Fantastic Ferraris

"An automobile is first and foremost a dream," so said Enzo Ferrari, a man who most certainly knows. Ferrari's dream is vivid. It is an image of red race-bred cars with wire wheels and sweeping windshields, emblazoned by a black "cavallino" on a field of Modena yellow. Most certainly, a fantastic dream. Fantastic Ferraris is a unique book on Ferraris, as distinct from other Ferrari books as Ferrari is distinct from other cars. This book is the dream of author Antoine Prunet and photographer Peter Vann— it is a gallery of the most fantastic Ferraris ever assembled, unique cars among the distinct Ferrari marque, collected from around the world. These are the rarest of the rare, the fantastic Ferraris with fascinating histories on road and track: 375F1, 375 Mille Miglia, 121, 410 Sport, 410 Berlinetta Speciale, 860 Monza, 290 Mille Miglia, 250GT Pinin Farina Spyder, 250GT Cabriolet Series 1, 4.9 Superfast, 500 TRC, 335 Sport, TR 58, 250 Testa Rossa, Testa Rossa 1959, 250GT Spyder California, 400 Superamerica, 400 Superamerica Series II, 250 GT Bertone, 250GT Competition 61, 250 GTO, 250 GTO 64, 275/330P, Dino 206S, 275 GTB, 275 GTB/4 2275 NART Spyder, 365 P Guida Centrale, 512S Berlinetta Speciale, 512M and PF Modulo. These are the cars that created the Ferrari mystique: the one-offs, prototypes, Scuderia Ferrari racers, the "specials" built especially for Enzo Ferrari's friends—King Leopold of Belgium, Princess Aga Khan, NART's Luigi Chinetti and others. Over 240 glorious photographs-180 of which are in colour, and a blend of history with anecdote tells the tale of these famous, not so famous and infamous Ferraris: Juan Manuel Fangio's "bathtub", the four-cylinder racers, Pinin Farina and Scaglietti's fancies, the exquisite 1957 vintage cars, and the American styling complete with fins and flares.