Ferrari 212 Inter Pinin Farina Berlinetta |
Completed: |
1953 |
Originally delivered: |
Italy |
Original colour: |
black with silver roof |
Original interior: |
tan |
Comments: |
The 212 Europa is the first model designed by PininFarina and is therefore a |
| real milestone in the history of Ferrari. The works of Ferrari and Pinin Farina | |
| have only produced just 16 cars from which only five cars still have their original | |
| matching number engine. This is one of them.This 212 Europa Pinin | |
| Farina Berlinetta presented here was purchased new by | |
| film director Roberto Rosselini as a wedding anniversary present for his wife, the | |
| movie star Ingrid Bergman. Rosselini himself was one of the most important | |
| directors of Italian neo-realist cinema. Roberto Rosselini and Ingrid Bergman | |
| were close friends with Enzo Ferrari. In a conversation with Enzo, Ingrid said in | |
| regards to her custom ordered 212 Europa,"instead of getting a new flat we | |
| are getting a new Ferrari with a bigger trunk." | |
| After taking delivery of the Ferrari in Rome Rosselini and Bergman drove the car | |
| north through the Alpes of northern Italy and Switzerland into Germany and then | |
| caught a ferry to Denmark. They eventually arrived at the Grand Hotel in | |
| Stockholm at 3.00 a.m. The following day Bergman received a movie award. | |
| The car went to America in 1959 and in 1980 it was sold to Bob Smith who | |
| completely restored it. John Ridings Lee from Texas acquired it in the early | |
| nineties and later sold it to Erich Traber of Bern Switzerland. | |
| The 212 Europa has undergone a painstaking restoration bringing the car back | |
| to its original combination of silver (gray) over black and is ready to | |
| participate in the most prestigious vintage Ferrari events. | |
| Full documentation is available including copies of the first registration | |
| document in the name of Roberto Rosselini himself. Part of the history file | |
| contains many photos of the first trip Roberto Rosselini and Ingrid Bergman | |
| took to Sweden in the car. | |
| Regarding to its condition and marvellous history the 212 Europa we are pleased | |
| to offer might be the most significant car out of a small production of only 16 | |
| cars. It might the be "number one" 212 Europa Pinin Farina Berlinetta. |
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