This 1951 212 Export, #0086/E, was one of 27 built. Its inaugural race was at the Giro di Sicilia, meaning the tour Sicily where it came first. It crashed and Vignale was tasked with removing the "Sicilian cart" body and constructing an export spider body for the car. It was re-bodied by Fontana as a spider at the close of 1951. It was campaigned heavily including the Giro di Sicilia and Mille Miglia where it caught fire and the body was destroyed. It was again fitted with the body was destroyed. In 1953 it was again fitted with a Fontana body and raced in lesser events. It was then sold to a US Owner.
Tedious historical research and old world technologies are responsible for the Fontana body you see on the car today.
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