0748TR 58/may 250 TR Spyder Scaglietti, LHD Date Result Event Driver # Reference 58 - Gottfried Koechert, Vienna, A - white nose band   58/jun/01 10th fat. acc. Bauer 1000km Nuerburgring Gottfried Koechert/ Erwin Bauer #12 TES p81 FY58 CA9 p44 58 - rebuilt in Maranello on behalf of Luigi Chinetti   58 - (engine installed in 0716TR) this was never the case   58 - engine installed from either 0722TR or 0730TR   58 - Luigi Chinetti, NY, NY, USA   59/jul - Gary B. Laughlin, Ft. Worth, TX, USA   59/oct/11 2nd Midland Gary Laughlin 59 dnf Shrevesport Gary Laughlin 58-61 - campaigned by Laughlin   61/jul - Alan Connell, Ft. Worth, TX, USA   61 - engine removed and installed in Maserati Tipo 60/61 'Birdcage' s/n 2461 62/spring - John W. Mecom jr., Houston, TX, USA - without engine   6. - unknown engine installed 63/sep/08 15th OA 4th IC Road America 500, Elkhart Lake Wilson/                      Wilson #19 66/mid - Melcher, TX, USA   .. - Kennedy, USA .. - unstamped engine with no. interno 13LM installed (leading to 0730TR) 75/spring - Bob Fergus, Columbus, OH, USA - paid $25k   82 - completely restored by Fergus 92 - Stanley Ross, 1660 W. Henderson Road, Columbus 43220, OH, USA - paid $4.5mio - asking $2.4mio +614-457-4104   9. - restored by Stan Yates of Specialty Autos, Columbus, OH, USA 96/jan - SMC, La Jolla, CA, USA   96/jun - Carlos Hank Rhon, MEX   96/aug - offered by SMC, La Jolla, CA, USA for $3.5mio C94 p1 96/oct - offered by SMC, La Jolla, CA, USA for $3.5mio C95 p1 98/may - asking $3.5mio   98/jul - Christopher Cox, Chapel, Hill, NC, USA - paid $4.0mio C113 p36-42 98/sep Colorado Grand Chris Cox/                Ann Cox 99/jan - Scott Rosen, NY, USA - paid 0366AM & 1235GT & $'s asking $5.7mio   99 - engine (0752TR/no.interno LM 29) now with the car, 0730TR is installed (engine came from Betz no. interno is for 0752TR)   99/sep/13-18 Colorado Grand Scott Rosen/              Judy Rosen 00/may/20-21 13th OA Ferrari Historic Challenge, Road Atlanta, race 1 Scott Rosen #34 00/may/20-21 10th OA Ferrari Historic Challenge, Road Atlanta, race 2 Scott Rosen #34 00/jun/08-10 Northeast Ferrari Rally Scott Rosen/           Judy Rosen C119 p47, 49 02/may - Ed M. Davies, Hobe Sound, FL, USA   04/aug/14-15 Monterey Historic Races, Laguna Seca Leslie Davies #71 06/jan/19-22 XV. Cavallino Classic Ed Davies Note:   Winter 1958 Due partly to the unavailability of any more “Customer” specification cars, Luigi Chinetti purchased three  damaged TR’s from the Ferrari Factory and commissioned rebuilds on them. Those vehicles were - 0666, 0746 and 0748 - at roughly the same time he commissioned the building of a final 335 Sport, s/n 0764 utilizing a similar Scaglietti "Pontoon Fender" design.   April 1959 Luigi Chinetti sells 0748 to Mr. Gary Laughlin of Fort Worth, Texas. Laughlin believes he is purchasing a  “new works specification 1959 model Testa Rossa”. Chinetti has superficial modifications completed to 0748 while still at the Ferrari Factory. The actual vehicle remains relatively undamged with just the front left fender and suspension bent from Bauer’s accident. Chinetti has a “TR 59-like” perspex (forward   facing) hood mounted air scoop, faired-in windshield and “outside” type door hinges fitted to 0748. During these repairs the original engine from E.D. Martin’s 250 TR, s/n 0730 is rebuilt and reinstalled in 0748. (Then engine fitted to 0748 still has the correct internal number stamped by the Ferrari Factory corresponding to engine No. 0730 a fact further documented on the Ferrari Factory Assembly Data Sheets. Additionally this engine has numerous "Le Mans" scrutinering stamps on both the cylinder heads and engine block. (The engine from 0730 remains installed in 0748 to this day.  No previous owner of 0748 has ever reported an engine change. The engine from 0730 has been with 0748 since 1959.)   June 1959 0748 was completed and delivered as a new car to Gary Laughlin. Mr. Laughlin campaigned the car   actively throughout the South and Southwestern United States over the next several months.  On October 11th, he took second place at Midland, TX, edged by fellow Texan and friend Alan Connell who  was campaigning his new 335 Sport (chassis 0764). Laughlin continued to campaign 0748 through 1960-61 until the car was no longer competitive.   Summer 1961 Laughlin sold 0748 to Alan Connell so that he could take its engine and install it in his Maserati Birdcage  “Hybrid” racer. The engine was far too tired and needed a rebuild; so, he sold the car to noted local racing enthusiast and collector, Mr. John Mecom Jr.   Spring 1962 John Mecom had 0748 mechanically and cosmetically repaired and placed it on display along side his many prized vehicles including his 166 Barchetta and Grand Prix Bugatti. Mecom used  the car on regular occasion for nothing more than fun and never campaigned or raced the car  competitively.   Summer 1966 Mecom sold 0748 for an undisclosed sum to the Melcher family in Texas who enjoyed it over the next few years until minor mechanical ills forced the car once again into retirement. While awaiting necessary repairs they agreed to sell to an "East Coast" collector.   Spring 1975 0748 was purchased by Bob Fergus of Columbus, OH for $25,000. After a mechanical  inspection, sorting and general cleaning, Fergus drove it regularly; the car performed well without any major incident or mishap.   1982 During a thorough restoration and rebuild, Fergus’s mechanics noted the extreme competition nature of  the engine, i.e. larger valves, competition cams, high compression pistons, numerous electron castings etc...