1959 Ferrari 196 S

During The ICE in St. Moritz I filmed this 1959 Ferrari 196 S. The Dino story started in 1932 when Enzo Ferrari's wife, Laura, gave birth to their only child, Alfredino, who became known affectionately as "Dino". Despite his constantly deteriorating health he worked at the Ferrari factory on various projects, one of the last of which is reputed to have been on a V6 engine design with the talented engineer Vittorio Jano. Thus, when the engine was eventually built in 1957, Enzo Ferrari dedicated the type to the memory of his son, and they became known as Dino Engine, with Dino script on the cam covers in the style of his son's signature, although the cars that they were installed in wore Ferrari badges. Late in 1959 the 1960 version of the Dino sport racing model went into production. The company had planned to defend its existing Sports Car World Championship title in depth, their V6 engine design being intended originally to contest the 2-liter class in support of the factor. Three examples were constructed, which aimed at race and Championship victories overall. Chassis 0776 was bodied by Carrozzeria Fantuzzi in very similar style to the Pininfarina designed coachwork applied to the TR59s. It was not, however, required far competition during the 1959 European season and was finally competed for sale to a customer of US East Coast distributor, Luigi Chinetti. It was equipped with a 2-liter 2-cam 60-degree V6 engine, and was delivered new to Chinetti in New York, with the bills being paid by Don Pedro Rodriguez of Mexico City, whose son Pedro and Ricardo were to drive the car. Chassis #0776 was the first of the series to appear in competition, when it was entered by NART and driven by Ricardo Rodriguez in the Bahamas in December 1959. Chinetti entered it under his North American Racing Team banner far its debut in the "all Ferrari" event at Bahamas Speed Week.Recording 2nd,4th and a DNS in three races entered. The car was returned to the factory, rebuilt and race prepared for the Targa Florio in May 1960 as a NART entry, driven by Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez. It finished 7th, despite being rolled over twice befare landing back on its wheels and driving on to the finish line! It was quickly repaired, 0776 was then taken to Nurburgring in Germany far ADAC 1000km World Championship round on May 22nd 1960. The last major international competition appearance of 0776 was at the 12 Hours of Sebring in March 1961, Where it was driven by Holborn/Fulp/Hudson to 18th overall and 1st in class 5.20. After Chinetti/Rodriguez/Fulp's tenure in the early 1960s, it passed through the hands of Tom O'Brian, Swiss Hillclimb driver Harry Zweifel, the Jo Fiffert Collection at Freiburg, Rob Walker of Nunney, Somerset in England and from him via Count Giovanni to Beppe Lucchini, then Perfetti family, then to Kerry Manolas, Sydney, Australia. In the mid-90s it passed to Viscount Cordray in the UK. In the 2000s it found its way to Sir Anthony Bamfard in the UK, then onto Alex Birkenstock, D. Leslie Wexner USA Collection, finally to its current owner. Join my Notification Squad: click the Bell 🔔 Make sure you like and comment the video, but also subscribe to the channel! *Michael - Automotive Mike* Socials: ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/AutomotiveMike ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/automotive_mike

Added 3 Jun 2026