You guys maybe interested in this: http://www.classic-auctions.co.uk/Auctions/01-10-2010-ThePavilionGardens-1279/Ferrari166CompleteBodywork-32163.aspx
So what, a lot of old ferraris have replica/non original bodies. If I have posted in the wrong section can a MOD please move my post - THANK YOU
I find this pretty interesting, so thank you for posting it! Still it is true that this is just a bad replica body once installed on a Ferrari chassis - which means that now it is just a bad replica body with no connection to Ferrari. I'm sure that it is possible to have fun with it by installing on a Volvo-chassis or something like that, but that's about it. Best wishes, Kare
Kare, Nowadays its VERY helpful not to have a connection to Ferrari. All car who wants a classification by F-Classisch MUST remove there not org. body. (The breadvan is the only exception as far I know.) Even when it was made by the best body shop in the world and absolut accurate. A new body made by Ferrari cost about 200k . FerrariC. don't makes these ,a local shop get the work and about probebly 70k. the problem is the car looks much more like a REAL replica than before. Those shops don't have that perfect level. but the car is classified. Not advisable. C.
Heard such claims many times, but they are not entirely true, it seems. 500 TR 0610MDTR - which IIRC was the first or one of the first cars certified - has a recontruction bodywork made by Uusi Autokoriteollisuus in 1958 (a bus coach factory near Helsinki) and there seems not to have been any problems with that. I'm sure there are others. Best wishes, Kare
Hi, please tell us more about this body on a Ferrari chassis. It would be nice to be able to incorporate this story into the file of this particular chassis. Got any pictures?? just one man's opinion tongascrew
This body is the one once mounted on 166 Inter s/n 0063S (ex 1950 Stabilimenti Farina cabriolet). Now, the chassis has a black Touring barchetta replica body. Poor car...
From a lousy 166 SC replica into lousy 166MM replica that has "fake" written all over it. What a life! Too bad the adorable St. Farina Cabriolet didn't survive! It is one of my absolute favorites of early Ferrari production and should be recreated/restored, how much money/effort ever it took! Best wishes, Kare
1. [Kare Quote] This body is the one once mounted on 166 Inter s/n 0063S (ex 1950 Stabilimenti Farina cabriolet). Now, the chassis has a black Touring barchetta replica body. Poor car... 2. So which car was this body fitted to?
Here is a pic of 0063/S at the 1999 Christie's auction at Palm Beach. This is the ugly replica body for sale in this thread... Image Unavailable, Please Login
They should just scrap it... Funny how autction houses always seem to word their ads in such a way you would still think it has anything to do with Ferrari.
If you go to Forum-auto.com/sport-auto you can find a detailed 17 page report with pictures and "comic" strip describing the crash and the rebuild.. This is unique piece of automoblia reporting. just one man's opinion tongascrew
Most old volvos, unless you go to the pre-war designs, are unibody. It would be a shame to wreck an old Duett (the only small-ish modern era volvo with a frame) just to make a ferrari. Better to put it on a morgan chassis, no? And for added offence, use a VW diesel motor; there are after-market kits to put those TDI motors in RWD applications.
Sold for GBP 690, so apparently everybody else had the same low opinion of its esthetic and historic value. You are correct about the Farina body. It was very attractive and would make a nice contrast to the Touring bodies cars at shows and historic racing events. Taz Terry Phillips
Some of that stuff (incl. a xerox of the comic strip) was sent by me to the owner some 15 years ago. Best wishes, Kare
