We can give some data to the picture: Roma's plate was issued at 2 July 1953. Subsequently, the 0042 M was sold in Florence where he took new FI 91585 plate in September 1956.
Here are two of 0010M at Pebble Beach, 1984. Yes, that's Chinetti. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here is another I took al Pebble Beach 1979 but don't know its serial number Image Unavailable, Please Login
Coco Chinetti had a short lived paint shop in Stamford, CT and one of the many family owned cars I watched them paint was this one shown inside the shop itself. Chinetti Sr. shipped it to the LeMans Museum for display. I am not clear if it was donated. I also may have seen this same car on display at Retro Mobile this year? Image Unavailable, Please Login
Now we have some of 195EL, a 195 with one-off body by Ghia-Aigle (Swiss). When this was owned by my pal Mark Dees, we measured the body and found that there was about a 2 inch difference from one side to the other. These pix show the car after a thorough resto down under, where I think they "corrected" the discrepancy. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi, Fantastic! Never seen, but the Aigle website does seem to have some info on it. But nothing after 2004. Having been to Aigle and having seen a few of their cars I think they are unique in many details. Like on that one the placing of the rear license plate (& two lamps for it) on the tunk lid. It seem it originally did have very thin bumpers (the 1952 Geneve show photo). Carrosserie Ghia Aigle - Ferrari 195/212 Inter Coupé 1951-1952 Cheers, Pekka T. Fin.
David, as I work in Stamford can you recall where that body shop was? I can go around and see what stands there today. Guy
That's a shame and distorting history and IMO should not have been done. Just like all Ferrari race cars now have perfect door gaps (if they have doors) and dead straight panels ... sigh. Pete
Yeah weird since an attempt has been made to return it to it's original colours (I think) after reading about the car on the site that Fennicus posted. Pete
Another quote please; "2x30/03/1952 exhibited at 22. Geneva Motor Show (2030/03/1952) metallic gray with silver roof (Urban 2007: p. 34; Massini 1993b: two tone metallic gray), radiator grille convex, split windshield"