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0522/M
Engine no.
0522 M
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Carrozzeria Scaglietti
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1955
Manufacturing
1955
Chassis no. 0522/m
Manufacturer: GILCO
1955
Engine no. 0522 m
Manufacturer: FERRARI AUTOMOBILI (IT)
Note: Lampredi engine - Tipo 119, internal no. 8 MZ
1955
Body
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Scaglietti
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
1955
Interior
Material: Leather
Seats: Red
From March 1955
to 1955
to 1955
Owner: Franco Cornacchia (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver and "the first and most important Ferrari dealer in Italy."
8th May 1955
Event: Coppa della Lombardia
Locality: Monza (IT)
Number: #338
Driver: Franco Cornacchia (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNS
15th May 1955
Event: VIII Gran Premio Bari - II Sei Ore Notturna
Locality: Bari, Italia (IT)
Number: #4
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 2000 cmc
Driver: Francisco "Chico" Sacco Landi (BR)
Results / Prizes: 9th OA
Laps: 46
Note: Four laps behind the winner.
29th May 1955
Event: G.P. Supercortemaggiore
Locality: Monza (IT)
Number: #20
Team: SCUDERIA DELLA GUASTALLA (IT)
Driver: Franco Cornacchia (IT)
Co-Driver: Francisco "Chico" Sacco Landi (BR)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
Laps: 151
Note: Started 6th on the grid – 2'07''8
12th June 1955
Event: XV Parma - Poggio di Berceto
Locality: Parma (IT)
Number: #208
Class: Oltre 2000 cmc
Driver: Franco Cornacchia (IT)
Results / Prizes: 7th OA / 3rd CL
Time: 28'08''1/5
Note: Average speed: 107.688 km/h
6th November 1955
Event: I Gran Premio Internacional de Venezuela
Locality: Caracas, Venezuela (VE)
Number: #14
Team: SCUDERIA DELLA GUASTALLA (IT)
Driver: Francisco "Chico" Sacco Landi (BR)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Laps: 42
Note: Clutch issues led to a retirement on lap 42.
From 1955
to 1973
to 1973
Plate: SNV 919
Country: US
From 1955
to 1955
to 1955
Owner: Briggs S. Cunningham (US)
Purchase price: $53'000.
Famous owner: American entrepreneur, sportsman, racing driver, team owner and car constructor.
1955
Record: On sale by Otto Zipper Motors in Los Angeles.
From 1955
to 1955
to 1955
Owner: Ernie McAfee (US)
Famous owner: American racing driver, engineer and car dealer, and one of the central figures of Southern California sports car racing in the early 1950s.
1955
Record: At Ernie McAfee's showroom in Los Angeles, CA (USA)
1955
Record: At Ernie McAfee's showroom in Los Angeles, CA (USA)
From 1955
to May 1957
to May 1957
Owner: Alan LeMay (US)
Famous owner: American novelist, short-story writer and screenwriter, best remembered for his Western fiction.
20th October 1956
Event: 2nd Running Pomona Road Races - Race 8
Locality: California, USA (US)
Number: #179
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified over 1500 cc.
Driver: Robert "Bob" Path (US)
Results / Prizes: 9th OA
Note: Jack McAfee is shown seated in the car in the paddock, possibly during a test session. At the time, the Ferrari was being raced by Bob Path on loan from its owner, Alan Brown LeMay.
4th November 1956
Event: First Palm Spring National Championship Road Races - Seventh Race
Locality: Palm Springs (US)
Number: #79
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified over 1500 cc.
Driver: Robert "Bob" Path (US)
Co-Driver: Robert LeMay (US)
Results / Prizes: 14th OA
Laps: 35
Note: Car on loan from Alan LeMay – damage to the left front fender and headlight.
From 20th January 1957
to 21st January 1957
to 21st January 1957
Event: 3rd Running Pomona Road Races - Pomona Consolation Race Classes
Locality: Pomona (US)
Number: #179
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified over 1500 cc.
Driver: Bill Pollack (US)
Results / Prizes: DNA
Note: Car on loan from Alan LeMay
19th May 1957
Event: 7th Running Santa Barbara Road Races - Sport
Locality: Santa Barbara (US)
Number: #179
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified plus 1500 cc.
Driver: Robert "Bob" Path (US)
Results / Prizes: 8th OA
Note: Car on loan from Alan LeMay. 2 laps behind the winner.
From July 1957
to December 1957
to December 1957
Owner: Jack Bates (US)
Famous owner: American sports car enthusiast and amateur racing driver active in Southern California during the 1950s.
