RM Auctions: Ferrari - Leggenda e Passione
May 17, 2009
ADMISSION:
Admission to this event requires the purchase of an official auction catalog available for 70 euros. The catalogue admits two and must be presented at the entrance to the sale to be granted entry.
AUCTION LOCATION
Ferrari S.p.A.
Circuito di Fiorano
Via Villeneuve 23
41042 Fiorano
Maranello, Italia
€350.000-€425.000
Est. 110 bhp, 2,562 cc overhead-camshaft V-12 engine, five-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension via A-arms, transverse leaf spring and hydraulic shocks, rigid rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs and hydraulic shocks, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 2,420 mm (95.3 in.)
Stabilimenti Farina, although of the same family, should not be confused with Pinin Farina, who did not start bodying Ferraris until 1952. Stabilimenti Farina was formed in 1910 and continued in business until 1953. The then-young Battista “Pinin” Farina worked there with his older brothers until 1930, when he fo