19/5! (Ferrari for sale edition)

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 05/19/2015 at 05:24 • Filed to: Ferrari, 195

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Have a Ferrari 195 Inter. About two dozen were made in 1950. All had a 2.3 litre V12 (no, not a thing commonly seen) and rhd.

They were custom bodied according to whichever coachbuilder you fancied. You fancy a Ghia, from before they became a badge on a Fiesta? There’s one being auctioned on Saturday !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the Villa Erba in Italy. Bring monies. Lots and lots of monies.

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Svend > Cé hé sin 05/19/2015 at 06:27

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At first I thought this was either an early or late Aston Martin DB3 (with maybe a hint of early Volvo grille) before I read the title after looking at the thumbnail.

I quite like the look of the Ferrari but can’t bring myself to say I’d buy it if I had the cash over another car of the period.

Cé hé sin > Svend 05/19/2015 at 07:05

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They are quite similar aren’t they?

Svend > Cé hé sin 05/19/2015 at 08:04

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I think to be fair quite a few were very similar especially when it came to coachbuilders who had a particular style and used it for most of their designs. Like today with the Aston Martin-esque grille being used not just on almost all Fords but other marques.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Cé hé sin 05/19/2015 at 10:29

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I can’t find a single video of how the thing sounds. The Italians keep dubbing crappy stock music over the engine note. COME ON.

Cé hé sin > Svend 05/19/2015 at 10:47

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Yes, there was a kind of period look as it were. Here’s a 1950s Delahaye:

Note that like the Ferrari they were rhd.

Svend > Cé hé sin 05/19/2015 at 15:55

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Were they all RHD or were they down to the coachbuilder or buyer optioned? I believe Sweden was still RHD at the time and may of been one or two others in that neck of the woods.

Cé hé sin > Svend 05/19/2015 at 16:08

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I think rhd was associated with luxury cars at the time. Delahaye never made a lhd model until almost the end when they offered them in America. Note that the Ferrari is rhd too.

Interestingly Sweden used lhd cars but rhd commercials. I think people were anticipating a change to the dark side which they had been talking about for forty years and bought lhd cars in anticipation.

In the run up to Dagen-H bus owners were obliged to buy models which could easily be converted to lhd and right hand doors.

Yes, “right” begins with a H (Högar) in Swedish contrary to all logic and expectations of a European language.