VERY SPECIAL Early SCUDERIA FERRARI car!

Thanks Walter, that is Frans van Harens car which is (was?) known as 412003 but was covered in detail by Simon Moore and revealed to be built from an entirely different 8C2900B, possibly 412042? A fabulous car that's for sure and one of the first Scuderia Ferrari racers, one of these won the Mille Miglia in 1936 & another in 1937.
Very evocative.

 

Aparently (and I could be wrong) this particular car is created from original 8C2900B parts that would have worn a grand touring style body (coupe or roadster) and were in fairly rough state. The car was in south america from the late 1930s until the 1960s or 1970s when it was rebuilt by one of the usual South American collectors, fortunately before the replica era, so its fairly safe to assume its real but not a real Type A 2.9, the only original Botticela Type A is #412004 which used to be owned by the Grists and may possibly be in German ownership. All of the others were rebodied ala Simon Moores old car 412007, Lawrence Auriana's 412012 and the two in the Schlumpf collection. There may be more but my understanding is that selling an old racing car is hard but gussying it up a bit and calling it a new car is easy peasy.....