1952 Fiat 8V Spider

This Fiat 8V is one of the six prototype 8V cars hand-built by the factory. It originally left the factory fitted with a Rapi body and was run in the 1952 Mille Miglia. The second owner commissioned Zagato to create a stylish Barchetta body with no windows to race in the Sport Class. In 1953 it returned to the Mille Miglia wearing its new Zagato spider body. Just a month after the Mille, the 8V crashed and flipped over at the Giro di Sardegna and the driver was tragically killed. Since the chassis and engine were largely intact, the car was sent back to Zagato to craft a new body for the car. Zagato made only one minor modification to the front end in 1955, which is the current body on the car. This is the only Otto Vu Zagato Spider ever produced, making this car a one-off car.