One to Buy: 1 of 10 Ghia Coupe 1950 Ferrari 195 Inter
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Between 1947 and 1948, Ferrari’s legendary Gioacchino Colombo-designed V12 engine was rapidly enlarged from the 1.5-litres displacement seen in the original 125 Sport to 2-litres as used by the myriad 166 variants. One of these 166-engined offerings was the Inter – Ferrari’s first model conceived exclusively for road use.
The 1950 season then saw Enzo Ferrari commission an even bigger 2.4-litre engine from Colombo. These enlarged motors were plumbed into four 195 Sports that went on to secure victories at the 1950 Mille Miglia, Rome 3 Hour Night Race and Giro delle Calabria. Additionally, Giovanni Bracco took a quintet of victories in a 195-engined Ferrari on his way to becoming 1950 Italian Hillclimb Champion.
On the back of this success, Ferrari decided to drop a de-tuned version of the 2.4-litre engine into an improved road-going model: the 195 Inter.
Ferrari built 24 examples of the 195 Inter from late 1950 to late 1951. All were right-hand drive.
During the early 1950s, Ferrari customers were able to have their car bodied by one of many Italian coachbuilders that existed. The bulk of 195 Inters wore bodies by the Turinese firms Vignale and Ghia. Each clothed ten cars while the remaining four were split between Touring (three) and Motto (one).
Currently on offer at the VSOC showroom in Sassenheim, Netherlands, is one of those Ghia-bodied Coupes: chassis 0105S.
Originally delivered to a customer in Milan, by the 1960s chassis 0105S had been exported to the USA. The car subsequently spent some time in Japan during the late 1980s collector car boom and then returned to Europe in the early 1990s. Today, this matching numbers car comes complete with Ferrari Classiche certification and much recent expenditure.
