Body no. 11193 The origin of the ‘Mille Miglia’ appellation to the Ferrari 250 series resulted from Giovanni Bracco’s famous victory in the 1952 event when, driving a privately entered 250S, he defeated the mighty Mercedes-Benz works team to score an unlikely victory. Ferrari lost no time in capitalising on this outstanding success, launching a new competition model - the 250 Mille Miglia - in time for the 1953 season. All 32 (or thereabouts) cars were built on the short (2,400mm) chassis and equipped with an up-rated Lampredi-designed V12 engine incorporating 12-port cylinder heads and triple Weber carburettors. Produced during 1953 and 1954, the 250 Mille Miglia was a contemporary of the 250 Europa. Before the advent of the Europa, Ferrari had built road-going coupés and convertibles in small numbers, usually to special customer order using a sports-racing chassis as the basis. Ghia and Vignale, of Turin and Touring, of Milan were responsible for bodying many of these, but there was no attempt at standardisation for series production and no two cars were alike. Up to this point, Carrozzeria Vignale had been Ferrari’s favoured coachbuilder, but from now on Pinin Farina (later ‘Pininfarina’) would predominate. The latter’s growing influence is exemplified by the build figures for the 250 Mille Miglia, for although Vignale bodied the 14 competition spiders produced (plus two coupés) it was Pinin Farina that was entrusted with the ‘standard’ berlinetta, 16 of which were made. Although individually unique, these Pinin Farina 250 Mille Miglias were all constructed to the same basic design and differ only in relatively minor detail. They are typical of Pinin Farina’s style of the period and an undisputed classic of Gran Turismo design. Fitted new to 250 Mille Miglia chassis number ‘0270MM’, this original and unrestored Pinin Farina body (number ‘11193’) was removed from ‘0270’ when that car was restored in 1984 (with a new body) at Autorestauro (Giovanni Giordanengo) in Boves, Italy, from whom it was purchased by the vendor in 2004.
Body no. 11193 The origin of the ‘Mille Miglia’ appellation to the Ferrari 250 series resulted from Giovanni Bracco’s famous victory in the 1952 event when, driving a privately entered 250S, he defeated the mighty Mercedes-Benz works team to score an unlikely victory. Ferrari lost no time in capitalising on this outstanding success, launching a new competition model - the 250 Mille Miglia - in time for the 1953 season. All 32 (or thereabouts) cars were built on the short (2,400mm) chassis and equipped with an up-rated Lampredi-designed V12 engine incorporating 12-port cylinder heads and triple Weber carburettors. Produced during 1953 and 1954, the 250 Mille Miglia was a contemporary of the 250 Europa. Before the advent of the Europa, Ferrari had built road-going coupés and convertibles in small numbers, usually to special customer order using a sports-racing chassis as the basis. Ghia and Vignale, of Turin and Touring, of Milan were responsible for bodying many of these, but there was no attempt at standardisation for series production and no two cars were alike. Up to this point, Carrozzeria Vignale had been Ferrari’s favoured coachbuilder, but from now on Pinin Farina (later ‘Pininfarina’) would predominate. The latter’s growing influence is exemplified by the build figures for the 250 Mille Miglia, for although Vignale bodied the 14 competition spiders produced (plus two coupés) it was Pinin Farina that was entrusted with the ‘standard’ berlinetta, 16 of which were made. Although individually unique, these Pinin Farina 250 Mille Miglias were all constructed to the same basic design and differ only in relatively minor detail. They are typical of Pinin Farina’s style of the period and an undisputed classic of Gran Turismo design. Fitted new to 250 Mille Miglia chassis number ‘0270MM’, this original and unrestored Pinin Farina body (number ‘11193’) was removed from ‘0270’ when that car was restored in 1984 (with a new body) at Autorestauro (Giovanni Giordanengo) in Boves, Italy, from whom it was purchased by the vendor in 2004.
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