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The Ferrari 212 was Ferrari's successor to their short-lived Ferrari 195, a model produced for a brief spell between 1950 and '51. Like that car, the Ferrari 212 was available in a pair of alternative configurations, the Inter having been for road use and the Export predominantly for competition. 212's came from a period when it was normal for a customer to purchase a rolling chassis from Ferrari and then send it to the carrozzeria of their choice for a bespoke body and interior to be fitted. Thus, many 212's differ in detail, a wide variety of body styles having been executed from road racing Barchetta?s to a four-seat Cabriolet. 212 Inter's were predominantly built on a 2600mm wheelbase chassis although a handful were constructed with shorter 2500mm wheelbase frames. Both versions benefitted from all-round wider track and a more substantial frame that was better able to withstand the stresses caused by Ferrari's latest engines. Ferrari 212 Export's meanwhile were always built on chassis's with a 2250mm wheelbase, some 350mm shorter. Inter chassis's were stamped in a typically Italian manner and the array of suffix's can be a little confusing. There were frames ending in S, E and EL (for Export Lungo) while late model cars produced between summer 1952 and spring of 1953 were designated EU. One specially produced chassis was even designated with a T! Powering the 212 Inter was an enlarged version of Colombo's 60 V12, displacement rising from 2.4 to 2.6-litres. Bored out by 3mm (to 68mm), stroke remaining unchanged at 58.8mm for 2562cc. Customers were given the option of a single Weber 36 DCF-fed 150bhp at 6000rpm engine or the more powerful triple Weber 32 DCF 170bhp at 6500rpm unit. Regardless, all Ferrari 212 Inter's (and Export's) used the same five-speed, non-synchromesh gearbox.With the triple carb option, Inter's could reach a top speed of around 125mph and hit sixty in nine seconds, the 150bhp single-carb examples not being that far behind. Some clients would inevitably ask for a hot Export engine to be fitted in their otherwise ?stock? Inter and Ferrari would always oblige, such options after all came at significant cost. With two bodies rarely having been 100% identical, it would be impossible to cover every individual design here. However, there were normally fundamental similarities between shells fabricated by the same coachbuilder.