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IF YOU CAN DREAM IT YOU CAN DO IT ENZO FERRARI

THE ORIGINS OF THE MYTH

E nzo Ferrari w as a u niq ue m an, an Italian sym b ol of the 20 th century, know n all over the

w orld for having reinterp reted the very concept of the sports car, w ho had a d ecisive im pact

on the cho ices m ade b y g reat d esig ners and carm akers.

H is p hilosop hy, his brillian ce an d his eyes set firm ly on the future are d escrib ed in the w ord s

of Leo T urrini that acco m p any a visit to the new C asa E nzo F errari M useum in M od ena, his

hom e tow n, w hich he p aid trib ute to b y ch oosing the tow ns sym bolic ye llow as the

b ackg round for his pran cing horselog o.

N ot only the life of the m an , b ut also the history of m otor racing: the m echan ical solutions,

the extrem e p erform an ce, the sim plicity o f the construction, the aerod ynam ics thatsustained the so phisticated eng ineering w orking closely w ith the form , and the styling that

w as alw ays orig inal, p ersonal and reco gnisab le.

E nzo F errari invented the id ea of the racing car cam ouflag ed as a G T . H is revolutionary m ind

created the road car that w as read y for the race track, w ith a few m inor changes: from the

A lfa R om eo of Scud eria F errari to the Ferrari 166 w ith a T ouring Sup erleg gera b ody.

In parallel w ith Enzo F erraris d evelop m en t and innovative id eas, the exhib ition The orig ins

of the M yth, curated b y G iovan ni P erfetti, w hich alternates betw een his B irthp lace an d the

new G allery, traces the history and evolution of a unique territory, a reality that is universally

reco g nised , w hich has g en erated extrem ely sig nificant technical id eas that are d ifficu lt to

rep roduce.

T he exhib ition focuses o n the co ntrib ution that M od ena h as m ad e over the years to

g enerations of d rau ghtsm en , engineers, carm akers, stylists, d rivers an d fan s all over thew orld, w ith refined p roducts that are eleg ant, w ell-co nstructed an d stylistically im p eccab le.

M od en a, the land of the eng ine.

ENZO FERRARIS BIRTHPLACE

T he h ouse w here E nzo F errari w as b orn in 1898 hosts the m ultim ed ia installation that g uid es

the visitor throug h that period : a video in 8 chap ters that traces the salient events in the life

of the great D rake.

Item s and m em orab ilia that m ade E nzo Ferrari un iq ue and fam ous throu gho ut the w orld are

exhib ited in the room s w here he o nce lived: from his insep arab le d ark sung lasses and

spectacles to the fountain pen filled w ith purp le ink that he w rote an d sig ned his nam e w ith,

the 125 Sp ort of 194 7 and the b ran ds linked to the h istory of the prancing horse, personal

d ocu m ents (birth an d m arriag e certificates) and his race licence, as w ell as som e interesting

d ocum ents ab out Scu d eria F errari and C arrozzeria T ouring .


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THE CARS EXHIBITED IN THE GALLERY

T he tour of the m useum starts w ith the 815 A uto A vio C ostruzioni of 194 0 .

Som e of the cars raced by E nzo F errari:

(from the A lfa R om eo M useum )

1914 : A lfa R om eo 40 -60 H P

E ng ine: 4 cylind ers in line - C ap acity 6 0 88 cc Pow er delivery 8 2 b hp at 24 0 0 b hp

A lfa R om eo M useum

1927: A lfa R om eo R L Super Sp ort M ille M ig lia

E ng ine: 6 cylind ers in line C ap acity 2994 cc Pow er delivery 8 8 b hp at 360 0 bhp

1935: A lfa R om eo B im otore (Scud eria Ferrari and R ecord N uvolari)

E ng ine: 2, 8 cylind ers in line C ap acity 3 165 cc - T ot. cap acity: 6330 cc Pow er d elivery 54 0bhp at 540 0 bhp

T he S cud eria F errari cars:

193 2: A lfa R om eo 8C 230 0 Sp ide r C orsa

E ng ine: 8 cylinders in line - C ap acity 233 6 cc Pow er delivery 165 bhp at 54 0 0 bhp

