1953 Ferrari 166 MM

First owner, based near Castelfranco, Italy; registered the car in Modena. Actively campaigned the car throughout the 1953 season in hillclimbs and circuit events across Italy.

Rome-based owner who acquired the car for the 1954 season; the car had sustained minor accident damage to the nose prior to his purchase. The car was entered under the Scuderia Ferrari banner for the 1954 Mille Miglia but used by MGM for film production.

Washington-based owner; showed the car at the 1961 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Three successive unnamed owners based in Massachusetts through whom the car passed after moving east from California.

Competed and showed the car in the Ferrari Historic Challenge and Cavallino Classic in 2000.

Tacoma, Washington-based buyer who purchased the car, along with other vehicles used in the MGM film, after additional shooting was completed in California. Subsequently sold it to a fellow Tacoma resident.

Also based in Tacoma; acquired the car painted white and gold and continued racing it in 1955 and 1956 before selling it to another Washington owner.

Ferrari enthusiast who relocated the car back to Los Angeles; took it to the 1976 Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca and returned it to Pebble Beach on multiple occasions.

Intermediate owner through whose hands the car passed before it was acquired by Ed Davies.

Collector who showed the car at the 1993 Cavallino Classic and the Ferrari Club of America Annual Meet and National Concours.

Connecticut-based owner who brought the car back to Italy to contest the Mille Miglia Storica in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and exhibited it at several concours events through 2017.

First competitive outing for the car; specific result not recorded in the source.

Co-driven by R.H. Bill Mason; car also served in filming a Shell documentary on the race directed by Mason. Race number 514.

One of approximately 10 hillclimbs and circuit events entered by Cacciari during the 1953 season; he regularly finished inside the top 10.

Several bodywork details on the car had been revised again by the time of this event.

Co-driven by G. Parravicini; entered under Scuderia Ferrari as race number 556 but primarily used by MGM Studios for filming The Racers. Kirk Douglas and John Fitch also drove during the actual race; the car did not finish.

Shown while in Pat Piggott's ownership; no award result mentioned.

Entered by owner Ed Niles; car also returned to Pebble Beach around this period.

Shown by collector Ed Davies alongside the Ferrari Club of America Annual Meet and National Concours.

Exhibited alongside the 1993 Cavallino Classic while owned by Ed Davies.

Car also displayed at the 2000 Cavallino Classic during the same ownership period.

Shown alongside participation in the Ferrari Historic Challenge in 2000.

First of three consecutive participations entered by owner John Megrue after returning the car to Italy.

Second consecutive entry under John Megrue's ownership.

Third consecutive entry under John Megrue's ownership.

Held in Pennsylvania; the car took top honours at this concours event.

Shown in the same year as the Greenwich Concours.

Exhibited in the same year as the Amelia Island Concours.

Prior to or during the 1953 Mille Miglia, the car was fitted with a full-width windshield and a slightly revised grille configuration among other detail changes.

Several of these modifications were reversed or altered again by the time of the September 1953 Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore.

The nose was damaged in a minor racing accident during the 1953 season, resulting in a changed nose shape visible in period photographs.

Damage occurred before the car was sold to Alberto Luongo for the 1954 season.

Metallurgical analysis conducted at twenty points on the chassis and welds by a German specialist, producing a 97-page certificate confirming that all steel is correct in age, composition, and dimensions per the original GILCO frame specifications.

Cost approximately €15,000; the certificate supports the car's claim to full structural originality as verified by historian Marcel Massini.

The nose was restored to its original 1953 shape after having been altered following the racing accident sustained during that season.

Described as recently completed at time of cataloguing; the bodywork overall is reported to be approximately 80 percent original.

A full rebuild of the V-12 engine was carried out.

Several reversible mechanical upgrades were made to improve usability in historic events: electronic ignition fitted, alternator uprated, an auxiliary electric cooling fan added, and the five-speed gearbox converted to full synchronisation.

All changes are described as fully reversible to original specification.