My First Ferrari 250 GT SWB One-Off 3269 GT

Road & Track did a "Salon" feature on your car in the March 1990 issue, when it was silver, and included a couple of paragraphs about your experiences with it. We need to see pictures of it when it was light metallic green, and when it was burgundy.

 

+1!

Thank you for sharing your stories and memories

 

I saw that beauty at Cavallino a few years back. Breathtaking, actually.

 

+2. Welcome to F Chat!

 

Welcome!

One of the most beautiful of them all IMO, once this is moved to the vintage section it'll be minutes for you to know who owns it currently.

 

+3. Welcome and conratulations to your first Ferrari ;-)

 

Indeed. Along with the oil pressure and how much air is in each tire.

 

Did you loan the car to Art Center (old campus) on 3rd Street? I think there was a picture of it being used in some drawing class on the front lawn in an old school catalog.

Who did you get the car from?

What were your ownership years?

Please check your memory on Ferrari of Beverly Hills. That dealership did not exist in the 70s. There was Hollywood Sports Cars on Hollywood Blvd or Francisco Mir's place in Santa Monica.

Jeff

 

Hi Bill, and welcome to F-chat! I was the one who brokered this car to Lorenzo the first time he owned it. He has had it more than once, and loves it. I'm still in touch with Lorenzo, so if you have anything for him, I'll be happy to pass it on. And thanks for the memories!

 

Ed,

Does this mean that of the period Ferraris that were in LA you never actually owned this one? I thought you owned virtually every one of them at least once!

Jeff

 

I think there was an article about it in Octane a couple of years ago, too.

Jack.

 

Welcome aboard!

I'd have to have a trailer, to haul my Ludwigs with my Ferrari.....LOL!

 

Oh man, you guys let me down. I promised minutes, and it took 5hrs 10 mins or so for Ed to come up with the current ownership answer!

 

What's the mileage on it now? Very nice car, BTW!

Ace

 

Here is the Barchetta ownership list. The only possible "Bill" is B. Solomon who owned the car for one year in 1976. Unless you are not listed here at all. the owner before Zebrano is Lance Hill who seemed to own the car for two years while it was already a 2,500,000 million dollar car. Do people use 2,500,000 cars as only cars and daily drivers? Cool.


60/mar - Geneva Salon car Pourret p111
60 - Dr. Enrico Wax of Wax & Vitale SpA, Genoa, I
61 - Tacchini, I
74 - Giuseppe Medici, Reggio Emilia, I
76 - B. Solomon, USA
77 - David Rose, La Jolla, CA, USA
81 - P. Ventura, USA - restored
82-83 - restored by Steve Tillack, CA, USA
84/jan - S - Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction - $100,000.- CaS 4/85 p4
84/sep - Tillack & Co., Harbor City, CA, USA - $130,000.-
.. - ........... Mythos p124-129
89/sep - offered for $2,500,000 by Tillack; red/roof polished steel T&CC 9/89 p190
90. - Roger Karlson, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
94/aug/24 International Ferrari Concours, Monterey, class 6 Roger Karlson
98 - Lance Hill, Hollywood, CA, USA (scriptwriter in Hollywood)
2000. - Lorenzo Zambrano, Monterrey, MEX - Caballeriza Collection
04/aug/15 2nd IC Pebble Beach Concours, class M-2 Caballeriza Collection
04/aug/17-19 Platinum award FCA International Concours, Monterey, class 4 Lorenzo Zambrano
06/aug/18 The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering Lorenzo Zambrano FW No. 63 p66
07/jan/26-28 XVI. Cavallino Classic Lorenzo Zambrano
09/may/17 - NS - RM's Leggenda e Passione Maranello auction - highbid €1.6mio

 

Hi wblink,

great story, in the 80's I used my Alfa Giulia Super for my drumkit and actually did a gig a few months ago and got my jazz Gretsch kit in my 275GTB.....not that easy though, how can you squeeze a (18") bass drum in the SWB? on the passenger seat? (as I did).

session or jazz drummer?

ciao
Oscar

 

that is the other 250 swb bertone special (of two). named competizione, contrary to the blue "Lusso". and this is the one designed by giugiario, the one the pics of which you can see here was penned by nuccio bertone himself

 

Yale, FWIW (and I know you know this..) these things aren't gospel. I have a friend who owned a 1962 250 GTO for 20 years and he does not appear AT ALL on their list.

Best,
Dave

 

That's pretty amazing, THREE Ferrari owning drummers, all in one thread! LOL!

My latest Ludwig kit (red mahagony) has a huge bass in it......forget it, and bring the truck around......

 

We easely can make it four if Nick M stops lurking and join this quartet!

Drummers not only get the best girls, they are good in cars as well (and have no lack of self confidence.... yes yes we know you might call it arrogance....)

ciao
Oscar

ps K's from istanbul are a blast!

 

Count me in as a (ex) drummer.