The 250 GTO speaks for itself.

[PHC1]

‘64 250 GTO series 2 body with Derek Hill.

Petrolicious



https://youtu.be/ewQaikxTUJs

[PierreB]

Very nice car.

[Puma Cat]

Speaking of GTOs, here some pics I took back in 2006 at the Ferrari shop my friend worked at, Patrick Ottis Company in Berkeley, CA

This GTO competed in LeMans and the Nurburgring 1000 KM the year it was produced.









Back at the time in 2006, this car was valued at USD $20,000,000.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

Speaking of GTOs, here some pics I took back in 2006 at the Ferrari shop my friend worked at, Patrick Ottis Company in Berkeley, CA

This GTO competed in LeMans and the Nurburgring 1000 KM the year it was produced.


Back at the time in 2006, this car was valued at USD $20,000,000.

How cool is that?

I once got a ride in a 250 SWB and it was unforgettable...

That 250 GTO is worth at least double or more these days.

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by PHC1

How cool is that?

I once got a ride in a 250 SWB and it was unforgettable...

That 250 GTO is worth at least double or more these days.

Yeah, the 250 SWBs were always a favorite of mine.

Take a look at this, Serge.

The late David Love's Ferrari Testarossa. It was a literally a barn find by David over 40 years ago, and he paid $15,000 for it. He campaigned it in vintage events for the better part of 30 years until he passed. It was sold by his estate to a wealthy Bay Area car dealerships owner for $30,000,000.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

Yeah, the 250 SWBs were always a favorite of mine.

Take a look at this, Serge.

The late David Love's Ferrari Testarossa. It was a literally a barn find by David over 40 years ago, and he paid $15,000 for it. He campaigned it in vintage events for the better part of 30 years until he passed. It was sold by his estate to a wealthy Bay Area car dealerships owner for $30,000,000.

Stephen, I live very close to Algar Ferrari. Algar as in Al Garthwaite who opened the first showroom in the US back in 1964 once Luigi Chinetti the famed sports car driver, who won multiple 24 Hours of LeMans races talked Mr.Enzo Ferrari into actually selling his road cars in the USA.

The building itself is actually quite historic as it housed the quite prestigeous and successful body/coach builders. The Derham brothers. Many a royalty have worked with them for a custom automobile as was the standard back in the early days. You know, just your average, "every day" royalty like Joseph Stalin, Pope Pius XII, King Farouk, President Eisenhower, Gary Cooper and Raymond Loewy. Derham's limousines were used in fifteen coronations around the world.

Before that they made horse coaches for royalty since it was a multi-generational business.

All in the same building which was renovated and modernized in the recent years to the tune of $7M right before Bob Segal sold the Algar dealership to a son of a Russian Oligarch who is now the current owner of Algar Ferrari.

Many of the salesmen have been there for decades so I got to hear many stories originating from 1964 and passed on.

So getting back to the Testarossa... A few were actually sitting in the rain in front of the dealership for months back in the day and they were not good sellers at all since it was not a very practical car....

[McInblum]

Great thread! 4293GT is and has been since I was a kid, my all-time favorite car.

I've had the good fortune to see a few 250 GTO's close up over the years. There's a local one here which I haven't gotten a chance to see yet... Hopefully when we come out of this thing. I met the owner a couple of times. First time was a few years back when my wife and I were fawning over his, at the time freshly restored 275GTB/4 in a parked next to the little market in Elkhart Lake, WI. He couldn't have been nicer.