Friday's Ferrari

This car was in the Ferrari Owners Club area at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It's the 1952 Ferrari 225 Sport Spyder of David Vine, and  it is chassis #0198ET, with bodywork by Carrozzeria Vignale. It was a development of the Ferrari 212 Export and powered by the same Gioacchino Colombo-designed  V12 engine enlarged to 2,715cc. There were 21 examples of the 225 S built, with a mix of Berlinetta and Spyder bodies and coachwork by both Vignale and Touring.

Friday's Ferrari

This is a car I photographed at the Ferrari Owners Club area at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

It's a 1952 Ferrari 225 Sport Spyder and I featured the same car in December 2012, at the 1996 meeting; its serial number is 0198ET and it was owned at that time by David Vine.

Friday's Ferrari

Today's car is a 1952 Ferrari 225 Sport Spider, serial number 0198ET, with bodywork by Vignale, shown above at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in 1996. Wikipedia says this about the 225:

'A predecessor to the 250 line was the 225 S introduced at the 1952 Giro di Sicilia. Two of the two-seat prototypes were built, an open barchetta and closed coupe both by Vignale. Seven 225 S cars were entered at the Mille Miglia, but these were overshadowed by their larger-engined 250 S brother.Although not as heralded as the 250 line, the 225 did play one unique historical role: A 225 S tested at Imola was the first Ferrari to drive on that course.'

The history of this particular car is shown here.