”Competition chassis features with innumerable refinements that successfully tame the basic inner beast… The design, detailing and execution of every part of its chassis and body reflect the builder’s determination to put together a perfect machine.” American magazine Sports Car Illustrated reviews a $10,975 250 GT Boano Coupé in January 1958. And likes it.

The line of Ferrari’s stripped-bare competition berlinettas that started with Marquis ‘Fon’ de Portago’s 1956 Tour de France-winning 250 GT is the stuff of legend.