A « winning » official factory car
The car left the workshops at the start of 1957, fitted with a striking
Scaglietti body, a design born of the requirements of a powerful racing car. It
was fitted at that time with a 3.8-litre V12 Tipo 140 engine (315 S) that had
twin-cams per bank of cylinders and produced around 360 bhp.
In March of that year it was entered by Scuderia Ferrari for the Sebring 12
Hours, driven by Peter Collins and Maurice Trintignant, and finished sixth.
However, the Italians were really waiting for the Mille Miglia in May, when
the best teams and the most experienced drivers would go head to head
over 1 600 km of roads, without any break. Ferrari lined up four cars
including chassis 0674 that was given to Wolfgang von Trips, who finished
second behind the Piero Taruffi’s Ferrari. On being returned to the factory,
its engine size was increased to 4.1-litres, therefore becoming a 335S. With
close to 400 bhp under its belt, the car could reach 300 km/h.
For the 24 Heures du Mans, the car was given to Mike Hawthorn (who would
become Formula 1 champion in 1958) and Luigi Musso. Hawthorn took the
lead in front of the Maserati and Jaguars and set the first lap record in the
history of the Le Mans 24 Hours of over 200 km/h (203.015 km/h average
speed) but unfortunately the car retired in the fifth hour with mechanical
problems.
This stunning Ferrari then finished fourth in the Swedish Grand Prix, and
second in the Venezuela Grand Prix on 3 November (still with team of
Hawthorn-Musso), helping Ferrari to win the World Constructors’ Title in
1957.
In January 1958 it was sold to Luigi Chinetti, the Ferrari importer based in
New York.
On 24 February of that year, with Masten Gregory and Stirling Moss at the
wheel, the car won the Cuba Grand Prix. During the 1958 season, it
participated successfully in various American races driven by Gaston
Andrey and Lance Reventlow (creator of the famous Scarab), before being
sold to Robert N. Dusek in 1960, an architect living in Pennsylvania.
Asked one day about the lack of a collection at the Maranello factory, Enzo
Ferrari replied: «No need : Bardinon has done it for me.
The Bardinon collection
Following this American adventure, the car was brought to France in 1970.
The American architect sold it to Pierre Bardinon, the astute collector who
over the years assembled some fifty factory Ferrari comprising the most
successful and iconic models in the history of the marque. Based near
Aubusson, his collection is considered to be one of the most important, in
terms of Ferrari. "The Bardinons had the highest requirements: the most
successful Ferrari race cars !" explained Hervé Poulain, Honorary President
of Artcurial.
Kept as part Pierre Bardinon’s private collection for over 40 years, the car
has been used and maintained regularly and is presented in excellent
condition.
Pierre Bardinon
Bardinon is a name that resonates with all those who love racing cars, and
behind the name is a character who made a huge impression in the
collecting world during the second half of the 20th century. Passionate
about motorsport from a young age, the industrialist, himself a gentleman
driver, assembled an unrivalled collection dedicated to Ferrari and motor
racing.
Initially passionate about Bugatti, and then Jaguar, it was not until the end
of the 1960s that he devoted himself completely to Ferrari. He brought
together the rarest models, those with the most outstanding racing history,
and put together the most famous group of Maranello factory cars, fifty in
number including four of the nine winners of the Le Mans 24 Hour Race.
Such a collection has its particular requirements, to keep these machines
alive. To do this, Pierre Bardinon designed his own private circuit, « a speed
garden », calligraphic bitumen set in natural surroundings, to which he
invited the Matra and Alpine teams, Ferrari, Bugatti and Bentley clubs, and
developed links with manufacturers such as Peugeot, Mercedes-Benz, Alfa
Romeo, Porsche…
The Retromobile sale 2016
Following the record-breaking sale in 2015, the Collectors’ Car department
at Artcurial is proposing a spectacular 2016 edition. The auction will take
place over two days.
On 5 February, some 130 automobiles including five important Ferrari will be
presented :
- 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti from the Pierre Bardinon collection
(estimate 28 – 32 M€ / 30 - 34 M$),
- 1963 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta from the Antoine Midy collection
(estimate 9 – 12 M€ / 10 – 13,2 M$)
- 1986 Ferrari Testrossa Spider built for Gianni Agnelli (estimate : 700 000 –
900 000 € / 750 0000 -1 M$)
- 1962 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series 2, Ex-King of Morocco, from the
Adrien Maeght collection (estimate : 1,4 – 1,8 M€ / 1,5 – 1,9 M$)
- 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (estimate : 750 000 – 900 000 € / 800
000 – 950 000$)
On 6 February, Artcurial Motorcars will celebrate the history of a French
brand – Citroën. Around forty popular models collected by André Trigano,
completed by another ten double chevron automobiles will retrace the
marque’s history.
A record year for Artcurial Motorcars
2015 has been a breakthrough year for Artcurial Motorcars, confirming its
leading position for Collectors’ Car sales in Continental Europe. Organising
the official sales at the Salon Retromobile in Paris, Le Mans Classic and
the Automobiles sur les Champs-Élysées series of auctions, the annual
sales total of this department led by Matthieu Lamoure has increased from
6 M€ / 6,9 M$ in 2009 to 71 M€ / 78 M$ in 2015.
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