1955 Ferrari 410 S Spyder

The 410S was created to contest the 1955 Carrera Panamericana Mexican Road Race. Powered by Ferrari's largest competition V12 of the 1950s and the last of the Lampredi engines, it displaced 4.9 liters and produced 390 hp at 6200 RPM. The body was built by Scaglietti. Four models were built, two for racing (Sport) and two for private ownership (Speciale).

The Ferrari 410 S is one of the most powerful sports racing cars built in the 1950s. Designed to participate in the 1955 Carrera Panamericana Road Race, the 410 S was powered by Ferrari's most competitive engine - the V-12, twin sparkplug Lampredi unit.

This is one of two Scuderia Ferrari Factory Team racing cars built for the 1955 Carrera Panamericana Race. When the race was canceled, it raced in the 1956 1000 Km de la Buenos Aires, the first round of the 1956 World Sports Car Championship. It qualified third and set the fastest lap but the remarkably powerful twin-plug V-12 engines finally overwhelmed the transmissions of both works Ferraris and neither 410S finished the 106 lap World Championship opener. The 24-plug 410 was driven by Peter Collins and Luigi Musso. While the factory-entered 410S twins lasted they gained glory earning the pole position and setting the fastest lap in the 1956 season opener. Chassis 0596CM set the fastest race lap of 102.5 mph.

This was among the most powerful sports racing cars built in the 1950s with 4.9 liter, Lampredi, long-block, V-12 engine of nearly 400 horsepower with even more torque of 410 foot-pounds.

The car retired from racing in 1959 after competing at Nassau, Pomona and Daytona, but graduated to historic racing in 1998, with outings at Silverstone and Goodwood.

This car was entered in the 1956 Mille Miglia as a Ferrari factory entry with Swedish driver Sture Nottorp. Nottorp firmly maintained Ferrari sabotaged the car as not to compete with their 860 Monzas. #0596CM (CarreraMexicana) continued to race in Europe and the United States as a factory team racer for many years.