FROM KNOWN HISTORY TO VERIFIED DETAIL

STARTING POINT
The car was already a highly important former works Ferrari, with a substantially known and correctly documented history. However, as often happens with cars of this level and complexity, some sources had occasionally attributed to it events or configurations that belonged to other chassis, while certain visual and race-specific details had never been fully described. The aim was therefore not to rewrite the car’s history, but to refine it, verify a few debated points and complete the documentation with more precise evidence.

RESEARCH
The research work focused on the detailed comparison of period documentation and photographic evidence. During the process, previously unpublished photographs were located and proved especially valuable in identifying specific features of the car, such as the shape and position of the side air outlets on the front wings and rear quarters. These details helped distinguish this chassis from the other 330 LM Berlinettas and confirm its configuration in the events in which it took part. This analysis made it possible to clarify minor attribution issues and to document details that had not previously been clearly described. Race photographs, for example, allowed the configuration of the car at Sebring and Le Mans to be examined in detail: the Scuderia Ferrari shield appearing only on the left side at Sebring, the race-number lights, the changing windscreen-wiper arrangement at Le Mans, and other small but significant race-specific features. These findings are not merely descriptive. They help define a more precise historical identity for the car and provide practical guidance for its correct presentation, whether for restoration, concours display or future historical documentation.