From 27th July 1957
to 28th July 1957
to 28th July 1957
Event: Running Pomona Road Races
Locality: California, USA (US)
Number: #38
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified
Driver: Jack Bates (US)
Results / Prizes: 5th OA
Note: 1m33s0000 behind the winner
1957
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Scaglietti
Colour: Grey
31st August 1957
Event: Santa Barbara Road Races Preliminary
Circuit: Goleta Air Field, Santa Barbara
Number: #38
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified
Driver: Jack Bates (US)
Results / Prizes: 8th OA
Note: 33s0000 behind the winner
1st September 1957
Event: Santa Barbara Road Races
Circuit: Goleta Air Field, Santa Barbara
Locality: California, USA (US)
Number: #38
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified
Driver: Jack Bates (US)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: A photographic sequence documents Bob Path pushing the car hard, running long into a corner and leaving the track before making light contact with what appear to be soft fabric barriers, possibly intended for dust or noise control. The resulting dents on the left rear body side are visible in the same images. A later report also records an accident involving Jack Bates of Altadena during the main event, when his Ferrari left the course coming out of Turn 3 and skidded along the edge of the track. Bates was uninjured, while the car was described as “a little the worse for wear.”
21st September 1957
Event: Riverside International Motor Raceway, Sports Cars Road Races - Preliminary Modified
Locality: Riverside (US)
Number: #38
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified over 1500 cc.
Driver: Jack Bates (US)
Note: The Mobil/Mobilgas Flying Red Horse emblem appears in a different size and position on the car between the 21 September 1957 Riverside Preliminary Modified race and the 22 September 1957 Riverside Sports Car race, suggesting that the decal may have been repositioned or replaced between the two events.
22nd September 1957
Event: Riverside International Motor Raceway, Sports Car Road Races
Locality: Riverside (US)
Number: #38
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified over 1500 cc.
Driver: Jack Bates (US)
Results / Prizes: 5th OA
Note: 1m44s0000 behind the winner. The Mobil/Mobilgas Flying Red Horse emblem appears in a different size and position on the car between the 21 September 1957 Riverside Preliminary Modified race and the 22 September 1957 Riverside Sports Car race, suggesting that the decal may have been repositioned or replaced between the two events.
From 26th October 1957
to 27th October 1957
to 27th October 1957
Event: Fifth Running Pomona Sports Car Road Races
Locality: Pomona (US)
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified over 1500 cc
Driver: Jack Bates (US)
17th November 1957
Event: First Riverside National Championship Sports Car Races
Locality: Riverside (US)
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified over 1500 cc
Driver: Jack Bates (US)
8th December 1957
Event: Paramount Ranch
Locality: California, USA (US)
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified over 1500 cc.
Driver: Jack Bates (US)
Results / Prizes: DNS
Note: During a practice session, Jack Bates suffered an engine failure in his Ferrari Monza. Contemporary reports noted that, having recently left the Mead Chevrolet team, the incident likely left him without a racing mount.
1958
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Scaglietti
Colour: Blue
1958
Record: On Sale by Otto Zipper Motors in Los Angeles.
From 1959
to May 1985
to May 1985
Owner: Briggs S. Cunningham (US)
Famous owner: American entrepreneur, sportsman, racing driver, team owner and car constructor.
1960
Record: Cunningham displayed the car in his automotive museum in Costa Mesa, California
1960
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Scaglietti
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
1975
Record: Car photo.
1975
Record: Car photo.
1975
Record: Car photo.
1975
Record: Car photo.
1975
Record: Car photo.
1975
Record: Car photo.
1975
Record: Car photo.
1975
Record: Car photo.
1975
Bibliography: Batchelor Dean, Ferrari - The Early Spyder & Competition Roadsters , Db Publications,motorbooks International, n.p. 1975
1983
Bibliography: Prunet Antoine, Ferrari Sport E Prototipi , Automobilia L.d.a., n.p. 1983
From May 1985
to 1985
to 1985
Owner: Augie Pabst (US)
Purchase price: $35,000.
Famous owner: American racing driver and prominent figure in postwar American road racing. He later held a management role in the family business, the Pabst Brewing Company.
From 1985
to 1986
to 1986
Owner: Bill Schley (US)
Note: Wisconsin-based collector
21st July 1985
Event: Chicago Historic Races at Road America Elkhart Lake
Driver: Augie Pabst (US)
From 1986
to 1987
to 1987
Owner: Mark J. Smith (US)
Purchase price: $110,000.
Famous owner: American car dealer, enthusiast and collector, best known for his deep knowledge of original and unrestored historic automobiles.
Note: Dealer.
From 1987
to 6th March 2026
to 6th March 2026
Owner: Anthony Wang (US)
Purchase price: $440,000.
Famous owner: American Ferrari collector associated with one of the most significant private Ferrari-focused collections in the United States.
1988
Bibliography: Oosthoek Willem, Sports Car Racing In The South: Texas To Florida 1957-1958 , Dalton Watson - Fine Books, n.p. 1988
1998
Bibliography: Unknown author, 1000 Km Di Monza: Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo , Unknown publisher, n.p. 1998
2004
Bibliography: Frère Paul, Triumph And Tragedy - The 1955 World Sports Car Season. , Automobiles Historiques Limited, n.p. 2004
September 2007
Bibliography: Adriaensens Tony, Weekend Heroes , Corsa Research Photo Archive - Corsa Research Bvba, n.p. 2007
2009
Bibliography: Bertei Gianfranco, Parma - Poggio Di Berceto 1955/2005 , Scuderia Parma Auto Storiche, n.p. 2009
April 2013
Bibliography: Perla Michele, Gran Premio Di Bari 1947-1956 , Libreria Automotoclub Storico Italiano, n.p. 2013
April 2013
Bibliography: Oosthoek Willem, Sports Car Racing In The South Texas - Florida 1959-1960 , Dalton Watson - Fine Books, n.p. 2013
2020
Bibliography: Adriaensens Tony, Weekend Heroes Ii - Vol. 3 , Corsa Research Photo Archive - Corsa Research Bvba, n.p. 2020
15th January 2026
Record: Chassis and Engine number Photos.
