1955 Ferrari 410 S Berlinetta

As an aside this one has been offered for sale for a while.

 

At what asking price?

 

Production numbers.

 

2 much.

IMO

 

And a flat file, full of jewelry.....and Edie..........

 

Factory Girl was a good one.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/9455580/Classic-Ferrari-410-S-review.html

 

Short wheelbase chassis (tipo 539) was moved from prototype category to GT after 100 standard berlinettas had been built. How many do you need?

 

Enzo Ferrari convinced the CSI that the GTO did comply to the 100 production number required for homologation as it was an evolution of the 250GT SWB Berlinetta of which approximately 165 had been made.

 

If you want a real eye opener look at GTO prices in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Some were available for less the $10,000 or left uncovered on a trailer in a field. tongascrew

 

Stephen Mitchell paid $7,000 for the one that he had (3987GT now owned by Ralph Lauren) and sold it a few years later for $10,000 to fund a Ferrari buying trip to Italy. I remember seeing in a "Motor Sport" magazine from about 1969 that there was one advertised for around £3850 GBP. According to a famous privateer Ferrari racing driver, at one time, GTOs regularly changed hands among racing drivers for around £900 GBP.

 

Saran, yes there is or was. Found a pic on the net which I will post under "Now Thats A Good Investment".

 

One of his friends sold his GTO to buy a Maserati Ghibli Spyder.

Another GTO was reportedly swapped for a DB4 GTZ around 1970. Now these have been valued well above 1m PDS for a while but back then they were only worth a few hundred.

 

Kidston have a great spec Ghibli SS Spyder for sale: http://www.kidston.com/WORLD-CLASSIC-CAR-EXPERTISE/images/stories/PDF/1971%20maserati%20ghibli%20ss%20sypder.pdf They are restoring one in my favorite colour too: https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.410644365660142.95299.131382396919675&type=1

 

Yes, but they always say the same thing: "They were just old cars back then..." The Ghibli was probably the next hip car...

My favorite story is how he and his friends painted a PF convertible in army green with a big white star next to it.. Just the kind of thing I would do...

 

Enzo convinced them that they wouldn't have a very interesting series without the GTO. Shelby had also not built the required number by the time the Cobras were raced in the production class. Ferrari didn't get away with the same thing with the LM's, nor did Shelby with the 427 Cobra. None of of matters, now, but let's call it for what it is.

George

 

That green Ghibli Spyder SS (#1249) was sold by Gooding in Scottsdale this year for a record price!

 

...and that record price was?

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md_jcC6OnIU[/ame]

 

Michel Paul-Cavallier, the first owner of 0561 CM, had some truly fantastic cars. He was also the first owner of the 4 litre GTO c/n 4561SA. The ownership of both these cars must only have changed due to his death in 1964?

http://www.drivecult.com/blogs/grand-touring/a-ferrari-gto-with-a-difference/

 

There is a full article by Peter Collins in the September edition of Auto Italia Magazine about the subject of this thread, Ferrari 410 S Berlinetta c/n 0594 CM. Out now!

http://www.auto-italia.co.uk/nextissue.asp

 

That was Peter Helm on his Cali. At 2:11. I think it was #3021 (ex Francoise Sagan)


Edit Video already posted

 

Estimate $700-900k, sold for 800k + 10%

Regular top Ghiblis are already in the 500k range, enthusiasts have finally recognized their appeal and they're just as rare as the more precious Daytona Spyders.