0895 GT, current owner Mark Davies
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