166 MM Barchetta
by Bill Dutting
Title
166 MM Barchetta
Artist
Bill Dutting
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
1949 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta 0022M. The car that launched the Ferrari mystique close to 60 years ago, the 1949 Type 166 MM (Mille Miglia) followed the first few Ferraris from 1947 and 1948 that were built for competition.
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November 10th, 2011
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Don Struke
Another great photograph, Bill. I knew a guy in Altoona, Pa., back in the day, Bill Ferro, who had a 166 identical to this little beaut. I rode in it to Watkins Glen one Grand Prix weekend. Half a century later I forget what he paid for it, but for perspective it was not long before I found a rolled-and-repaired 300SL coupe that I could have bought for $3,600, and to me at that time it might as well have been half a million. And now they are.