Retromobile Ferraris 2012

#172 is chassis #0776.
#92 is chassis #0790.

Marcel Massini

 

fantastic patina.

 

#2 is 330GTO, # 4561SA
dark blu is 250 GTO, # 4219GT

 

1961 period picture ! is it the actual gendebien, von trips car as driven at goodwood by Koster
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n°511 # 0909 GT
n°8 # 07437
212-225 # 0237 EU
Daytona restoration # 15357

 

very nice pics love the GTO

 

Just SOLD a few secs ago for USD$ 5'781'000 incl. buyer's premium at tonite's Artcurial auction at Retromobile in Paris. Car was from the estate of Jean-Claude Bajol.

Marcel Massini
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Beautiful car. The Brigitte Bardot factor can't hurt.

 

Under-bidder was a UK resident...sold however to a telephone bidder, located where? EUR? USA?

Paul

 

It takes two to tango.

Marcel Massini

 

Not in the case of 1283 GT. This is a long wheelbase version.
1283 GT was completed by the factory on the 11th April 1959.
At the time Roger Vadim was connected with Danish actress Annette Stroyberg. Vadim divorced from "La Bardot" in 1957 already.

Vadim later owned a second California Spider, a short wheelbase version with chassis number 2175 GT. Other celebrities who owned LWB and SWB California Spiders in the early years in the South of France were Alain Delon, Françoise Sagan, Johnny Hallyday (Jean-Philippe Smet), Gunther Sachs, Jean-Claude Simon and Caterina Valente.

Marcel Massini

 

First time I have heared in my life at an auction, ""an all matching numbers car, even the bumpers are numbered and matching""
A lot of people where complaining of the quality of Mr Bajol's cars, but some had really a ""soul"" in them. And showed for what purpose these cars where built, to drive and enjoy hopefully the next owners will do that as well and will take care of the ""soul"" of these cars.

 

Thanks for the clarification, Marcel. Gee, it sounds like a tough row to hoe--late 1950's to early 1960's in the South of France, open 12 cylinder Ferrari, French movie starlets...

 

Life was fun, back then.........

Marcel Massini

 

Do you have photos of G. Sachs and Caterina Valente with their cars?

Ciao!
Walter

 

Are you sure ?

 

Must be a typo. The correct number is 15375.

365 GTB/4 Berlinetta Scaglietti.
Original exterior color: Argento Metallizzato 106-E-1.
Original interior color: Nero VM 8500 Connolly.
Assembly sequence #728.
Scaglietti Body #778.
16 March 1972 Factory completion date.
Sold new to Charles Pozzi SA, Paris.

15357 would be a 365 GTC/4 Coupé Pininfarina U.S. Version sold new to MCM Modern Classic Motors in Reno, NV/USA.
Original exterior color: Marrone Colorado 2.443.221.
Original interior color: Beige VM 3218 Connolly.
Assembly sequence #326.

Marcel Massini

 

Thanks for that.

Do you confirm it is that car on Retromobile ? I saw it yesterday but, I don't find any number.