Chassis No.

0565 GT


Engine No.

0565 GT (Internal No.

562)


Transmission No.

129 S


Differential No.

148 GTB



The 1950s proved a milestone decade in the history of Ferrari, as it marked the beginning of the hugely successful 250 GT lineage.

Until then, the Maranello firm had been building approximately 35-40 road cars per year.

By the time the 250 GT's production run concluded in 1964, annual production of Ferrari Gran Turismos had risen to around 670 units-nearly twenty times the firm's output just a decade earlier.



So successful was the 250 GT that Pinin Farina, having designed the 250 GT Coupe concept and already committed to a major facility expansion in Grugliasco, could not take on additional Ferrari chassis for 1957.

Ferrari turned instead to Carrozzeria Boano, a Turin firm whose principal, Felice Mario Boano, brought with him a decade of experience running Carrozzeria Ghia.

Boano was tasked with producing the Pinin Farina prototype (0429 GT) into series form...