Equipment
RHD. 3 point Simpson belts, silver painted Borrani wire wheels, 6.00 16 Michelin Pilote X blackwall tires. Alberto Ascaris mount for the 1952 Carrera Panamericana, a race that ended early when Ascari crashed, later raced by Carroll Shelby and Jack McAfee at Offut AFB in Omaha. Later owned for a decade by Larry Nicklin. Restored in 1988 for J. Willard Marriott with many subsequent awards including Best in Show and the 1988 FCA Elkhart Lake Concours and a class win at Pebble Beach. Later ran the Colorado Grand several times and the Monterey Historics. Good cosmetics. Chassis shows use and age but not much.
Market commentary
Having just seen its sister car 0224AT sell at RMs Amelia Island for $4,290,000, a car with more racing success than 0226AT and stunning originality, its no suprise that 0226AT nearly tripled the $1,377,500 it brought at Christies Pebble Beach auction in 1999. The aggressive Vignale coachwork and famed 1 2 3 livery are fixed in many collectors brains as the image of early competition Ferraris from a time when the Carrera Panamericana was a heralded event on a par with LeMans and the Targa Florio, but with American cars and drivers. Its worth every penny of the price it brought.