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Title: MPC#016 - Solved - Ferrari 166 coupé by Fontana with Alfa engine
Post by: Iluvatar on June 25, 2013, 04:17:18 PM
Do you know what is it?
Title: Re: MPC#016
Post by: prototypefan on July 09, 2013, 04:07:07 PM
Ferrari 166 barchetta modified into a coupe
Title: Re: MPC#016
Post by: Iluvatar on July 10, 2013, 04:38:11 AM
Quote from: prototypefan on July 09, 2013, 04:07:07 PM
Ferrari 166 barchetta modified into a coupe
What you say is indeed true... but it's not enough...
Locked for you to find more info...
Title: Re: MPC#016
Post by: Iluvatar on July 13, 2013, 04:58:11 AM
Quote from: Iluvatar on July 10, 2013, 04:38:11 AM
Locked for you to find more info...
???
24h and I will unlock it... let's go!!  ;)
Title: Re: MPC#016
Post by: Iluvatar on July 14, 2013, 06:28:09 AM
Unlocked!
Title: Re: MPC#016
Post by: Iluvatar on July 16, 2013, 02:33:33 PM
Up!
Title: Re: MPC#016
Post by: ropat53 on July 16, 2013, 02:39:29 PM
1949 Ferrari 166 telaio 012L
Picture taken at the Giro di Sicilia 1955, Francesco Matrullo replaced the Ferrari engine with an Alfa Romeo 1900, the body had been modified by Fontana 1951.
Title: Re: MPC#016
Post by: Iluvatar on July 17, 2013, 09:42:34 AM
Quote from: ropat53 on July 16, 2013, 02:39:29 PM
1949 Ferrari 166 telaio 012L
Picture taken at the Giro di Sicilia 1955, Francesco Matrullo replaced the Ferrari engine with an Alfa Romeo 1900, the body had been modified by Fontana 1951.
Good answer!! A point for you!
The body was built by Fontana in a barchetta version, fitted with the roof later (by Fontana again).
:applause:
Title: Re: MPC#016 - Solved - Ferrari 166 coupé by Fontana with Alfa engine
Post by: Allemano on July 17, 2013, 11:06:23 AM
Quote from: ropat53 on July 16, 2013, 02:39:29 PM
1949 Ferrari 166 telaio 012L
Picture taken at the Giro di Sicilia 1955, Francesco Matrullo replaced the Ferrari engine with an Alfa Romeo 1900, the body had been modified by Fontana 1951.
was the car nicknamed "Il Castrato"?
Title: Re: MPC#016 - Solved - Ferrari 166 coupé by Fontana with Alfa engine
Post by: ropat53 on July 17, 2013, 12:59:05 PM
Apparently telaio 012L was delivered to Scuderia Ferrari March 12th 1949, later it was bought by Bracco who raced it at the Giro di Sicilia in 1949 with number 345.
The Marzotto brothers were the next owners and they had Fontana build the second barchetta body and replaced the 166 engine with a 195. Giannino Marzotto and Marco Crosara raced it at the 1950 Giro di Sicilia-Targa Florio. In 1951 it was sent back to Fontana to have the berlinetta body made and upgraded with a 2300 cc or 2500 cc engine.
Francesco Matrullo (Martullo?) replaced the Ferrari engine with an Alfa Romeo, probably 1900 cc. it also had an Alfa emblem placed at the front.
It was lost track of between 1955 and 1970 when it once more had a Ferrari 166 F2 engine installed. I has since been totally restored to the second barchetta body specification and sold at auction in 2012 for € 1,000,000.

First picture original body

Second picture Fontana barchetta

Third picture repainted berlinetta

Fourth picture the car today.
Title: Re: MPC#016 - Solved - Ferrari 166 coupé by Fontana with Alfa engine
Post by: Iluvatar on July 17, 2013, 02:03:12 PM
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