Chassis No.

ZFFZR52A710124043

Limitation No.

065/448

When Ferrari and Pininfarina marked the coachbuilder's 70th anniversary in 2000, they did so by looking back to some of the most romantic creations born of the two firms' half-century partnership.

Unveiled at that year's Paris Show, the 550 Barchetta Pininfarina drew on a lineage of open front-engined twelve-cylinder Ferraris-the 166 MM, the 250 GT California, the 365 GTS/4-cars that defined the formula of the V12 grand touring roadster.

Luca di Montezemolo had asked Sergio Pininfarina for a design that captured the spirit of these machines, and the answer was a roadster built on the foundation of the 550 Maranello berlinetta.

Only an emergency manual soft-top was included, intended for use at modest speeds when caught in rain, a deliberate compromise that preserved the purity of the Barchetta concept and kept curb weight nearly identical to the coupe despite the chassis reinforcement.

The car was equipped with standard leath...