By Design: 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti - Automobile
That’s not exactly true, as Jon Shirley presented this very car, the 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti Coupe , in 1998, when it won its class for Scaglietti coachwork and became eligible for Best of Show. I might be a little cynical, too, thinking their present acceptance of this car might have more to do with the astronomical increase in the monetary value of old Ferraris than with its atypical, not-very-Italian form. Clearly inspired more by the Mercedes 300SL than by typical Italian fastback coupes, albeit with beautiful front fender tips in the style of the Ferrari Testa Rossa, this one-off re-body of a racing roadster has many styling eccentricities, some... The top is something of a bubble form, like the Mercedes, but it has hard, straight lines at the top of the side glass to accommodate sliding transparencies, and a straight line at the top of the backlight that doesn’t fit the curved transverse... The backlight also doesn’t suit the anachronistic crowned, barrel-like body cross-section, similar to earlier single-seater bodies. The windshield, which curves upward at its top to follow the roof section, is better matched to the upper and lower body sections. Source: www.automobilemag.com
