The 1948 or 49 Ferrari Barchetta is widely acknowledged to be a major turning point in car design. Long hood, short trunk, smooth lines. THAT car, it is said, influenced virtually every make in the world for many years to come, it was the beginning of the "revolution". It was NOT, as someone with a weird "time line" has suggested, the first "Cobra".
Big engine little car goes WAY BACK in racing history. Most pronounced in the EARLY fifties. Side pipes? How about this 1953 Masserati. Is this thing beautiful or what!!
Ernie (link is to Barchetta)
