Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spyder

 

 
1627GT 1959/dec   *** 44th ***
Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spyder, alloy, LHD
Red/black
Covered headlights, no fender side vents
Chassis Tipo 508D
Engine Tipo 128D
Date Result Event Driver # Reference
1960/jan - Magnason, Miami, FL, USA via Chinetti Motors, NY, USA
1962 - Styles, Coral Gables, FL, USA
196. - Styles' son Billy damaged both sides of the car, as he was run off the road, on his way back from a fishing tournament, at Ocean Reef, in Key Largo, FL, USA
196. - pulled out of a swamp in Florida
1965 - George Shelley, FL, USA
196. - rebuilt in steel by Shelley
197. - Sternberg, NY, NY, USA
1988/may/10 - The Sportscar Geneva auction
Sold $773,800.- incl. buyer's prem 
1988/may/10 - ............., J
1991/mar/31 - World Vintage Tokyo auction
Not Sold highbid $892,857.-
1991 - after the Tokyo Auction, the car was put in a two-car container, in front of a big Horch. While being shipped in the container on the way to San Francisco from Tokyo, the Horch broke loose of its safety straps and rolled on the Cal Spyder. 
1991 - restored by Patrick Ottis
1991/aug - $1,000,000 - 92/jan - offered by Fantasy Junction, CA, USA C65 p56
1992/feb - offered for $950,000.-
1992/apr - offered for $650,000.-
1992/sep - offered for $575,000.-
1993/jan - offered for $495,000.-
1993 - still with Fantasy Junction, Emeryville, CA, USA
1993 - Walter Weimer, PA., USA
2010/oct - offered on ebay; red/red: "All inner structures are still in their original factory alloy form including the firewall, the inner fenders, the door frames, as well as the hood and the trunk lid."
2011/jan/22 XX. Cavallino Classic Walter Weimer
2011/nov/06   Winter Park Concours d'Elegance      
2011/feb - offered in C181 p57
2012/jan/19   Cavallino Classic      
2012 - Sebastian Vettel, CH  
20.. - restored, and refinished in Blu Sera/Beige. Classiche “Red Book” Certified  
2023/aug - consigned to Tom Hartley Jnr, Derbs., UK  
 

 

 

 

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