220 bhp, 2,953 cc SOHC V-12 engine, triple Weber carburetors, four-speed synchromesh manual transmission, independent front suspension with unequal length wishbones, coil springs, and tubular shock absorbers, live rear axle with leaf springs, Houdaille shocks, and twin trailing arms, and four-wheel drum brakes.

Wheelbase: 102 in.

Bearing the distinctive long-nosed “Ferrari look” created by the factory’s principal design house, Pinin Farina of Turin, the first series of 250 GTs included 82 cars coachbuilt by Carrozzeria Boano.

At the end of 1957, Mario Boano departed the company to set up the styling department at Fiat and his son-in-law, Ezio Ellena, took over with veteran partner Luciano Pollo.

The renamed Carrozzeria Ellena produced a further run of fifty 250 GTs, known as the Ellena Coupes, with improved body proportions and headroom, courtesy of a slightly raised roofline, the adoption of a standard four-speed gearbox shift pattern, larger brakes, a ZF steering system, and the ...