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We are proud to offer one of the very few Ghia bodied Ferrari which were only
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made in a very short period up from 1950 to 1951 being the successor of the
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166 and the predecessor of the famous and very successful 212 models. In
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the early days Enzo Ferrari has chosen for the design and bodywork the most
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famous design companies available in Italy. Most of the early 166 have been
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made by Touring before Enzo started in 1950 the cooperation with Vignale and
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more or less in the same time with Ghia. While Ghia had only produced
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around 28 different cars with different engine displacements and
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bodies for Ferrari, Vignale closed the gap with a bigger output of design and
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quantity before Enzo Ferrari commissioned the responsibility to Pinin Farina who
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was up from 1953 more or less the exclusive disigner of the marque.
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Although only very few 195's have been produced at Ferrari it might be
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interesting to know that the Mille Miglia 1950 had been won on a Touring bodied
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195 S by Giannini Marzotto, which was a handsome and young member of
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Italy's industrial post war aristocracy. The same car was found a few month later
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being in the lead at Le Mans before being side-lined by a failed generator
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mount. This clearly shows how competitive the 195 S model and especially the
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early 2.300 ccm reinforced 12 cylinder engine with its three carburettor setup has |
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The Ferrari 195 S Ghia two seater model on offer is just one of 8 cars which
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have been produced in 1950/51. Compared with its sister cars we could say that
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it has the most fascinating history of all of them. Before delivery to its first
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owner it was the Brussel Motor Show car representing the work of Ferrari on their
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stand. It found its new owner through Jacques Swaters Francorchamps with Leon
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Sventorghetski. Leon Sven how he was called by Jacques Swaters belonged to
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the circle of post-revolution Russian emigrants. Beside he was the Spa-
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Francorchamps circuit's promoter and a great friend of Jacques Swaters who
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remembered him in his famous Francorchamps book published in 1992 as a
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"precious moral support in the good times, but especially during the bad times".
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