa Spider Scaglietti to give a car on loan for the Motor Show —
instead the 1958 season was represented by a nicely done replica of a 250 TR, based on 250 GTE s/n 2349GT.
Bernie Carl did show his Dino 268 SP Spider Fantuzzi from 1961, and David Piper displayed his second 330 P
Spider Fantuzzi Rebuild using the s/n 0824. This totally rebuilt car sports the livery which it wore when Swiss driver
Tommy Spychiger died in this car in 1964: Racing Red with a white band. The last Ferrari on display dated from
1972: A 312 PB, s/n 0886, was provided to the show by Uwe Meißner of Modena Motorsport. |
Dealer Peter Schmitz did have a second 3500 GT Vignale Spyder on display; the car was reportedly sold during the
last days of the show. Wandering through the halls, one could also see a Mistral 4,7 which was said to have once
been owned by the Ferrari Formula One driver Didier Pironi. Apart from two Ghibli coupes, there were no more
classic Maserati on show. |
Andreas Birner |
Exhibitor |
Model | s/n | Exterior/Interior | Remarks |
|
AH Car Design |
Testarossa | 88753 | red/black |
BBS |
F1-2000 Showcar | none | Marlboro red/- | mock-up only |
Coys of Kensington |
250 GT SWB Berlinetta | 3565GT | silvergrey metallic/red | plate HSL 650 |
DigiTec |
360 Modena F1 | 117601 | red/black sports seats | plate RE-F 360 |
Ing. M. Drengenberg |
365 GTB/4 Comp. Conv. | 15723 | red w/NART band/blue | Bernd Cohnen’s car |
Freunde der Sorgenkinder |
360 Challenge | 118530 | red & yellow/red cloth | Eberhard Jung’s car |
Hamann |
360 Spider | 123978 | red/black | body-conversion |
Hankook |
F355 berlinetta | 100760 | red/black | plate HR-K 104 |
Huberti / Modena Motorsport |
250 GT PF Coupé | 1123GT | dark blue/tan | asking 180.000,-DM |
275 GTS | 07521 | red/black | asking 380.000,-DM | |
330 GTC | 10641 | silvergrey metallic/red | asking 265.000,-DM | |
365 GT 2+2 | 11533 | light metallic blue/black | asking 165.000,-DM | |
512 BBi | 45049 | black/black | asking 129.800,-DM |
Inden Design |
360 Modena F1 | 125245 | black/black sports seats | 19’’ wheels; Challenge |
grille |
MAE |
360 Modena F1 | 125009 | yellow/black sports seats | 19’’ wheels |
Sachs |
F399 Formula 1 | 196 | Marlboro red/- |
SKN Tuning |
360 Spider | 120687 | red/black | ass# 37718 |
Sportwagen Design & Tuning |
Testarossa | 66527 | black metallic/black | 512 TR-conversion |
E. Thiesen KG |
512 BBi | 42875 | red/tan |
Top Cars Essen |
Dino | 246 GT | 03320 | black/tan | plate DO-GT 246 |
308 GTB Vetroresina | 19347 | dark metallic blue/blue | reportedly ex-Qatar |
Weiland HandelsgmbH |
F50 | 106135 | red/black-red | #179/349; 485.000,-€ |
360 Modena | 118573 | silver metallic/black |
|
Auto Becker |
3500 GTi Vignale Spyder | AM101.2755 | dark met. grey/black |
Mistral Spyder 3,7 | AM109.SA679 | dark met. grey/red | plate KA-KP 311H |
Spyder CC | ? | yellow/black | |
Spyder CC | ? | silver metallic/black |
Automobiliafarbik |
Ghibli 4,7 | ? | red/black | 69.500,-DM |
AZEV |
Spyder CC | ? | metallic black/black | 18’’-wheels |
Peter Schmitz |
3500 GT Vignale Spyder | AM101.1353 | light met. green/black |
? (private) |
Mistral 4,0i | AM109A11460 | steel blue met./brown | plate D-RM 134H |
? (private) |
Ghibli 4,7 | ? | silvergrey met./black | plate DE-66-62 |
|
375 MM Berlinetta P.F. |
0358AM | dark red/black | Showcenter (Jean Sage) |
857 S Spider Scaglietti |
0578M | red white nose/blue cloth | Showcenter (David Clark) | engine #0688M |
250 TR Spider Scagl. |
2349GT | red w/white band/black | Showcenter (Neil Twyman) | Replica |
Dino 268 SP Spider |
0798 | red/blue cloth | Showcenter (Bernie Carl) |
330 P Spider Fantuzzi |
"0824" | red w/white band/cloth | Showcenter (David Piper) | 2nd of two replicas by |
Piper |
312 PB |
0886 | red & yellow/cloth | Showcenter (Uwe Meißner) |
Sbarro Christelle |
83544 | silver metallic/red | Showcenter | plate VD 499120; Mondial t |
|
Buran |
? | Silver metallic/brown | Showcenter (Giugiaro) |