Friday, February 6, 2026

The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions




Ferrari 512BB LM in action at Monza. (Image source: Bin.com/Dreamstime.com)

 

“this Ain’t no technological breakdown, No! This is the Road to Hell!”

 

As typical, I struggled Ah-Mighty’ to find a “suitable” Ferrari racecar image that I could successfully upload onto Ye Blog!

 

As Classic & Sports car had the perfect story title to fit with Chris Rea’s penchant for vintage Ferrari racecars. Titled to Hell and Back in a Ferrari 512BB LM…

 

Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer, 24 Hours to Hell and Back

 

Since if Y’all don’t know from Messer Rea’s obituary. Arse-sumedly one of His biggest “Hit” songs was the aptly titled Road to Hell from the same 1989 Album.

 

As Chris was smitten with Wolfgang Von Trips and owned at least four vintage Ferrari’s. Including the custom built Sharknose 156 Monoposto…