Prancing Horse issue 55
no. 55 - Fall 1978
| Language | 
American English |
| Editor | Manfred Lampe |
| Publishing | Ferrari Club of America |
| Dimensions | 32 pages, 216 x 280 mm |
Table of Contents
| Page | Section | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Editor's Page Letters Jean Francois Marchet | |
| 4 | Ferrari wins at the Glen! ... and Long Beach, and Montreal! Manfred Lampe Dennis Caetta Unchallenged from the third lap to the finish. Carlos Reutemann completed the American double: Long Beach and Watkins Glen. | |
| 8 | The First Ferrari V-6 Michael T. Lynch At the beginning of 1958, no rear-engined car had won a post-war Grand Prix. After the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, no front-engined car would win one. During this time, Ferrari was rejecting as unsuitable such state of the art features as disc brakes, alloy wheels and rear engine placement. | |
| 16 | Technote | Optical Breakerless Distributor |
| 22 | The Daytona Will Ferrari's last front engined Masterpiece ever be beaten? John Miles (AutoCar) This article was submitted by FCA member Hugh Edgley from London, England. The author of the article, John Miles, drove Formula 1 for Lotus in 1969 and 1970. He was second driver to Jochen Rindt who was the 1970 World Champion. | |
| 26 | Regional Events | Garage Tour 1978 Central States Region Roger Meiners The latest FCA Garage tour, held in the Detroit, Michigan area, displayed two Ford GT's, an AMX 3, a 1907 Mercedes, a 1932 Packard Dual Cowl Phaeton and the worlds only Volvo 122 wagon with license places that read "Fazzaz"... Wait a minute, I did say Ferrari Club garage tour, did I not? |
| 26 | Regional Events | Daytona Spring 1978 Florida Region Jim Crosby Jim Fowells, Terry Beye, John Farina After the Daytona Spring '77 the Regional Board Members talked about how great it was with 43 Ferrari's at the track & Concourse and over 100 people. How could we do any better? |
| 28 | The Four Liter Prototypes 1962-1963 Michael T. Lynch After four years of the three liter sports car formula, three of which Ferrari dominated, the FIA announced that the 1962 Constructor's Championship would be rung for GT cars. Sports racers were still allowed and the limit for prototypes was raised to four liters but these cars were not eligible for championship points. |