Ferrari 250 GT - car classics

Ferrari 250 GT

Appeared in 1959 model 250 GT SWB was a shorter version of the model 250-GT, the reduction of the SWB meant В«a short wheelbase BernilettaВ». It was used to improve the maneuverability of the vehicle for the participation in the race, and it worked. A year after the presentation of the model of the British racing driver Stirling moss has led SWB to win the race В«Tourist TrophyВ» in Goodwood, England, and another model SWB won the Tour-de-France. In the model used tubular steel chassis and that unusual, leading rear bridge instead of the rear suspension De Dion. In conjunction with the front dvuhrychazhnoy suspension with transverse links and stabilizer of transverse stability has been very effective design. To reduce the weight placed the plastic side Windows and a panel of alloys for car racing, but the series was used less alloys. Disc brakes were first installed Ferrari and the vents in the front would not allow them to overheat. Spark plugs rearranged in such a way that the tank was easier to get to them, also in many models in the end were used six two-chamber carburetor.