0895 GT, current owner Mark Davies

 

The 1958 Ferrari 250 GT once owned by Glen Snider and driven by him at the 1975 Monterey Historics is now owned by Mark Davies of Greenwich, CT. Mark has provided the ownership history and pictures of his car.  The first picture is him with 0895 GT at the 2007 Greenwhich Concours:

Mark has found a couple more links on the web both here and here that mention 0895 GT.  And found it a few publications that it has appeared in:


John Starkey: Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta "Tour de France" - color photo page 87,126,142

250 Competition Cars, Pourret, pgs 63, 64 and 346

UK FOC magazine, vol 7 number 3, pg 53-57

Prancing Horse #44 pg6, #47 pg 5,6


The original specifications of the car are:


Ferrari 250GT Tour de France

Chassis 0895GT

Engine 0895GT

Regular covered headlight alloy competition berlinetta

engine type 508C/128C


And here is the history of the car as Mark knows it:


1958 3-Mar-58 sold to Dr. Cesare Marchi

1959 during 1959Back to Ferrari converted to open headlight

1960 5-Aug-60 Montgomery GT race (New York), 3rd in GT race OA, Jack Brewer, #57

1960 24-Sep-60Watkins Glen, Jack Brewer #257 AP/BP race (13th annual grand prix, race 8, DNS)

         Jack's father was Thomas Brewer

1960 Watking Glen (Glen Trophy). 2nd OA (class bp2) / 1st in class, Bob Grossman #19

         (Brewer sold the car to Grossman in the parking lot and then Grossman raced it)

1960 late 1960sold to RW "Bob" Porta. San Francisco area

         Then to D. Johnson (USA)

         Then sold to James Boulware, Monte Sereno, CA, USA and along to R. Cowherd

1974 during 1974 or 1975sold to Glen Snider (Raced at Monterey Historics)

1975 during 1975Monterey Historic Race, 1st in class

1977 during 1977sold to Stuart Baumgartner, Escondido, CA

1979 79-80 ferrari owner's club roster, listed by Jon Baumgartner, Los Altos Hills, Ca

1982 82-83 listed in the ferrari owner's club roster, owned by Barry Baumgartner, Los Altos Hills, Ca

1982 1982 or 83 shown at Pebble Beach

1983 Oct, 22nd offered by Jon Baumgartner in the Ferrari Market Letter, Asking $70,000

1983 during oct 83Then in October 1983 sold to Stuart Baumgartner, (SF, CA)

         Then to Hollywood Movie Producer Greg Garrison

         Then to Syd Silverman (White Plains, NY) At Cavallino Jan 2000

1999 May, 2nd, car sold to Syd Silverman, White Plains NY for $525,000

2000 21-Jan-00 Ferrari Historic Challenge, Palm Beach, race 1 - disc brake cars entered by Syd Silverman

         Cavallino classic. Sunday race #57, driven by Syd Silverman

2001 Cavallino shell historic challenge

2001 august, Watkins Glen races

2002 Jan 23-27. Cavallino Ferrari Hostoric Challenge. Syd Silverman

2003 23-26 January 2003shown at cavallino classic xii by syd silverman, boac raton, florida, AI 229

2004 during 2004 car reconverted to closed headlights

2004 during 2004 tour auto

2004 march 2004 corgi tamboer, puerto rico

2004 april 2004 tour auto #163

2004 may 2004 mille milglia retrospective del valle / torres #372

         Then to Axel Urban Feb. 2004 via Rocky Santiago

         Then sold to Corky Tamboer (Puerto Rico)- Urban's partner

2005 may 2005mille milglia retrospective santiago/jeffries #291

2006 march 2006 engine rebuilt with new male pistons

2006 may 2006 mille milglia retrospective

         Then to Mark Ketcham

2007 2-Mar-07 Then sold to Mark Davies, Greenwich, CT

2007 1-Jun-07 Shown at the Greenwich Concours

Photos and history courtesy of Mark Davies

0895 GT Period Photo

0895 GT racing at Montgomery 1960