Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa

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First TR58 build. Ettore Chimeri rented the car and entered it in Cuban Grand Prix. On February 27th, 1960 the day before the main race in the practice session, he lost control of the car, went of the road, was thrown from the car and died instantly. The car ended up in a ravine having traveled backwards into an embankment. The car was heavily damaged and Chimeri's mechanic after reporting back to Fayen decided that it was not worth the expense of recovery. In 1963 it was dumped in a Cuban Military scrapyard. In 1979 remnants were discovered in Cuba - chassis minus engine & gearbox were exported to USA and in 1999 owned by Bernie Carl.Previous owner of Ferrari 290 MM chassis #0606 thought he had purchased the remains of 250 TR58 chassis #726TR, it was sold to an Englishman in 1991, who conducted additional research and determined the car was actually chassis #0606. He passed away before being able to rectify the serial number and the car was sold to the current owner in 2003.