The Serenissima Ghia GT is a one-off design penned by the great Tom Tjaarda, and conceived by Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata and Alejandro de Tomaso. The truth of the matter is that de Tomaso had just bought the storied Italian coachbuilder Ghia in 1967, and he wanted the Count to leverage the name of his racing team Serenissima into sales of a high-end sports car. The car was originally fitted with a Massimino 3.5 litre V8 engine but this was replaced relatively quickly with an Alf Francis M-167 V8 engine with the same capacity.