• One of only 424 examples made • Known ownership history from new • Imported into the UK in 1978 • Two owners for the last 46 years • Current ownership since 2003 • Offered with Italian documentation and invoices In the mid-1960s Ferrari needed a 2.0-litre production-based engine for the new Formula 2, conceiving the mid-engined Dino to provide the necessary basis.

Faced with the daunting task of building 500 units per annum to meet the homologation requirements, Ferrari turned to FIAT for assistance, the resulting agreement for the latter to build the Dino's four-cam V6 engine leading to a spin-off model for FIAT.

Launched in Pininfarina-bodied Spider form at the 1966 Turin Show, the FIAT Dino carried its 2.0-litre, 160bhp engine up front in the conventional manner.

A longer-wheelbase Coupé with Bertone coachwork appeared the following year, and in 1969 the engine's capacity was increased to 2,418cc, a ZF gearbox and FIAT 130-type trailing-arm independent rear suspension being ado...