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20/07/2023 1:46 pm
I late 1969, flush with cash from selling Fiat 50% ownership in the company, Enzo wanted a brand new car for the new World Sports Car Championship Group 5 season. Well, actually 25 was needed for homologation, and a 3 month window to do it. The 5.0 liter V12 512S was their "Miracle Baby". Cobbled together from P4 and the 612 Can Am chassis with an ultra light weight body. Within the 25 cars would be a mix of spyders, berlinettas and long and short tails with the particular course the determining factor. With 550 horsepower, it performed well but consistently second to the Porsche 917Ks. An upgraded 512M was produced but never raced by the Ferrari team but rather sold to privateers. This was the last Ferrari dedicated to WSC racing. After this, Ferrari would totally focus on F1. This particular 512S was sold to the Barcelona based Escuderia Montjuich and is replicated in the #20 livery for the 1971 WSC Buenos Aires 1000km where the 917Ks and Alfa Romeos relegated the car to 5th place overall and 3rd in class.
Model by Mattel... It's Swell!
20/07/2023 3:12 pm
These HWE 512s are fantastic models. I wish I'd grabbed the Coupe version to go with my #55 Spyder
Topic starter
20/07/2023 3:52 pm
@gavin I really like the looks of the long tail berlinetta.
Steve Jacobs reacted
20/07/2023 6:18 pm
Fantastic Ferraris despite their loss of WSC dominance. It is too bad that Ferrari turned to Formula 1 only after this. I’m really pleased to see Ferrari back at Le Mans for its 100th Anniversary, and even better, Winning!
Rich and Gavin, I hope that you can add this current Ferrari winner to your collections once it is released. I wonder who will do it first.
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Topic starter
20/07/2023 7:26 pm
@david-green I'll cede that to Gavin. I'm more of a vintage guy.
Steve Jacobs and David Green reacted
20/07/2023 10:26 pm
Both Bburago & BBR (I think) have announced the new 499P....here's hoping the Bburago is at their Signature level.
Steve Jacobs reacted
21/07/2023 12:28 am
I think I might be old enough to remember exactly what they said on the TV commercials..."Gee it's swell, it's Mattel".
I sure as heck could be wrong but when I was a kid I remember quite a bit at least I think I do...
Steve
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21/07/2023 8:29 pm
@marty-johnson I had that ThunderBurp for decades until my kids broke it. Pull back the bolt. pull the trigger and the sound was awesome. I think I loved it too because my old man was a CGM on a destroyer and the was his weapon leading a shore patrol. I have a functioning but non-firing 1:1 with both drum and straight magazine with either the straigh fore grip or the pistol foregrip. It's a good 40 years old before all replicas had to have the barrels blocked with a dayglo red insert. It was great for playing a gangster at Halloween parties. Now I'd be scared to death to have it in my car and have a trooper stop me.
Marty Johnson and Steve Jacobs reacted
21/07/2023 11:43 pm
Dayum,
I don't ever remember seeing that ad ! I was ALWAYS into car ads / commercials.
Steve