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The FCA-PR has tracked down the 1958 Ferrari 250 GT once
owned by Glen Snider and driven by him at the 1975
Monterey Historics. With some searching on the
web
we found the chassis number is 0895 GT and has this
early ownership history:
0895GT
Berlinetta
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Delivered to C. Marchi, Italy, on 21st March 1958. A
Scaglietti 1958, red, regular covered headlight
Berlinetta, converted to open lights in 1959. Tipo
508C/128C. 1958: Marchi. Competition history, if any,
unknown. 1960: Sold back to Ferrari. Sold to R. W. Porta,
USA. 1960s: Sold to D. Johnson. 1975: Monterey Historic
Race: 1st in class. Sold to J. Boulware. Sold to R.
Cowherd. Sold to Glen Snider. 1977: Sold to S. Baumgard.
1983: Offered for sale by Jon Baumgartner.
More searching for 0895 GT turned up a a few more owners
and places this Ferrari has been. In the July 1999
issue Sports Car Market Michael Sheehan wrote about some
of the cars in Greg Garrison’s collection being sold, a
Tour de France S/N 0895 GT is mentioned there and is an
interesting article
to read.
Next in the time line for 0895 GT that we could find is
the
Cavallino Classic XII, Palm Beach-Moroso/FL, 23-26
January 2003
where it was listed as owned by Syd Silverman, Boca
Raton/FL.
Then it looks like 0895 GT
was offered for sale
in the UK by ClassicCarsForSale.co.uk
And after that 0895 GT looks like it started
living the good life in Europe
and ran in the 2004 Mille Migla. Described as "The very
well prepared Ferrari 250 TDF # 0895 entered
successfully - right after the big * TOUR AUTO * the
2004 Mille Miglia and finished without any problems. A
wonderful Race-Rally car from 1958"
Continuing having fun, 0895 GT, also appeared in the
2007 Mille Migla. And a journalist Henri Clavery was
the navigator and wrote up a
nice article
about his experience.
At this point the on line trail of 0895 GT goes cold.
So now the FCA-PR calls on its considerable resources.
Which starts with the FCA retired Chief Conours Judge Ed
Gilberton to ask his contacts around the globe as to who
might currently own 0895 GT. A single day goes by and Ed
reports that the 250GT LWB Berlinetta (TdF) s/n 0895GT
was sold in April 2007 by Axel Urban, Germany, to Mark
Davies, Greenwich, CT. Then contacting the FCA national
membership chair we are now in touch with Mark and he
does currently owns 0895 GT. A current picture of 0895
GT is below:
Mark takes 0895 GT for drives on of back country roads
Greenwich. Mark says it is a great car and and enjoys it
tremendously driving it virtually every day that weather
permits on the east coast.
Mark has a very busy schedule but he has put Saturday
August 16th, 2008 of the Monterey Historics on his
calendar. And there is a chance he can fit it into his
schedule and we may see 0895 GT parked next to the FCA-PR
tent at turn 5 at Laguna Seca
Mark has been kind enough to provided many current
pictures of 0895 GT and the complete history of the
car. Which have all been included on a
separate web page.
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