Ferrari 212 Inter Ghia 0145E

The first time back home in a couple years, figured I would share a video of the car.

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That's beautiful ,gorgeous detailing inside.

 

well done, congratulations!

 

STUNNING! Congrats on a beautiful car!

 

I was with Steve when he bought the car and have a picture of it sitting in the weeds.

 

Beauty! Now go enjoy her.

 

TDBV would you mind sharing the picture?? That is awesome! Send me a private message.

Thank you

 

Everytime I see this car that certain something stands out, it's the paint, the paint has very different sheen. For a modern metallic finish, the car has a very soft "glow" as opposed to the "glitter" you see nowadays on newly painted cars. I haven't seen it in person and it could just be my eyes, but is there something special about the formula?

Dustin Wetmore... maybe you can tell us something...???

john

 

can someone imbed the video here?

 

Please post this.The only early picture I have is a B&W one from way back. I gather the car was just restored as in all my other pictures it is a dark red. Is the new paint like the original? Nice. I don't know why I mention this but I like the shoes he is wearing. Looks like nice driving leather with a good feel for the pedals. tongascrew

 

The new paint is period paint and color. The options for different colors was not that great and with the help of some of the best, we figured out the correct color to paint the car and what was period paint.

When the car was red, there were some mistakes with the body. The car has been in Italy undergoing restoration to original. The car has made it to Cavallino Classic as well as Amelia Island so far this year.

 

evnelson, I tried to PM you 3 times and I'm obviously computer challenged. This is the picture of Steve and I where we found 0145E and Steve purchased it. The rest of the parts were stored indoors near by.
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Great picture.

Is there a story behind the find?

 

Wow, what a before and after.

 

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It's not too late !
My contribution : https://picasaweb.google.com/100135472644301773345/Ferrari212InterGhiaCoupe0145#

 

This is 0145 E in February 2013 at Bacchelli-Villa's Carrozzeria Autosport in Bastiglia near Modena, Italy.

Marcel Massini
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Beautiful

 

True the car is beautiful now but the bumpers are non original and really ugly...

 

What a beauty

 

I wonder if there are period photos to confirm it really looked like that originally. Ghia did a lot of fine tuning when building the production coupes and it would be really interesting to know what 0145E really looked like originally.

 

I agree. Even the front wheel arches today look suspect to me...

 

There are some unanswered questions regarding the transition between first and second series. 0121/S seems to have been a unique styling prototipo. Then two more 1st series cars followed - 0129/S and 0133/S.

The serial number of the first S.2 used for factory photos is still a mystery. I presume that this car got destroyed pretty quickly as I have never seen any further photos of it. My favorite theory is that this was 0139/E (listed as a Ghia by Raab!).

 

Factory records say 0139 E was a Vignale Coupé new to Compagnie Richard in Brussels.

Marcel Massini