1952 166/330 MM Touring Barchetta Recreation

These rebodies are selling far below construction costs and will deliver miles of smiles. But don’t go near Pebble Beach, and don’t expect to make money

by John Apen

Carrozzeria Touring’s 1949–53 Barchetta is considered one of Ferrari’s classic models. Only about 35 Touring Barchettas (literally translated as “little boat”) were produced using Touring’s patented Superleggera or super light construction, which wrapped the aluminum body panels on a lightweight steel tubing sub-frame. Most were intended for competition, but a few “Lusso” or luxury versions were fitted with leather interiors and a leather covering surrounding the cockpit area. This beautiful alloy-bodied recreation is built as a Lusso version utilizing a left-hand-drive 330 2+2 chassis and driveline. Dominic Scaduto at his Scuderia Carrozzeria Italia in San Marcos, California, constructed it in the late 1980s. Scaduto worked for Touring in the 1960s before immigrating to the U.S. in 1986. He built three of these Barchettas in the late 1980s utilizing Ferrari parts from a 212, 250 and in this case a 330 2+2 donor car. He shortened the chassis and fabricated...