250 LM #6107

In the late 1990s I was in Japan and tried to buy it at that time.

It was owned at that time, by a man who "owns it right", and doesn't "need the money". It will require overpaying to get this-IMHO, the 2nd or 3rd best LM of the litter...

Incredible, original-ish patina...a running, and tracked car...a still green hued transaxle...
There was a Cobra Daytona coupe, an alloy 4-cam, an SC cobra, yadda, yadda, yadda, also in the wherehouse... at THAT time.

Most, but NOT ALL, of the "big" cars have been sold off as markets have gone into orbit....as is frequently the case, he sold in an up market, always hearing that "the piece" changed hands again-almost immediately thereafter-for substantially more...the end result is: the gnawing sense of "having left too much money on the table", hence the astronomical ask for any subsequent "big" cars being chased...

The owner is a charming, nice, "real car guy".
Good luck, bring cash, and lots of it!

 

Yes, it is....tbomk...
FYI, at the time, 1.5-2M bought a piece of gold...it would've required the first # to start with a 3...it was June 1998...{I checked my notes and pics...}

 

6107 is up for auction at RM's "Art of the Automobile" auction on November 21st. See:

1964 Ferrari 250 LM by Carrozzeria Scaglietti | Art of the Automobile 2013 | RM AUCTIONS

 

The story is basically this guy from Ecuador buys the car as short nose,
somewhere it gets changed to long nose, then short nose
At one point in 1975 some rascally Americans borrow it without permission and screw it up in a test drive
and he sells it for $25,000 to Rob Lamplough who resells it six months later. My question is : was that price a deal at the time? It was cheaper in '66 when Steve Earle (founder of Monterey Historics) offered it for $14,500. Is that his asking price or what he sold it for?

It has been so long since the '70s I can't remember what they were going for in '75. And then, too, it was damaged at the time. I can't call it a barn find if that was about par for the course at the time...

Anyway for those who don't have Forza at their local newsstand, the story is on the net
at The Lost Years | Issue 151 | Forza

 

Very interesting article. Thanks.