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The fifth of six 166 MM fitted with Berlinetta coachwork by Touring, this car was completed in the summer of 1950. It was first raced at the Coppa d'Oro della Dolomiti hill-climb as a factory entry in July of 1950. Franco Cornacchia drove the car to an impressive third overall. A month later Dorino Serafini and Ettore Salani won the Giro della Calabria outright with this car. Ferrari's North American distributor Luigi Chinetti then showed the striking French racing blue painted Ferrari at the Paris Auto Salon with an eye on bringing it to the United States. Here it found its first private owner in none other than Briggs Swift Cunningham. Keen to race the car at the sharp end of the field, Cunningham had the engine upgraded to the 2.3-litre 195 S specification. The first closed Ferrari competition car to arrive in the United States, it was then raced for Cunningham by a variety of drivers that included Chinetti himself, Phil Walters and John Fitch. Although no outright victories were scored, the Touring Berlinetta was a regular class winner. Cunningham sold the Ferrari in 1952 and it has since been owned by prominent collectors, most of whom were based in the United States. In the ownership of Bruce Lustman, it was carefully restored by Mike Dopudja and subsequently shown at Pebble Beach in 2001, where it placed second in class. Rarely seen in public since, the very attractive coupe sold very well at the 2016 Gooing & Co. Scottsdale Auctions.
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| Manufactured in |
May 29, 1950 |
| Engine number |
0060M |
| First owner |
Briggs Cunningham |
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