1960 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Coupé

1749 GTroadItaly

Engine: 3.0L V12 SOHC, three twin-choke Weber carburettors, 240 bhp at 7,000 rpm
Colour: 'Nero Tropicale' (black) over light beige interior

Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Coupé, chassis 1749 GT, bodied at Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in early 1960 and delivered new through a Milanese dealer to its first owner in Milan. One of 353 examples of Ferrari's most commercially successful model of the era, it is powered by the Colombo 3.0-litre V-12 producing 240 bhp. The car passed through American and Italian ownership, underwent a comprehensive restoration in Italy during the 1990s, and has not appeared publicly at auction for over seventeen years.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold €459,200 (≈ $505K)
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1960-03-01 →Private sale
Italo Bottazzi
full documentation
First registered owner, based in Milan; purchased via the local Ferrari dealership after coachwork was completed. Car delivered in a dark black exterior with light beige interior.
1976 →Acquisition unknown
Glenn Zacharias
partial documentation
California-based owner; car was exported from Italy to the USA during this period of ownership.
Date unknownAcquisition unknown
Sig. Cazzola
partial documentation
Italian owner who held the car after a comprehensive restoration in Italy during the 1990s; eventually sold it in Paris around the late 1990s.
Date unknownPrivate sale
Sig. Provenzi
partial documentation
Italian collector who drove the car infrequently before passing it on to the current England-based owner.
Date unknownPrivate sale
English-based private collector
partial documentation
Current consignor, residing in England; acquired the car from the previous Italian owner.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

1960Bodywork
Carrozzeria Pinin Farina
Chassis dispatched by Ferrari to Carrozzeria Pinin Farina for coachwork construction; the coupé body was completed by 4 March 1960.
Factory coachbuilding process; completion date documented as 4 March 1960.
—Restoration
Carrozzeria Nova Rinascente (bodywork, Dino Cognolato, Vigonza); Auto Officina Omega (mechanical, Corrado Patella)
Full restoration carried out after the car's return to Italy from the USA; bodywork handled by one specialist workshop and mechanical work by another, including fitment of a replacement engine block.
Restoration took place during the 1990s; a new replacement block was installed at this time.

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