Equipment
748cc dohc four, 71 horsepower, 4-speed, black painted wheels, blackwall tires.
Condition
Tested by Road & Track in August 1954. Restored in Europe in the mid-00's to like-new condition. Paint bubbling up on the drip rails. Two small scrapes in the paint right below the grille. Tiny chip on the right front fender and another right in front of the passenger's side door. Masking is perfect. Interior is excellent and like new. Clean and restored underneath. Small crack in the rear window. Engine is correct but from a different Moretti. This is a gorgeous car with scaled down Ferrari-like lines, but it's also unbelievably tiny. Even so, with the low set bucket seats even a six-footer can squeeze inside. This example is reportedly the first of 10 examples imported to the U.S. and was road tested by Road & Track in 1954. It was fully restored 10 years ago, and now comes from the collection of Skip Barber.
Market commentary
Sold by RM in Monaco in 2010 for $201,128, then at Villa Erba in 2013 for $173,645. The result here, while probably painful for Skip Barber, is not unexpected.