2002-02-08 received e-mail:

"Frank,

"I just found your photos of the 58 Sebring race and laughed out loud when I saw the fuzzy photo of the "car with tail fins". You see that very car is sitting in my shop. It's #53 Carl Hass (the Lola guy today with Paul Newman), or Alan Ross in a 1957 Stanguellini Bialbero Sport 1100. The car was entered with money backing from Carl Kiekhaefer of Mercury outboard. It took 4th in class behind 3 Lotus cars.

"I bought the thing about 20 years ago not knowing even how to pronounce Stanguellini and have been working on it and collecting information about it ever since.

"As far as I know, only 4 sports racers came to the U.S. One in about 1954 Driven by Sandy McArthur, a 1956- 750cc Campana bodied car, which won its class at the 1957 Sebring race; My Campana bodied car the 58 entry, and the 1959 Scagletti bodied 750cc that was wrecked in a rain storm at the 59 Sebring race. (the body now in Louisiana, motor, running gear in Wisc.)

"Please tell me how I can get copies of any photos you may have of this car. There is one of it being passed by Moss in a DB3S that was in the papers and magazines. I would love to find a copy of it. Until tonight I have never seen another photo of it in the 58 race.

"If you would like photos of the car today, just let me know where to send them.

"Thank you for your web page, It made my day!

"Thanks again

"Jim Jenné"

Jim sent more pictures. This is at Road America June Sprints, 1960, second owner Clem Johnson at the wheel. Also on the scene was an H-modified Stanguellini that won its class at Sebring, 1957.

Here's the car (S/N SC*01120*) with Alfa wheels. Under that voluptuous body are a 1300 Alfa rear end and brakes, and a 1438cc full-race Fiat 124 engine (one of four different powerplants known to have been used over the car's 45-year racing history). This is the configuration when Jim raced it in vintage events in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and California, during the 80s. In November, 1988, it was a Sports Cars Illustrated centerfold, with accompanying story about Stanguellini's effort to produce sports racing cars.

2009-08-26: I have two new notes from Jim Jenné, the first of which announces completion of his car's restoration, and included photos. It is genuinely a beauty, impressive in every aspect. About 97% or 197% of the second note is genuinely obscure to me, as the content doesn't seem to match my "site for Stanguellini", which I interpret as meaning "this page":

"Hey Frank, I just looked at your site for Stanguellini and there are some errors ...The car Jerry Nelson and Dick Geise drove at the1964 Elkhart 500 was mine CS 01120 with a Climax engine, not the car in the photo I don't know what that is.... I have talked about it with Dick on more than one occasion....and the Louis Laflin car shown #197, is really a Devin body on a home made frame with Stanguellini engine # CS04084..The "a" after the serial number is because CS04084 crashed at Sebring in 1959, and Laflin bought the running gear and put them in the Devin and called it a Stanguellini...The real chassis CS04084 still lives today in Louisiana, and it has a long race record going back to 1954 in Italy with a Scageletti (sp?) design one off body for a Ferrari engineer...# 97 (the Devin) (or 197) is also around today in Wisconsin...If you would like pictures of them both I have them and lots of others.( I have been trying to get the two guys together to make two correct cars for years) Jim "

Jim sent a link, to make the trip easier for those who might be interested:
Stanguellini per RacingSportsCars

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