Enzo Ferrari’s passion may have been racing cars, but by 1950, he had begun to accept that exclusive road cars were needed to finance the company’s growing competition efforts.

Early Ferraris for the street were built in very small numbers, usually to special customer order, with little attempt made at standardization.

A significant change occurred in 1954, when the Pinin Farina-designed 250 Europa debuted in Paris.

It was Ferrari’s first true production model and would form the foundation for all future Ferrari 250 models.

These included the second series 250 Europa GT, again designed by Pinin Farina.

At the time of the second series’ unveiling, Pinin Farina was in the process of building a new, much larger production facility and did not yet have the space to build the larger quantities of cars that Ferrari was requesting.

Accordingly, in 1954 the 250 GT coachbuilding contract was handed over to the newly established Carrozzeria Boano, headed by the former chief of Carrozzeria ...