The Breadvan

I have blogged about Ferrari GTOs previously but I haven't mentioned the one-off Drogo designed "Breadvan":

This extraordinary GTO looked nothing like any of the others.  It was fast but quite bizarre looking.
Now Ferrari SpA Maranello have attested to the authenticity of the vehicle which still exists:




Ferrari SpA, by Ferrari Classiche, issues Attestation for vehicles of historic interest to “Breadvan”: "Maranello - Ferrari SpA has recently issued an Attestation for vehicles of historic interest by the Ferrari Classiche department to the 250 GT Berlinetta passo corto (chassis 2819) nicknamed the “Breadvan”."


Piero Drogo of Drogo Carrozzeria Sports Cars designed a number of Ferraris between the 50s and 1973 when he was tragically killed driving his Ferrari.  Most of them were distinctive and not to everyone's taste (witness the Breadvan) but his masterpiece, often described as the most beautiful rear-engined car ever built, was the exquisite 1967 330 P4 sports racer: 

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