Lot details Registration No: PGC669K Chassis No: 0005839 Mot Expiry: T.B.A.
The Dino Spider was introduced at the 1966 Turin Motor Show. In common with Ferrari's much vaunted 206 and 246 GT cars, it was penned by Pininfarina who built the bodies too. It also shared their all-alloy, 4-cam, V6 engine; the fitment of which in road cars of the time was vital to Ferrari, who needed it sold in a series of 500 cars in order to homologate it for Formula 2 racing. Though designed by Vittorio Jano, the V6 engine was inspired by Enzo Ferrari's son Dino (Alfredo), who sadly died in 1956 at the age of 24 - the Dino branding employed for certain Ferraris and Fiats between 1968 and 1976 was a tribute to him. The Coupe body for the Dino was designed and built by Bertone and made its introduction at the Geneva Motor Show of 1967. The mechanically identical Coupe and Spider initially featured independent coil-sprung front suspension and a live axle set-up with semi-elliptic leaf springs derived from the Fiat 2300S at the rear. Braking was by discs all-round. The engine was of 2-litre capacity and around 160bhp. In 1969 assembly of both Coupe and Spider Fiat Dinos moved from Fiat to Ferrari. These Maranello-built cars benefited from a number of amendments including: the move to independent coil-sprung rear suspension derived from the Fiat 130, superior braking and cooling, the fitment of a new 5-speed ZF gearbox and an increase in engine capacity to 2.4 litres. This resulted in a welcome 20bhp hike; an output sufficient to accelerate the Fiat to 60mph in 8 seconds and on to 130mph.
Finished in blue with grey upholstery, this particular left-hand drive example was imported to the UK during 1989. Entering the current ownership the following year, the Fiat was reportedly used to "tour all over France and Spain". Apparently treated to an extensive engine overhaul by Mike Elliot of Superformance in 1991, the Dino is further understood to have benefited from a bodywork restoration and respray some twelve years later. Kept garaged until very recently, the vendor informs us that he has simply "not had time to play with it or use it".
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