1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider
- Engine
- 3.0L V12 Colombo
- Colour
- Red
Chassis 1077 GT is the 14th and likely last of 50 long-wheelbase Ferrari 250 GT California Spiders built, completed at the factory on 3 December 1958. Designed by Scaglietti and powered by a 3.0-litre Colombo V-12, it was registered in Italy in early 1959, mandating open headlights. It spent over two decades in Milan and Pavia before passing through German and French ownership in the mid-1990s, appearing at the Louis Vuitton Concours d'Elegance and Retromobile before being acquired at auction in 1997.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold US$5,972,500
- 1959-02-01 → 1959-10-01Factory deliveryMilanese publisherpartial documentation
First registered owner, a publisher based in Milan; car was built with open headlights due to Italian registration rules in 1959.
- 1959-10-01 → 1961-05-01Private saleMilan resident, second ownerpartial documentation
Also based in Milan; kept the car in Italy's fashion capital.
- 1962-09-01 → 1964-05-01Private saleMilan resident, third ownerpartial documentation
Car remained in Milan during this period.
- 1964-05-01 → 1965-09-01Private saleMilan resident, fourth ownerpartial documentation
Car continued to be kept in Milan.
- 1965-09-01 → 1981-07-01Private saleOwner who relocated to Paviapartial documentation
Moved roughly 35 km south of Milan to Pavia, taking the car along; retained it for approximately 16 years.
- 1981-07-01 → 1981-12-01Private saleBergamo-area ownerpartial documentation
Car briefly relocated northeast to Bergamo before moving on within the same year.
- 1981-12-01 → 1995Private saleOwner in Desio suburb of Milanpartial documentation
Kept the car for approximately 13 years; at acquisition the car had not yet been restored and was finished in red with a tan interior.
- 1995 → 1995Private saleModena Motorsport GmbHpartial documentation
German workshop near Düsseldorf; acquired the unrestored car and sold it the same year.
- 1995 → 1997Private saleParis residentpartial documentation
Displayed the car at two concours events in France before selling at auction in mid-1997.
- 1997-06-01 →AuctionConsigning ownerfull documentation
Used the car between London and Miami for over two decades; history file includes a Marcel Massini report and service receipts from Motorvation in Rickmansworth.
Competition
- 1995VIII Louis Vuitton Automobiles Classiques Concours d'Elegance
Car was shown at this concours held in the Bois de Boulogne near Paris, while owned by the Paris resident.
- 1997Retromobile, 22nd edition
Car appeared on static display at this classic-vehicle show in Paris.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Modification
Headlight covers were fitted to the car at some point after delivery, despite the car having been built with mandatory open headlights due to its Italian registration in 1959.
- —ServiceMotorvation
Various maintenance work carried out during the consigning owner's tenure, documented by multiple service receipts.
Workshop located in Rickmansworth, England; receipts form part of the car's accompanying history file.
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