5th March 2026
Event: Gooding Christie's Amelia Island Auctions
Locality: Contea di Nassau (US)
Note: Lot n.129; Estimate value Dollar; Estimate value Country US; Estimate $3,500,000 - $4,500,000; Sold $3,085,000.
From 6th March 2026
to currently
to currently
Owner: Private collection
18th June 2026
Identification document: Automotive Masterpieces declaration AU-16282 car officially counted among the Automotive Masterpieces in its eligible categories.
18th June 2026
Identification document: Rina Certificate N. RAM-61 for the historical research conducted on the car through a validation process of its proven historicity and provenance by Automotive Masterpieces.
27th March 1955
Event: Corsa in salita sulle Torricelle
Locality: Verona (IT)
Number: #242
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Class: Oltre 1100 cmc
Driver: Franco Cornacchia (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
Time: 3'00''8
Note: Some authoritative sources attribute the car’s first recorded competition appearance to the March 1955 Corsa in Salita sulle Torricelle with Cornacchia; however, this entry requires further verification, as the images found appear to show the car with only two engine-cover hooks, rather than the four originally recorded for 0522/M.
From 1958
to 1st April 1960
to 1st April 1960
Owner: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Famous owner: US Racing Driver
From 18th January 1958
to 19th January 1958
to 19th January 1958
Event: 3rd Annual Frostbite Races - Race 3
Circuit: Eagle Mountain National Guard Base
Locality: Fort Worth (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified 1
Driver: Jim Hall (US)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA / 1st CL
Laps: 10
From 29th August 1958
to 31st August 1958
to 31st August 1958
Event: Mansfield Labor Sports Car Races - Race 4 Preliminary
Circuit: De Soto Parish Airport
Locality: Mansfield (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified 3
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA
Route: 19.2 miles
Laps: 8
From 11th October 1958
to 12th October 1958
to 12th October 1958
Event: Eagle Mountain Fort Worth National Guard base - Race 6
Locality: Hudspeth County (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 12th OA
Route: 58 miles
Laps: 20
From 6th December 1958
to 7th December 1958
to 7th December 1958
Event: The Hondo Prix-View Race - Race 3
Circuit: HongoAir Force Base
Locality: Hondo (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified 1
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA
Route: 29 miles
Laps: 10
From 6th December 1958
to 7th December 1958
to 7th December 1958
Event: The Hondo Prix-View Race - Race 6
Circuit: HongoAir Force Base
Locality: Hondo (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified 1
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
Route: 43 miles
Laps: 15
From 4th April 1959
to 5th April 1959
to 5th April 1959
Event: The Carrera del Alamo International - Race 4
Circuit: HongoAir Force Base
Locality: Hondo (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: C Modified 1
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA
Route: 28,6 miles
Laps: 10
Note: First race with the enlarged to 3.5 litres and reclassified as a C Modified (CM) car.
From 4th April 1959
to 5th April 1959
to 5th April 1959
Event: The Carrera del Alamo International - Race 7
Circuit: HongoAir Force Base
Locality: Hondo (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: D Modified 2
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
Route: 28,2 miles
Laps: 20
From 27th June 1959
to 28th June 1959
to 28th June 1959
Event: 3rd Annual Golden Days Races Galveston Island - Race 3
Locality: Galveston (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 8th OA
Route: 28 miles
Laps: 10
From 27th June 1959
to 28th June 1959
to 28th June 1959
Event: 3rd Annual Golden Days Races Galveston Island - Race 6
Locality: Galveston (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 11th OA
Route: 56 miles
Laps: 20
From 5th September 1959
to 6th September 1959
to 6th September 1959
Event: Mansfield Labor Day Sports Car Races - Race 5
Locality: Mansfield (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: C Modified 3
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 5th OA
Route: 19,2 miles
Laps: 8
From 5th September 1959
to 6th September 1959
to 6th September 1959
Event: Mansfield Labor Day Sports Car Races - Race 8
Locality: Mansfield (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: C Modified 2
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
Route: 19,2 miles
Laps: 15
From 9th April 1960
to 10th April 1960
to 10th April 1960
Event: 2nd The Carrera del Alamo International - Race 4
Circuit: HongoAir Force Base
Locality: Hondo (US)
Number: #91
Category / Group: Sport
Class: C Modified 1
Driver: Richard "Dick" McGuire (US)
Results / Prizes: 7th OA
Route: 28,2 miles
Laps: 10
From 9th April 1960
to 10th April 1960
to 10th April 1960