1956 Ferrari 250 GT Boano

Enzo Ferrari recognized the need to fund his racing efforts with a line of premium performance-oriented road and grand touring cars. Additionally, he understood that the success on the world's racing circuit would lead to more sales of road-going cars. The first foray in the grand touring segment was the 166 Inter, which was essentially a racing car with a coachbuilt, custom-ordered body. The long-wheelbase 250 GT car, however, was the company's first true grand touring car of volume. Wearing a design by Pinin Farina, the Ferrari 250 Europa GT made its debut at the 1954 Paris Motor Show. Nearly all the Ferrari 250s received the lightweight, Gioacchino Colombo-designed V-12 engine, which had begun its life as a racing engine.

1956 Ferrari 250 GT Boano photo
Coupe by Boano
Chassis #: 0553GT
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Pinin Farina was unable to keep pace with the swept-back Europa GT beyond the first few prototypes, so Ferrari turned to Carrozzeria Boano, founded by Mario Felice Boano and his son, Gian Paolo, after they departed design house Ghia. Boano had purchased Ghia after the death of the firm's founder in 1944. The carrozzeria bearing his own name was founded in 1956 and was co-manged by his son.

After proving their abilities with a one-off 250 GT Cabriolet completed in 1956 and shown at the Geneva Motor Show in 1956 (along with a similarly designed 410 Super America and a Pinin Farina built coupe), the job was officially theirs and more than five dozen 250 GTs followed. Boano essentially left the Pinin Farina design intact, except for lowering the wing line. Both steel and aluminum-bodied 250 GT Boano coupes were built.

In 1957, Mario Felice Boano accepted an offer to head up Fiat's design department. Once again, production was transferred, this time it went to Boano employee Ezio Ellena, who formed Carrozzeria Ellena. Five examples were built nearly identical to Boano's designs, while the remaining 45 examples had an elevated roofline.

1956 Ferrari 250 GT Boano photo
Coupe by Boano
Chassis #: 0543GT
Engine #: 0543GT
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Auction entries : 5
Boano would build approximately 88 examples of the 250 GT coupe through late 1957.


by Daniel Vaughan | Aug 2019

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