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Chassis:
The first of two 625 TRCs built for John von Neumann, chassis 0672MDTR was fitted with a 3.5 litre engine soon after arriving in California. It was then extensively raced by Von Neumann, scoring numerous wins, including class victories in the end of year races at Nassau. Late in 1958, a 250 TR engine with serial number 0750TR was fitted and the car was raced well into the 1960s by the likes of Richie Ginther and Ken Miles, who scored a victory as late as May 1962. It was subsequently acquired by a Ford dealer, who fitted a V8 for drag racing.
The rare Ferrari racer then passed through various hands without an engine or gearbox. During the 1980s, a 250 GT V12 engine was fitted in the United Kingdom. Following the complete restoration, the car was owned by briefly owned by a Dutch drug dealer until his collection was seized by the government. Almost a decade later the 625 TRC was acquired by the current owner. Not much later, he tracked down the same 250 TR engine that had briefly been in the car before and had been bought new from the factory by Von Neumann. Restored once again, the car has since been occasionally shown at events like the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance where it seen here in 2006 and again in 2014.
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