1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica (Ghia)

The Ferrari 410 Superamerica was officially introduced at 1955’s Paris Auto Show as a naked chassis. The finished car was displayed four months later at the Brussels Motor Show. Its elegant but sober body by Pinin Farina was not unlike that seen on the design house’s five Europa GT prototypes.

Among other Ferrari 410 Superamerica coachbuilders, Carrozzeria Ghia created a wild one-off with large fins and styling themes echoing those of some of its mid-1950s show cars. This was Ghia’s last Ferrari.

One 1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica body was created by Ghia — a creation of chief designer Giovanni Savonuzzi, who had penned the Chrysler "Gilda" and "Dart" show cars and to which the Ghia 410 bore a strong resemblance.

Unfortunately, it was not generally regarded as one of the better-looking Ferrari Superamericas because of its sharply pointed fins that towered almost a foot and a half above the rear fender line. Its massive rear bumper, which looked as though it came straight out of Detroit, didn't help either.

The car also featured a wraparound windshield, as was the vogue in the mid-1950s, complete with a lower rear corner dogleg that bruised many a drivers' knees.