125 watts, 1,000 rpm, 12-volt electrical system, chain-drive three-position floor-mounted transmission with forward, neutral, and reverse, independent front suspension, rear torsion-bar suspension, and four-inch rear brakes with fade resistant linings. Wheelbase: 40 in.
Amelia Island 2016
1956 Bimbo Racer 12V Children's Car
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$16,100 USD | Sold
| Amelia Island, Florida
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- Proceeds to benefit Spina Bifida of Jacksonville
- Fully restored and functional “baby Ferrari”
- “A real car!—for pre-teen men and women of distinction”
The Bimbo Racer is the ultimate children’s car. Styled by Michelotti for “pre-teen men and women of distinction,” as the sales brochure proclaimed, it is a miniature of the Ferrari 375 MM Spider of the 1950s. The 12-volt battery-powered “baby Ferrari” was built by SILA of Turin, Italy, with a fiberglass body, a Ferrari-style egg-crate grille, electric motor, three-speed transmission, and working sealed-beam headlights. Officially sanctioned, the Bimbo Racer was imported into the US by Ferrari in San Francisco, California.
This fully restored example, with a sumptuous full leather interior, was generously donated by Bill and Beck Bryan of Winter Park, Florida, with 100 percent of the proceeds to be donated by the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Foundation to Spina Bifida of Jacksonville.
