History of chassis 012

Chassis 012 was supplied new to the British Ferrari distributor, Maranello Concessionaires, for the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours which took place over the weekend of June 18th and 19th. It replaced chassis 010 which had been loaned to the team for the Monza 1000km back in April.

012 was built in the more scarce Berlinetta trim which was better suited to high speed tracks such as Le Mans (as opposed to the slightly lighter but aerodynamically inferior Spyder variant).

Maranello Concessionaires ran three Ferraris at Le Mans in 1966: a 365 P2 for Richard Attwood / David Piper, a 275 GTB Competizione for Piers Courage / Roy Pike and the Dino for David Hobbs / Mike Salmon.

012 was painted red with a blue stripe and two-tone blue and yellow rear grilles. It lined up second fastest of the three Dinos in attendance with 29th fastest time. A best lap of 4:00:05 placed it sixth quickest of the two-litre Prototype cars that started.

Unfortunately, the race was a disaster for Ferrari and the trio of 206 S in particular; all three of the Dinos had retired before the three hour mark with Hobbs / Salmon having completed 14 laps before rear axle trouble forced them out.

During the course of the next few months, chassis 012 was sold to Quebec Ferrari importer, Charles Wooley, who in turn passed it on to noted Canadian race driver, Dave Greenblatt of Toronto. The Dino would replace a 250 LM campaigned in 1965 and ‘66 (chassis 6047), prior to which he had raced Corvettes, Jaguars and Cobras as well as the Dailu sports car that Greenblatt created in conjunction with Luigi Cassiani.

In order to prepare chassis 012 for an attack on the 1967 Canadian Sportscar Championship, Greenblatt converted his newly acquired Dino to Group 7 Spyder trim. He went on to contest at least five races that season with 012’s best results having been podium finishes at Mosport and McDonald.

Dave Greenblatt retired from motor racing at the end of the 1967 season and chassis 012 did not compete in period again. The car was subsequently sold to Pittsburgh stockbroker, William ‘Bill’ McKelvy, who was the patron of Scuderia Bear.

By 1968, McKelvy had sold the car to Ralph Darlington in Michigan.

During the course of 1970-1971, chassis 012 went through the hands of dealers Harley Cluxton, William Kontes and Kirk F. White. It then passed through several US collectors before entering the long-term ownership of Cincinnati collector James Jaeger in 1983.

Notable History

Berlinetta

Maranello Concessionaires

Red with Blue stripe

19/06/1966 WSC Le Mans 24 Hours (D. Hobbs / M. Salmon) DNF (#36)

Sold to George Wooley, Quebec

Sold to David Greenblatt, Toronto

Converted to Gr.7 Spyder trim

03/06/1967 CSC Mosport (D. Greenblatt) 3rd oa (#417)
11/06/1967 CSC Mont-Tremblant (D. Greenblatt) DNF (#417)
02/07/1967 CSC McDonald (D. Greenblatt) 3rd oa (#417)
09/07/1967 CSC Shephard (D. Greenblatt) 5th oa (#417)
30/07/1967 CSC Mont-Tremblant (D. Greenblatt) ran (#417)

Sold to William McKelvy, Pittsburgh

Sold to the first of several private owners

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