1966 Ferrari 275 GTS
- Engine
- 3.3L V12
- Colour
- 'Verde Pino Metalizzato' (metallic pine green) with red leather interior accents
A late-production Ferrari 275 GTS — the 189th of only 200 built — assembled in July 1966 and finished in Verde Pino Metalizzato with cream leather, this chassis carries the distinction of having been ordered new by Prince Abdallah Moulay, brother of Morocco's King Hassan II, with the national colours of green and white deliberately chosen. After passing through French, American, and European ownership, it received a comprehensive early-2000s freshening including an engine overhaul, a body refinish in its original colour, and a re-trim. The original engine is retained, though the gearbox is a correct-type non-original replacement.
Ownership
- —Auction saleEstimate US$1,600,000 – US$1,800,000
- 1966 →Factory deliveryPrince Abdallah Moulaypartial documentation
Brother of King Hassan II of Morocco; ordered the car new in the Moroccan national colours of green and white. Registered on Moroccan plates; owner was a known enthusiast of Italian sports cars.
- 1974 → 1975-03-01Acquisition unknownFlorida-based dealerpartial documentation
Advertised the car for sale in specialist publications including a Ferrari owners club newsletter.
- 1975-03-01 →Private saleJim Sfetkopartial documentation
Based in Kansas City, Kansas; kept the car for at least six years in that state.
- 1981 →Acquisition unknownKansas dealerpartial documentation
Offered the car with noted restoration work including engine freshening and a repaint in red.
- 1987 → 1987Acquisition unknownRick Cole and Marty Yacoobianpartial documentation
Well-known exotic car brokerage partnership in North Hollywood, California; by this time the interior had been retrimmed in black leather.
- 1987 → 1988Private saleVintage Car Store (Ed Jurist)partial documentation
Reputable dealership in Nyack, New York; odometer showed approximately 47,300 km at time of acquisition.
- 1988-10-01 → 1989-05-01AuctionGerman enthusiastpartial documentation
Purchased at a Monaco auction; had the car serviced at Auto Neuser in Nürnburg shortly after acquisition, then sold through another Monaco auction.
- 1989 → 1992-10-01AuctionGarage de l'Athanéepartial documentation
Paris-based dealer who acquired the car following the second Monaco auction and subsequently sold it to a private buyer.
- 1992-10-01 → 1999Private saleMarc Daubaspartial documentation
Paris attorney who kept the car through the 1990s; it was seen at several French enthusiast gatherings during his ownership, and he commissioned a full engine overhaul beginning in 1999.
- 2015 →Acquisition unknownFrench collectorpartial documentation
Well-regarded collector who has carefully maintained the car; odometer now reads approximately 93,000 km.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownRene Rouxpartial documentation
French national residing in Casablanca; acquired the car in the late 1960s before it was exported to the United States in the early 1970s.
Competition
- 1995Club Ferrari France meeting at Mas du Clos
Attendance at a French Ferrari club gathering during Marc Daubas's ownership.
- 1998-06-01Ferrari Historic ChallengeFerrari Historic Challenge at Dijon-Prenois
Participated in a historic Ferrari competition event at the Dijon-Prenois circuit in France.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1981Engine rebuild
Engine was freshened and the car was repainted in red, as noted when offered by a Kansas dealer in late 1981.
Described as part of 'some restoration measures' during the Kansas ownership period.
- 1988ServiceAuto Neuser
General servicing carried out at Auto Neuser in Nürnburg, West Germany, within a couple of months of the October 1988 Monaco auction purchase.
- 1999Engine rebuildTissier of Garage Supersport
Full engine overhaul including installation of a new cooling system and a stainless-steel exhaust system.
Work carried out near Nemours, France, as the first stage of a multi-year freshening programme.
- 2001BodyworkVirginia Cars
Complete exterior refinish in the original Verde Pino Metalizzato colour.
Carried out in Gron, France.
- 2002BodyworkSellerie de l'Epee
Interior seats and door panels re-trimmed in red leather.
Carried out by a specialist trimmer in Auxerre, France, creating a distinctive red-on-green colour combination.
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