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Ferrari 250 LM from 1964 - Ferrari's last road racer

Name: Ferrari 250 LM 1965
Brand: Ferrari

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Created on June 1, 1984

Text:

Doug Nye

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

Jochen Hätty

Dave Friedman

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Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

Jochen Hätty

Dave Friedman

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Ferrari 250 LM (1964) - am Solitude Revival 2011

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Ferrari 250 LM (1964) - am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2012 - Kategorie 'I - Heroes of Le Mans'

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Le Mans Legend 2011 - Ferrari 250LM 1964 - Sieger

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Ferrari 250 LM (1964) - am Goodwood Revival von 2011

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Le Mans Legend 2011 - Ferrari 250LM 1965

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Ferrari 330 P (1965) - Ferrari 330 P verfolgt Mark Donohue im Ferrari 250 LM (12 Stunden von Sebring 1965)

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Ford GT 40 MKII (1966) in Daytona 1966 - Ford GT40 von Chris Amon hinter zwei Ferrari 250 LM von Hawkins und Hulme

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Ferrari 250 LM Pininfarina (1964) - Teilnehmer in der Klasse G - Speed and Style - am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013

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Ferrari 250 LM (1965) - leicht zivilisierte Version von Pininfarina auf dem Genfer Salon von 1965

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Ferrari 250 LM (1963) - Blick in den Motorraum, gesehen am Pariser Salon 1963

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Ferrari 250 LM (1963) - die Strassenversion, ausgestellt am Pariser Autosalon

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Ferrari 250 LM (1965) - Präsentation am Genfer Automobilsalon 1965

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Ferrari 250 LM (1965) - Pininfarinas Prototyp mit Extra-Türchen für besseres Einsteigen

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Ferrari 250 LM (1964) - Schnittzeichnung

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Ferrari 250 LM (1964) - Ferrari 250 LM seitlich von hinten

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Ferrari 250 LM (1964) - Ferrari 250 LM seitlich

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Ferrari 250 LM Replica (1967) - verkauft von RM Auctions im Jahr 2009 in London für £ 220'000

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Ferrari 250 LM Replica (1967) - verkauft von RM Auctions im Jahr 2009 in London für £ 220'000 - die Originalfahrzeuge waren rechtsgelenkt

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Ferrari 250 P (1963) - Vorläufer des 250 LM, hier noch an der Spitze des 24 Stunden Rennens von Le Mans 1963 - John Surtees schied dann aber leider aus

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Ferrari 330 P (1963) - Scarfiotti im siegreichen Ferrari

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Ferrari 330 P (1964) - der schnelle Prototyp

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Ferrari 250 LM (1964) - Rindt und Gregory gewannen 1965 in Le Mans

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Ferrari 250 LM (1964) - Hawkins und Epstein unterwegs in der Targa Florio

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Summary

This article contains the following chapters

100 units required
Opportunities in the World Endurance Championship
Enzo Ferrari's whims
The last LM for Switzerland
Self-test
Impressive practicality
Spartan sports car interior
The Ferrari celebration begins with starting the engine
The LM, a dream car?
Weak point clutch
The racing sports car is not a road racer
Documented in a book

Estimated reading time: 13min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The idea was excellent. Ferrari had just finished the 1963 season very successfully. The 250 P, an open-top racing sports car with a mid-engine, was the dominant vehicle. The 250 GTO with a front-mounted engine, on the other hand, was getting on in years, and so a resourceful mind in the design offices in Maranello came up with the idea of giving the 250 P a roof and calling it the GT. 100 units required In order for the car to be homologated as a GT, however, 100 identical examples had to be built. This had also worked with the GTO at the time. However, the GTO was based on the 250 GT, and only 30 units were required to homologate the special GTO bodywork. However, the 250 Le Mans Berlinetta - 250 LM for short - could not be regarded as a further development of an existing production model, as only a few examples of the 250 P had been built. In April 1964, the homologation application was submitted to the FIA, but its processing was postponed until July 1964. The English Ferrari engineer Mike Parkes explained that 100 cars were under construction, and Enzo Ferrari stated in an interview that 42 were already in America. Today - after 20 years - we know that exactly 32 of the 250 LM were built, and we will probably have to attribute the figures quoted by Ferrari to southern optimism ...

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