193 4 : A lfa R om eo G ran P rem io Tip o B P 3 aerod inam ica

E ng ine: 8 cylinders in line - C ap acity 290 5 cc Pow er delivery 225 bhp at 54 0 0 b hp

193 6: A lfa R om eo Tip o C 12C

E ng ine: V 12 C ap acity 4 0 64 cc Pow er delivery 370 b hp at 58 0 0 b hp

1938: A lfa R om eo Tip o 158 A lfetta

E ng ine: 8 cylinders in line C ap acity 14 79 cc Pow er delivery 195 b hp at 72 0 0 b hp1934 : Fiat 50 8 S M M C opp a dO ro

E ng ine: 4 cylind ers in line - C ap acity 9 97 cc Pow er delivery 20 b hp at 34 0 0 b hp

C am ellini C ollection

T he en g ines

A lfa R om eo 158 - 1938 8 cylind ers in line - C ap acity 14 79 cc Pow er d elivery 195 b hp at

720 0 bhp (A lfa Rom eo M useum )

M aserati T ip o 26 - 1926 8 cylind ers in line C ap acity 14 92.6 cc Pow er d elivery 115 b hp at

53 0 0 b hp (prop erty o f M aserati SpA )

Stan g uellini (B ialb ero) -1950 4 cyl. In line - C ap acity 74 1 cc Pow er delivery 4 0 b hp at

60 0 0 b hp (Stang uellini M useum )

Later racing cars:

F errari 166 M M B archetta T ouring

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E ng ine: V 12 C ap acity 1995 .0 2 cc Pow er delivery 14 0 b hp at 660 0 b hp

P rivate C ollection

F errari 166 M M coup T ou ring

194 9

E ng ine: C ap acity 1995.0 2 cc - Pow er delivery 14 0 b hp a 6 60 0 b hp

C am ellini C ollection

M aserati A 6 150 0 P ininfarina

194 8E ng ine: 6 cylind ers in line, C ap acity 1488 cc Pow er delivery 65 bhp at 4 70 0 b hp

N icolis M useum


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century, becau se o f b oth sensitivity to the top ic and a sense o f belonging , an d of the

p rop ensity an d p rod uctivity of the ind ustrial fab ric of M od ena.F errari and M aserati g rew up together, and com p etitiveness w as the d eciding factor.

T echn icians, w orkers and experts from T urin and M ilan all co ntrib uted to the exp ansion and

spread of kno w led ge and skills as they m oved from one com p any to the o ther.

In the years that follow ed , in 1950 to be precise, the A erautod rom e w as inaug urated , w here

cars could be b uilt and m od ified , an d their lap results m easured just one hour later. F errari

and M aserati p layed a strategic role, b ut so d id the sm all m anufacturers an d tuning sho ps

(Stan guellini, A lf Fran cis, N eri & B onacini, an d T om M ead e), co achb uild ers (F antuzzi,

Scag lietti, G ran Sp ort, Sp ortsC ar, C am p an a) and racing stab les (C en tro Sud , Filip pinetti,

Serenissim a, Tec.M ec.) that had estab lished them selves in M odena an d p layed their part in

m aking M oden a the M otor racing cap ital in the F ifties an d Sixties.

Item s and d ocu m ents on d isplay that rep resen t the stories an d g lories of m otor racing in

M od ena:

The steering w heel of the M aserati 250 F w ith w hich Fang io w on the w orld title

The trop hy o f the T arg a F lorio w on in 1939 b y G ig i V illoresi in a M aserati 6C M

The aerodynam ic w ind tun nel scale m od el of the M aserati 25 0 F stream liner

The aerodynam ic m odel of the M aserati Sp ort

The C arcano single-cylind er en gine

The m odular crankshaft for the M aserati 4C LT /48

D ocu m en ts and item s belong ing to Stang uellini, F antuzzi, B ianch i A nd erloni, D e

Tom aso and R ang oni M achiavelli,

D ocum ents and p hotog raph s from 190 0 to 1970

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