Ferrari staring
Ferrari 340 America Ghia Coupe s/n 0148A
Ferrari 500 Mondial PF Berlinetta s/n 0422MD
Ferrari 500 Mondial PF Spider s/n 0438MD
Ferrari 250 GT LWB Boano Coupe – rebuilt as California Spider s/n 0627GT
Ferrari 250 GT PF Cab. S.1 s/n 0737GT
Ferrari 250 GT SWB s/n 3401GT
Ferrari 250 GT PF Cab. SII s/n 3517GT
Ferrari 250 GTO s/n 3809GT
Ferrari 250 GT/L s/n 4635GT
Breathtaking was the total amount of particular Ferraris exhibited at this years
issue of the world-biggest vintage car show – the Techno Classica in Essen,
Germany.
Klaus Werner offered an early Mondial Pinin Farina Spider – chassis 0438 MD
– which was sold new to well-known John von Neumann in 1954 who raced it
very extensively through the 50’s. In 1956 the 500 Mondial was converted to 3
litre specs and later got the 750 Monza engine 0538 M installed. Since 1998
this car resides in Germany and could be seen last at the Trofeo Baleares in
March 2001 with its then owner Hans-Juergen Phiesel from Bad Muenstereifel.
Not less interesting was a dark blue beauty displayed by La Galerie des
Damiers from France – a 340 America Ghia Coupe s/n 0148 A – restored to
perfection. Poulain Le Fur tried to auction this car at the Palais Congrés sale in
December last year but had no luck in selling.
Behind La Galerie des Damiers’ stand Axel Schuette presented an impressing
Ferrari-display. Besides the freshly repaired (from its Oldtimer GP incident in
2000) Ferrari 250 GT ‘SWB’ s/n 3401 GT he offered a 250 GT PF Cabriolet
Series One s/n 0737 GT which came directly from the States and looked
fantastic in its dark aubergine colour. Asking price is $950.000 !
Coys of Kensington displayed two Ferraris once or still owned by Lothar Roder
of Germany. Surprisingly chassis 0627 GT is now painted in shining silver
after a minor restoration. The second Ferrari, a 250 GT Lusso s/n 4635 GT,
crashed heavily during the Ferrari 50th year anniversary, was recently bought
by Roder at the 2000 Gstaad Brooks Auction and is now offered again.
Hartmut Ibings 250 GTO s/n 3809 GT could be admired in hall 6 where the
Techno Classica organizers managed to gather a dozen of Concours
d’Elegance winning cars.
Athané from Paris shared the stand in hall 2 with MMC and showed a nice 250
GT PF Cabriolet Series Two s/n 3517 GT together with a bad 250 TR Replica
based on chassis s/n 3181 GT and a red/black ’Daytona’ with s/n 16419.
The most important Ferrari at the Techno Classica though not displayed but
offered only on paper was the Ferrari 500 Mondial PF Berlinetta s/n 0422 MD,
one of only two built in total !
Most interesting on this car is that its actual owner – a Mr. Piget from south of
France – promised that he never would sell his Ferrari and that he would take
this car with him in his grave !
So, who’s the vendor and what happened to Mr. Piget ? First question can be
answered easily:
Red Willow Racing from the Netherlands offered 0422 MD but I had no
possibility yet to clear up Mr. Piget’s fate but I’m sure time will tell us if he’s still
alive or what car exactly Red Willow Racing is offering at the moment.
We’ll see.
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