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Specifications
21 units built:
Vignale Berlinetta series I: 6 units
Vignale Spider series I: 14 units
Barchetta Touring: 1 unit + 1 converted from Ferrari 212 Export
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Ferrari Colombo 225, V12 (60o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
2715cc, 70.0 x 58.8 mm
8.5:1
210 BHP (155 KW) @ 7200 RPM
light alloy block and head
2 valves / cylinder, SOHC, chain driven
aspiration, natural with 3 x Weber 36 DCF Carburetors
firing order 1 - 12 - 5 - 8 - 3 - 10 - 6 - 7 - 2 - 11 - 4 - 9
water cooled
wet sump
5 speed manual gearbox
final drive, 4.66/1, Tipo 340 rear axle with conventional rear differential
dry single plate clutch
steel elliptical-section steel welded tube ladder type rolling chassis, aluminium Berlinetta/Spider Vignale Series I bodyshell
f suspension unequal-length wishbones, transverse leaf spring, hydraulic shock absorbers
r suspension live axle, twin semi-elliptic springs, hydraulic shock absorbers
worm-and-wheel steering
hydraulic drum brakes all around
length 3800 mm
width 1570 mm
height 1400 mm
wheelbase 2250 mm (88.6 in)
f/r track 1278 mm (50.3 in) / 1250 mm (49.2 in)
tires, front 5.50 x 16", rear 6.00 x 16"
850kg
fuel tank, 150 lt
drag coefficient, 0.45
Results in famous races (until 1952) and in WSCC (1953+)
Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | ||||||||
Sebring | Mille Miglia | Le Mans | Targa Florio | Dolo miti | Good wood | Carrera Pan | |||
Date | 15/3 | 4/5 | 15/6 | 29/6 | 13/7 | 16/8 | 23/11 | ||
Team | 12h | 1600km | 24h | 576km | 300km | 9h | 3000km | ||
Scuderia Ferrari, 0152EL (Berlinetta) | #537, 9th | #30, igni tion* | |||||||
Scuderia Ferrari, 0194ET (Spider) | #610, dnf | #58, 11th* | #109, 15th* | #20, 2nd* | |||||
Jim Kimberly/ Marshall Lewis, 0220ET (Spider) | #55, dns | ||||||||
Franco Bordoni/ Geronimo, 0164ED (Berlinetta) | #533, 10th | ||||||||
Augusto Caraceni/ Franco Meloni, 0170ET (Berlinetta) | #552, dnf | ||||||||
Mario Bornigia/ Franco Bornigia | #606, dnf | ||||||||
Scuderia Marzotto, 0172ET (Spider) | #615, eng ine | #92, 1st | |||||||
Scuderia Marzotto, 0154ED (Spider) | #625, gear box | #48, dns | #101, 5th | ||||||
Scuderia Guastalla, 0162ED (Spider) | #622, fire | ||||||||
Eugenio Castellotti/ Annibale Broglia, 0166ED (Barchetta) | #629, dnf | in entry list | |||||||
Bruno Sterzi/ Rovelli, 0178ED (Berlinetta) | #603, dnf | ||||||||
Guido Mancini | #24, dnf | ||||||||
Luigi Piotti, 0104E (212 Export Touring Barchetta 225 engine) | #97, 14th | ||||||||
G. Caprara, 0214ED (Spider) | #19, 3rd | ||||||||
Carlo Gazzabini/ Mario Marcianti, 0074E (212 Export Coupe Motto) | #553, dnf | ||||||||
Total points 36 |
3 | 16 | 17 | ||||||
Statistics | |||||||||
Works Starts/finishes 20/9 | 1/0 | 9/2 | 1/0 | 3/1 | 4/4 | 2/2 | |||
Drivers | Team entries and car number | ||||||||
Scuderia Ferrari | |||||||||
Antonio Brivio Sforza | 537 | ||||||||
Pasquale Cassani | 537 | ||||||||
Piero Scotti | 610 | ||||||||
Giulio Cantini | 610 | ||||||||
"Pagnibon" | |||||||||
Pierre Boncompagni "Pagnibon" | 30 | ||||||||
Tom Cole | |||||||||
Tom Cole | 30 | 58 | 109 | 20 | |||||
Whitehead | 20 | ||||||||
Scuderia Marzotto | |||||||||
Paolo Marzotto | 615 | 92 | |||||||
Marino Marini | 615 | 92 | |||||||
Vittorio Marzotto | 625 | 48 | 101 | ||||||
Otello Marchetto | 625 | ||||||||
Scuderia Guastalla | |||||||||
Clemente Biondetti | 622 | ||||||||
Giorgio Ercoli | 622 | ||||||||
G. Caprara | |||||||||
Bobbie Baird | 19 | ||||||||
Roy Salvadori | 19 |
*Works cars only in Mille Miglia, all other races by private entries ("Pagnibon", and Tom Cole)

Vignale Spider series I of 1952

Vignale Berlinetta series I of 1952
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