2016 Featured Marque
PHOTO BY DENNIS COHEN
£ 2 003 FERRARI ENZO and 1962 FERRARI 250 GTO 4-LITRE PROTOTIPO
THE ALL-AMERICAN WORKHORSE THE PICKUP TRUCK IS A TRULY American invention, and it has its origins in custom bodies for hauling cargo that were put on Ford and Dodge chassis in the 1910s and 1920s. Today, of course, the pickup truck is ubiquitous in the U.S., and more often than not, is used as a family passenger vehicle rather than an actual workhorse. Terry Jacobs’s 1940 International D2 is a nice example of the days when trucks were meant for work, but still had a utilitarian charm. Jacobs’s D2 is back from a relatively recent 10-month, ground-up restoration featuring a fresh coat of its original light shade of factory green. The 4,600-pound International is powered by a 6-cylinder, 213 cubic-inch motor mated to a three-speed transmission that is shifted from the floor. Another unique truck on hand for the Concours is the 1961 Corvair Rampside pickup of Joe Slagle from London, Ohio. Most car people know the story of the Corvair—Chevrolet’s innovative but short-lived rear-engine, air-cooled automobile—but not many realize there’s a pickup version. One of the most novel features of this pickup is its “rampside” door, which lowers down from the side of the bed and forms a ramp upon which heavy cargo can be rolled into the cargo bed.
24 | Ault Park Concours d’Elegance
FERRARI ON DISPLAY The Cincinnati Gang’s passion for speed lives on today with the tristate region’s remarkable trove of historically significant Ferraris, several of which can be seen at this year’s Ault Park Concours. Concours attendees, for example, will have a chance to see two of local collector Jim Jaeger’s insanely rare Ferraris: a 1962 250 GTO and a 1967 GTB/4*S N.A.R.T. Spider. Fewer than 40 GTOs were made between 1962 and 1964, and many consider them to be the most beautiful and highly coveted Ferraris ever made. Jaeger’s GTO is one of the rarest in existence being one of only two that were originally fitted with a larger 4-liter V12, hence it had a “330 LM” designation when it raced at LeMans in 1962. It now has the normal 3-liter engine installed with a “250” designation, named for the fact that each cylinder has 250 cubic centi-
meters of displacement. Jaeger’s 1967 GTB, a gorgeous open-top example, derives the “N.A.R.T.” part of its name from the North American Racing Team. Luigi Chinetti, so instrumental in Ferrari’s early history in America (including the earlier mentioned association with Ebby Lunken) formed his own American-based Ferrari racing team in 1958. The team actively campaigned until 1982, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1965, and collaborated with some of the world’s most renowned drivers, including Mario Andretti, Phil Hill, and Pedro Rodriguez. The story goes that Chinetti requested Ferrari make a convertible “Spider” version of its 275 so that he could market the 275 in top down–loving America. Thus these beauties, only 10 of which were produced, have been evermore known as “N.A.R.T. Spiders.” Remarkably, one of Chinetti’s