New video on the oldest road going Ferrari - 1948 166 Inter

Ferrari just posted this video today. Really cool to see such an important car being properly used and not just sitting in a collection somewhere.

 

Great video!

 

007 S with the body of 031 S. See here and here.

 

Same story as presented in TOFM about a month ago.

Marcel Massini

 

I wonder a little: no spoke wheels, no centerlock
but really great video

 

marcel, what is TOFM?

 

Has it been certified? (Just asking.....).

Marcel Massini

 

The world needs more enthusiasts like her.

 

The Official Ferrari Magazine.

Marcel Massini

 

......"007 S - The oldest road going Ferrari in the world"?

So they forgot about their own 005 S?

Marcel Massini

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Was perhaps 007 S completed or delivered before 005 S? 005 S was said to be the Turin Motor Show car in September, 1948 whereas 007 S was said to be the Geneva Motor Show car 6 months before in March, 1948?

 

The article acknowledges 005 S but imp[lies that since it is in the museum 007 S in the oldest one on the road.

 

Here's 005 S "road going".

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Modena september 1983

 

That it's in a museum does not cancel 005Ss existence so it's wrong to say that 007S is the oldest road-going Ferrari in the world in the video. TOFM article here.

007S is the oldest road-going Ferrari currently being used on the road, is more like it.

 

Amen.
And lets hope she has many more years with it. Not sure anyone else will have the same appreciation.

 

I’m sure whistlin’ diesel or another tuber will treat it right.

And inevitably, Donnie will claim it is his and try to resell it….

 

Without wanting to start a big fight due to the ownership of the car I'm about to mention, are these cars (005 and 007 S) older than the 159 S 002 (or 002C - to this day I don't know what is correct)?

 

No. The confusion lies in the label ‘road going’. it would be more clear if they referred to the car in this video as ‘road car’.
the Corsa cars you reference are older, but this car is one of the two earliest surviving cars built to be driven on the street.
That said, this car had some early competition history.
Never simple when it comes to Ferrari.

 

Yes, I figured as much. As a latin language speaker who frequently has to correct bad translations, I figure it probably has to do with some Italian to English translation from Ferrari's magazine staff. Nothing major, I just wondered about this, as the car in question (002 (C)) is quite regularly exercised on the road, too, which is a great thing IMO.

 

Interesting comments. In Maranello which is not a big city there are so many people whose English language skills are so good, as a tourist with little competency in Italian there is just no language barrier there. Yet when it comes to Ferrari translating to English they so often get it so wrong its kind of comical. In the dealer I had a native Italian who I would use from time to time to translate technical information when the English version left me with questions. The differences or errors sometimes were very eye opening.

 

In my experience a lot of this stuff is sent away for translation, and with publishing they always want a tighter deadline. Not to mention, just like in any trade, there is a lot of shoddy workmanship to turn a quick buck. Especially now with the help of technology, people don't want to pay proper money etc etc. Also, speaking and writing are completely different and also, in my experience, one can get very good at one at the expense of the other.

It amuses me because Ferrari is so adamant they are in the luxury segment. True luxury used to be fanatical attention to detail. I don't know what it is these days.

Still, the message gets across and pretty much only us nerds in this small corner of the online world really care enough to point out the differences....to each other.

The fact the video and the story gets out there is a net positive in the end, so I hope we see more of them.

 

I came to post the video; glad to see there is a thread on it. No offense intended, but I love that it is a 'little old lady' car and the 'little old lady' has more balls than most of the guys!

Separately, the 031S body is truly wonderful and, in my opinion much prettier in photos than the original 007S or 005S bodies. However, can someone point me to what happened to the original 007S body? Also, is the 031S chassis and engine still lost?

Regards,

Art S.

 

She sounds very Australian or maybe Kiwi. The scenery looks a lot like NZ too. Who is she? Great attitude to old cars.
I met an NZ lady a decade+ ago at the Oz F1 race. She raced some pre WW1 race car. It was a beast. Maybe 15 lit 4 cylinder. A monster. She got it into 4 wheel drifts. Maybe the same lady?

 

A Kiwi in NZ.