Françoise Sagan and Gabriella, Princess of Savoy (at the wheel of the black Ferrari) and her sister Princess Maria Pia of Yugoslavia. Cannes 1959. Cars: 1953-63 AC ACE. The Ferrari is a very rare 1958 250GT Pininfarina Series 1 Cabriolet; only 37 cars were built in 1957-59. This one is serial number 0963/GT, it was delivered new to Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata and registered for him in Rome. (Thank you, Kare Pietilä, for this information.) - Photo by Edward Quinn

Françoise Sagan and Gabriella, Princess of Savoy (at the wheel of the black Ferrari) and her sister Princess Maria Pia of Yugoslavia. Cannes 1959. Cars: 1953-63 AC ACE. The Ferrari is a very rare 1958 250GT Pininfarina Series 1 Cabriolet; only 37 cars were built in 1957-59. This one is serial number 0963/GT, it was delivered new to Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata and registered for him in Rome. (Thank you, Kare Pietilä, for this information.)

The writer Françoise Sagan, a lit cigarette in hand, smiles from the driver's seat of an AC ACE in Cannes, 1959. In the bustling background, Princess Gabriella of Savoy is at the wheel of a rare 1958 Ferrari 250GT Pininfarina Series 1 Cabriolet, with her sister, Princess Maria Pia of Yugoslavia. One of only thirty-seven built, the Ferrari was originally delivered to Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata.


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