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The 410 Superamerica, the successor of the 375 America, was unveiled at the 1956 Brussels Motor Show. Designed by Pinin Farina it was destined for series production and ended up giving birth to a series of competition versions.
The model was produced in in three limited series produced between 1956 and 1959. The Series I cars were generally built on a 2800mm wheelbase chassis, although there were exceptions. The Series II cars were built on a 2600mm wheelbase chassis, during 1956 and 1957. The Series III model was unveiled at the 1958 Paris Salon with a new derivation of the body style by Pinin Farina.
In terms of design the car unveiled in Brussels in 1956 was very similar to the new look for the 250 GT coupe by Pinin Farina, which would evolve into the 250 GT Boano and Ellena series.
Superfast Studies
The one-off coachwork offerings for these Series I and II cars were amongst the most bizarre ever to grace a Ferrari chassis. Pinin Farina produced two entirely different “Superfast” studies. The first was shown at the 1956 Paris Salon and featured a cantilevered roof with no front screen pillars, with emphatic tail fins incorporating triangulated rear light assemblies in the trailing edge.
The second “Superfast” was presented at the 1957 Turin Salon and had a more elegant and restrained tail treatment. The then major builder of Ferrari competition car bodies, Scaglietti, also created a one-off model, which again featured tail fins, showing the transatlantic influence on cars mainly aimed at the American market.
Carrozzeria Boano gave their interpretation on the fin theme, with a coupe that featured a split rear window and a similarly bodied cabriolet. However, it was Ghia who took the prize for the biggest and longest tail fins, inspired by their previous dream cars “Gilda” and “Dart” which were built for Chrysler.
Series III
The Series III engine, with factory type reference 126/58, was fitted with redesigned cylinder heads that had the sparking plugs on the outside of the vee, hitherto all Ferrari V12 production car engines had the sparking plugs within the vee.
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