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1958, 24 Hours of Le Mans,
victory for Olivier
Gendebien and Phil Hill in a Ferrari Testa Rossa.
In 1959, the Ferrari 250 GTs took the top four
places in the GT Category, finishing 3rd, 4th, 5th
and 6th in the overall standings of the 24 Hours of
Le Mans. The following year, in
1960, the 250 Testa Rossa secured a one-two finish
in the overall standings, and the 250 GTs with short
wheelbase took 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th place. All these cars were fitted
with the same 3-litre Colombo V12 engine with simple
ACT as the 250 Pininfarina Coupe. |
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No engine has enjoyed such success in competition
and, at the same time, gained as much prestige in
Grand Touring as the famous Ferrari V12 "Colombo".
Such global dominance by a engine as a Prototype and
a GT had never been seen and has never been repeated
since. It is this extraordinary mechanism, nearly
invicible, which is the very heart of the Ferrari
brand’s fame, which powers the 250 GT Coupe
Pininfarina. It is the only two-seater
Ferrari 250 still available (for the moment)for the
others, it is necessary to invest between two and
ten time as much… |
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" T O U R D E F R A N C E " B E R L I N E T T E I N E V E N I N G D R E S S
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I t shares it wheelbase with it and all its mechanical components (Type 128 engine / Type 508 wheelbase), its bodywork, the pinnacle of classical beauty, hides its true character.
This very close relationship, not to say fusion,
between racing and road going models back to
Ferrari’s inception and continued into the early
1960s, with the 250 GTO and 250 LM. |
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The 250 GT Coupe Pininfarina a forgotten gem,
confidential and still largely undervalued, is a
delight for discerning collectors. |
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When, in 1959, a Ferrari 250 GT finished third in
the overall standings of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, by
winning the GT class, covering 4,001 km, its 24-hour
average is just under 170 km/h…including refuelling
stops, tyre replacement, the vagaries of racing and
night-time driving…Simply extraordinary. |
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Ferrari with V12 engines are set apart, at the top,
they always represent the ultimate dream cars. All
attempts by other manufacturers to match them will
have been in vain. |
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This 250 GT is part of the first series of the
model, the most valuable in history. The pleasure
and emotion of getting behind the wheel, simply to
start it, and then to bring such a mechanism to
life, are indescribable. |
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These wonderful cars are
rare, a total of 353 (Series 1 and 2) were built,
but according to our records, which have been kept
for decades, of the 140 survivors, there would be
fewer than 90 left from the first series. Many have
disapppeared, or have been used as base for Tour de
France, California or Testa Rossa bodywork. |
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