1963 Ferrari 250 GT/L Berlinetta (Lusso)
- Engine
- 3.0L V12, matching-numbers
- Colour
- Metallic pine green ('Pino Verde Metallizzato')
Chassis 4735 GT is a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT/L Berlinetta (Lusso), the 84th example produced, delivered from Maranello on 14 August 1963 in the rare Pino Verde Metallizzato over beige Connolly leather combination. Built for the German market and initially displayed at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the car passed through Italian, Swiss, Austrian, and American hands before returning to Europe. It retains its matching-numbers 3.0-litre V-12 engine and gearbox, confirmed by Ferrari Classiche in 2016.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €1,535,000 (≈ $1.69M)
- 1963-09-01 →Factory deliveryAuto Becker GmbHfull documentation
Authorized Ferrari dealer in Düsseldorf; received the car as a German-market delivery example after it was displayed at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
- 1979 →Private saleOld Cars S.r.l. (Pietro Brigato)partial documentation
Vicenza-based company run by Pietro Brigato; acquisition documented by marque historian Marcel Massini; car registered on local plates.
- 1985-11-01 → 2003Private saleEric Traberpartial documentation
Swiss collector who kept the car for roughly two decades; during this period the exterior was repainted dark green and the cabin was retrimmed in tan leather.
- 2003 → 2003Private saleDutch dealerpartial documentation
Netherlands-based dealership that acquired the car from Traber and subsequently exported it to the United States the same year.
- 2005 → 2009Acquisition unknownFantasy Junctionpartial documentation
US dealership that offered the car for sale in 2005; after a buyer in New York returned it in 2009 it remained in the dealership's inventory until 2011.
- → 2009Private saleNew York buyerpartial documentation
Unnamed purchaser based in New York who subsequently returned the car to Fantasy Junction in 2009.
- 2011 → 2015Private saleBelgian buyerpartial documentation
Acquired the car from Fantasy Junction and had it exported back to Europe; sold at auction in 2015.
- 2015 →AuctionCurrent ownerfull documentation
Had the car inspected by Ferrari Classiche in 2016, confirming matching-numbers engine and gearbox and a correct-type rear axle.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownUnidentified Swiss ownernone documentation
Car was recorded in Switzerland in the early 1970s; no further details given.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownO. Barchipartial documentation
Milan-based owner who held the car for several years from late 1964 onward.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownUnidentified Austrian owner or registrantnone documentation
Later in the 1970s the car was observed in Austria on temporary plates; ownership details unknown.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownDino Cognolatopartial documentation
Operator of a bodyshop near Padova; actively drove the car and was observed behind the wheel at a Ferrari gathering in Modena in September 1983.
Competition
- 1983-09-18Ferrari Days, ModenaDriver: Dino Cognolato
Cognolato was observed driving the car at this Ferrari gathering; no competitive result recorded.
Maintenance & restoration
- 2004Engine rebuildPatrick Ottis
V-12 engine was rebuilt by specialist Patrick Ottis, based in San Francisco, following the car's export to the United States.
Rebuild date noted by marque historian Marcel Massini as the year after the 2003 US export.
- 2016InspectionFerrari Classiche
Ferrari Classiche examined the car and certified that it retains its original matching-numbers 3.0-litre V-12 engine and gearbox, and that the rear axle is of the correct specification.
Inspection carried out under the current owner's tenure, one year after the 2015 auction purchase.
- —Bodywork
Exterior was repainted in dark green and the interior retrimmed in tan leather during Eric Traber's ownership period.
Work carried out between November 1985 and 2003; specific date within that span not recorded.
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