1963 Ferrari 250 GTE
- Colour
- Black
Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2 chassis 4397, a Series III example built at Maranello and dispatched on 1 April 1963 to Swiss dealer J. H. Keller AG in Zurich, finished in Azzurro over Beige Connolly leather with Borrani wire wheels. Believed to have spent most of its life in Switzerland, the car passed through auction in Zurich in 1976, was subsequently owned by a Swiss dentist, and appeared fully restored at a Geneva dealership between 2001 and 2005. A Marcel Massini research report dating from 2021 accompanies the car, which shows 37,910 km on the odometer.
Ownership
- —Auction saleEstimate £200,000 – £250,000
- —Auction saleSold €246,875 (≈ $272K)
- 1963-04-01 →Factory deliveryJ. H. Keller AG, Zurichpartial documentation
Swiss dealership that took initial delivery from the factory; the car was finished in blue over beige leather with Borrani wheels and Pirelli tyres.
- → 1976Unknown Swiss owner or ownersnone documentation
Early ownership history is poorly documented; the car is believed to have remained in Switzerland for most of its life during this period.
- 1976-05-15 →AuctionGalerie Koller auction buyerpartial documentation
Purchased at a Zurich auction where the car was offered as lot 41.
- 2001 → 2005Acquisition unknownTiziano Carugati Automobiles, Genevapartial documentation
Geneva-based dealership offered the car for sale in fully restored condition during this period.
- 2008-05-10 →Private saleCurrent ownerpartial documentation
Owner had the car presented in its original colour scheme; a provenance report by Ferrari historian Marcel Massini was commissioned in September 2021.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownSwiss dentistpartial documentation
Believed to have owned the car after the 1976 Galerie Koller sale; timing is approximate and based on belief rather than confirmed documentation. At some point the original engine was replaced.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Modification
The original engine was replaced with a substitute unit at some point before 1983, when the matching-numbers engine was located separately in Maryland, USA.
Exact date and circumstances of the engine swap are unknown.
- —RestorationTiziano Carugati Automobiles
The car underwent a full restoration and was presented in that condition by Tiziano Carugati Automobiles in Geneva between 2001 and 2005.
Restoration was completed prior to or during the 2001–2005 sales offering; details of scope are not stated.
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