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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I

0849 GTroadItaly
Engine
3.0L V12, designed by Colombo
Colour
Black with turquoise leather interior (exterior: black)

Chassis 0849 GT is a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Cabriolet Series I, the 23rd of only 40 examples produced before a mid-1959 redesign. Built in Pinin Farina's custom shop and completed in May 1958 with covered headlamps and a striking white-over-turquoise colour scheme, it carries matching-numbers chassis, engine, gearbox, and rear axle as confirmed by Ferrari Classiche. Its documented history spans ownership in Italy, France, England, Germany, and the United States, and it underwent a full restoration in France circa 2017, including reunion with its original matching-numbers engine.

Ownership

  1. Auction sale
    Estimate €4,500,000 – €5,000,000

    RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →

  2. Auction sale
    Sold €4,420,625 (≈ $4.86M)

    RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →

  3. 1958-05-01 →Factory delivery
    Enzo Paoli Tacchini
    partial documentation

    First owner, based in Lodi, Italy. Registered the car in Milan and kept it for just over two years before selling.

  4. 1964 →Private sale
    Claude Guillaux
    partial documentation

    Paris resident who became the third owner in 1964. Period registrations and invoices from the mid-1960s corroborate this segment of the history.

  5. 1995 → 1996-04-01Acquisition unknown
    American-based owners (short chain)
    none documentation

    The car passed quickly through a brief sequence of US-based owners during 1995 before reaching Pobiak.

  6. 1996-04-01 → 2007Private sale
    Dennis Pobiak
    partial documentation

    Scottsdale, Arizona owner who kept the car for roughly eleven years. During his tenure the exterior was finished in red over a black interior, and he showed the car at the 2007 Quail gathering.

  7. 2007 → 2021Private sale
    French collector
    partial documentation

    A well-regarded French enthusiast who owned the car for approximately fourteen years, sourced the original matching engine in 2013, and commissioned a full restoration at Carrosserie Lecoq around 2017, including retrimming in turquoise leather and repainting in black.

  8. 2021-11-01 →Private sale
    Consignor
    full documentation

    Current owner acquired the car four months after the July 2021 Modena concours and subsequently had the exterior refinished in white to reflect the original factory colour scheme. Ferrari Classiche Red Book issued 2024 confirms matching-numbers status.

  9. Date unknownPrivate sale
    Mario Fano
    partial documentation

    Milan-based second owner who acquired the car from Tacchini.

  10. Date unknown
    French owners (at least three)
    none documentation

    The car changed hands among several unidentified French owners during the latter part of the 1970s.

  11. Date unknownPrivate sale
    Keith Sohl
    partial documentation

    Woking, England-based owner who acquired the car in the early 1980s.

  12. Date unknownAcquisition unknown
    German resident in Paris
    partial documentation

    Held the car by the late 1980s and was present at several European historic events in the early 1990s.

Competition

  1. 1990
    1990 AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix

    Car was observed at this Nürburgring historic event while in the care of a German owner based in Paris.

  2. 1992
    1992 FF40 Ferrari Francorchamps Meeting

    Event hosted at Jacques Swaters' Garage Francorchamps in Belgium; the car appeared during the same period of German-Parisian ownership.

  3. 2007
    2007 Quail Motorsports Gathering

    Presented by Dennis Pobiak as part of a featured reunion specifically celebrating the 250 GT Series I Cabriolet.

  4. 2021-07-01
    Inaugural Cavallino Concours d'Elegance Modena

    Shown following completion of the full restoration by Carrosserie Lecoq, with exterior in black and interior retrimmed in turquoise.

Maintenance & restoration

  1. 2017Restoration
    Carrosserie Lecoq

    Comprehensive restoration carried out, encompassing reinstallation of the matching-numbers original engine (sourced from a 250 Europa GT) and retrimming of the interior in the correct turquoise leather shade; exterior finished in black.

    The original engine, numbered 0849 GT, had been located in 2013 fitted to chassis 0367 GT; its owner agreed to sell it back, enabling reunion circa four years later.

  2. 2021
    Bodywork

    Exterior refinished in white to honour the car's factory-original colour, reversing the black paintwork applied during the prior restoration.

    Work carried out by or on behalf of the current consignor after acquisition in late 2021.

  3. 2024Inspection
    Ferrari Classiche

    Ferrari Classiche certification completed, confirming matching-numbers status of chassis, engine, gearbox, and rear axle; Red Book documentation issued.

  4. Bodywork

    Exterior repainted in red and interior retrimmed in black, altering the car from its original white-over-turquoise specification.

    This change had occurred by the time the car reached US ownership in 1995; the specific date and workshop are unknown.

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