0238A
History
08 February 1952 | Engine completed |
1952/1953 | At the end of 1952 and the beginning of 1953 Enzo Ferrari send two faxes to Tore Bjurstom about the progress of 0238A. In these faxes Enzo Ferrari called the car a ‘Mexico’. This is why it became the knickname ‘the 5th Mexico’. |
20 January 1953 | 1st
Ferrari imported to Sweden by Tore Bjurstrom of Orebo, sold new to Severt
"Kroken" Sundberg, Sweden, plate BO 19059 Sundberg and Bjurstrom drove the car from Italy to Sweden |
01 February 1953 | Falun icerace, 1st, Sundberg. |
08 February 1953 | Fredenloppet icerace, DNF, Sundberg |
15 February 1953 | Lulea icerace, 1st, Sundberg. |
22 February 1953 |
Burtrask icerace, crashed and killed
Sundberg. |
June 1953 |
The damaged car was sent back to Vignale and rebodied like a Mexico coupe because a coupe was more safe then a spider. |
June 1953 | Valdemar Stener, Farila, Sweden, plate: BO 22498 |
13 September 1953 | Skarpnack Airfield, 3rd, Stener. |
March 1953 | Flying kilometre speed record at Lake Varpen,
Sweden. Stener 169,4 k.p.h. |
15 April 1954 | Displayed at the Stockholm Motor Show |
09 May 1954 | Djurgardsloppet,
Helsinki, 2nd, Stener, #8 |
23 May 1954 | Hedemora,
DNS, Stener. |
1954 | Pictured in the 1954 Ferrari Yearbook. |
02 or 20 February 1955 | Hindas icerace, 1st, Stener. |
01 or 06 March 1955 | Bollmas icerace, 1st, Stener. |
07 August 1955 | Swedisch
GP, 8th, Erik Karlsson (Persberg)., #9 |
1955 | Pictured in the 1955 Ferrari Yearbook. |
January 1956 | Stig
Rolle, Sweden. |
1957 | Sold to Mr. Nostrand, USA |
1966 | Vintage Car Store, Nyack, NY, USA, plate 616.207 |
1966 | Stanley Nowak sold it to Howard Nostrand NY |
- | In Kansas City. |
1986 | Robert M. Rubin, New York, NY, USA. |
1990 | Current owner, Svenljunga, Sweden. Undergoing restoration to original spider configuration. |
1996 | Featured in Forza no. 1 Spring 1996, page 54-56. |
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