Classic Car Chasers on Instagram: "Worth the Price of Admission?: ClassicCarChasers.com 👍🏻 _____________________________________________ 🚘 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta by Touring 💯 Competed in the Mille Miglia in 1951 and 1953 📰 @RMSothebys Amelia Island Sale 📸 @DesertMotors 💵 Estimate: $8.0M - $10.0M 📚 The 1948 season saw numerous victories for Ferrari’s cycle-winged 166 Corsa, including the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia, and the Paris 12-hour race. The two-liter version of Giaocchino Colombo’s new short-block V-12, a development of the smaller 125 S engine, was obviously a winner, and for 1949, Maranello ramped up production to double-digit levels. The coachwork solution for many of the forthcoming cars appeared at the Turin Salon in September 1948 on an updated model dubbed the 166 MM, in honor of the Mille Miglia victory. Eschewing the Corsa’s pre-war-style cycle-wing exterior, Touring of Milan built a beautiful two-seat spider body with full fenders and unadorned beltlines. Us...
4,930 likes, 14 comments - classiccarchasers on March 6, 2017: "Worth the Price of Admission?: ClassicCarChasers.com 👍🏻 _____________________________________________ 🚘 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta by Touring 💯 Competed in the Mille Miglia in 1951 and 1953 📰 @RMSothebys Amelia Island Sale 📸 @DesertMotors 💵 Estimate: $8.0M - $10.0M 📚 The 1948 season saw numerous victories for Ferrari’s cycle-winged 166 Corsa, including the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia, and the Paris 12-hour race. The two-liter version of Giaocchino Colombo’s new short-block V-12, a development of the smaller 125 S engine, was obviously a winner, and for 1949, Maranello ramped up production to double-digit levels. The coachwork solution for many of the forthcoming cars appeared at the Turin Salon in September 1948 on an updated model dubbed the 166 MM, in honor of the Mille Miglia victory. Eschewing the Corsa’s pre-war-style cycle-wing exterior, Touring of Milan built a beautiful two-seat spider body with full fenders and unadorned beltlines. Using its patented Superleggera technique, Touring eventually bodied 25 examples of the 166 in the open style that came to be known as the barchetta (Italian for “little boat”). This sensational early Barchetta possesses all of the critical attributes a collector would want in an even-numbered sports-racing Ferrari: rarity, period racing history in Italy and the US, an extremely high level of originality, and a highly decorated show career in more recent decades. Chassis 0058 M is the 27th of 32 166 MM examples built, and the 23rd of 25 Touring barchettas. This award-winning 166 MM remains remarkably correct throughout, including its original Touring body, matching V-12 engine and gearbox, and other major mechanical elements. Examples as remarkable as this remain closely held in private collections, much as treasured works of art and blue-chip investments 😎 _______________________________________________ #auto #instacar #carporn #autoporn #design #automotive #vintage #drive #classic #classiccar #collect #icon #classiccarchasers #carphotography #forsale #drivetastefully #ferrari #166mm #millemiglia #bluechip #ameliaisland #rare #italian #race #speed #ultimate #gentleman #style #art".
