Classic Ferrari race car - Ferrari Dino 166/246 /10

A Ferrari Dino 166/246 /10 from 1968 @fosgoodwood 2017. A car with a very interesting history.

Originally built as a F2 car for the 1968 season and known as the Tipo 166. The drivers were Jacky Ickx. Derek Bell and Ernesto “Tino” Brambilla – brother of 1975 Austrian F1 GP winner, Vittorio Brambilla - “The Monza Gorilla” who took an unlikely win in the March 751.

It was Ernesto Brambilla who gave the car its first win at Hockenheim in what was described as a “wild” race – he came from behind, taking the lead on the last lap and using the grass to do so! That was chassis 10.

Ferrari works F1 driver 1967-69, New Zealander Chris Amon, asked Enzo Ferrari if he could have two chassis – number’s 10 and 08 - for his Tasman racing programme. The Tasman Championship was a race series based exclusively in Australia and New Zealand. In 1968 he finished runner-up.

il Commendatore agreed, and two cars were shipped from Modena to Sydney based race team Scuderia Veloce. In F2 configuration the cars were fitted with 1596cc engines, for the Tasman series, the 2.4 Litre Dino V6 was fitted developing 300bhp.

The V6 became known as the “Dino” as it was Enzo’s son Alfredo “Dino” Ferrari who originally suggested the idea to his father for use in F2 in 1955. Dino was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, but while hospitalised, a designer, Vittorio Jano, was hired to take the idea forward under Dino’s direction. Sadly, Dino would never see his idea come to fruition as he died in June 1956 aged 24.

Throughout the ‘68 Tasman campaign the car was very successful and Chris Amon won the championship in chassis 08 and Derek Bell finished fourth in chassis 10. During the season, Derek achieved his first race win in a Ferrari, adding to two second places and a fourth.

At the end of its racing life, the car was purchased from Ferrari by renowned car collector Sir Anthony Bamford (JCB). During the 80’s, it was then purchased by Ferrari specialist’s and collectors Dudley and Sally Mason-Styron. The Mason-Styron's like to use their cars, and they contested a number of hill climbs in it as well as attending events like the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Dudley, with his father Gerard, set up Rardley Motors Ltd in 1964 as a Triumph and BMW franchise. A chance opportunity to sell a clients Ferrari 275 GTS in 1966 led to them becoming one of the UK’s most respected Ferrari specialists.

Chassis 08 was sold at Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction in August 2014. Chassis 10 was sold recently by Fiskens.

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