LOCAL RIDE // JAMES CLARK'S 1947 FERRARI 166 CORSA SPYDER

According to good people at Jalopnik, the 1947 Ferrari 166 Corsa Spyder featured above, serial number 004C, belongs to Vancouver (Washington) native James Clark. The second Spyder Corsa ever built, and what is believed to be the fourth Ferrari ever built, Clark’s Spyder is one of only eight that were ever built, and one of only two that still retain the original body. Get all that... [read more]

Powered by a longitudinally aligned, front mounted SOHC 2.0-liter V12, with two valves per cylinder and three Weber carbs, Clark’s Spyder Corsa produces only 110bhp @6000 rpm. The body is aluminimum and laid over a tubular steel frame which is attached to a set of double wishbone control arms and transverse semi-elliptic leaf springs and friction dampers in the front, while a live-axel, semi-elliptic leaf springs and Houdaille friction dampers put the power to the pavement.

Originally purchased for $3800 in 1947, Clark’s Spyder Corsa just might be the oldest complete Ferrari in existence and is certainly worth more than its original sticker price!

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Editorial: Justin Coffey