Ferrari 512 M nose from #1020

We are pleased to offer an amazing selection of original and well-documented parts that came from the Luigi Chinetti NART Team inventory. In 1977, the Chinetti and NART parts inventory was sold to Will Haible in San Leandro, California. Will Haible also acquired a selection of panels from Stephen Griswold’s Fabrication shop.

Today’s offering is the aluminum nose built as a spare by the NART Team fabricator, Wayne Sparling, for Le Mans in 1971 and later used for the Sept. 1974 Bonneville World Speed record runs with Luigi Chinetti Jr., Graham Hill and Paul Newman at the wheel. Note the 17 air vent holes cut just behind the wheels to allow air to escape from under the nose at high speed.

In Sept. 1974, the NART team drivers set five speed and endurance records with 512 M s/n 1020, including 174.759 MPH for 10k unlimited, 10k international, and 10k US class with Coco driving, and a later run of 10 miles at 174.763, giving 10 mph international class C and 10 mph national class C.

The NART Team’s efforts were well documented by Henry Manney with a six-page feature in Road & Track magazine in January 1975 and a four-page overview in the Ferrari Club’s magazine, Prancing Horse, issue # 42, by Warren Richmond. Needless to say, Ferrari memorabilia with this level of pedigree rarely comes available.