Ferrari

250 GT

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Ferrari Cavallino Platinum award winner
 
Ferrari Classiche Red Book certified
 
Celebrity ownership history (NY Yankees legend, Reggie Jackson)
 
 
The 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso is a legendary grand touring car that epitomizes the elegance, performance, and craftsmanship for which Ferrari is renowned. With its exquisite design, luxurious features, and powerful performance, the 250 GT Lusso stands as a timeless icon of automotive excellence.
 
 
From the outside, the 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso exudes a sleek and muscular presence. Its flowing lines and graceful curves create a harmonious and aerodynamic silhouette. The bodywork, crafted with precision and attention to detail, showcases the perfect balance between sportiness and refinement. The signature Ferrari grille, flanked by circular headlights, adds an element of aggression and distinction to the front fascia.
 
 
Stepping inside the 250 GT Lusso, you are enveloped in an atmosphere of luxury and craftsmanship. The interior exudes an aura of refined elegance, featuring a blend of handcrafted leather, polished wood accents, and chrome detailing. The carefully sculpted seats provide excellent support and comfort for both driver and passenger during long journeys.
 
 
The dashboard is a masterpiece of simplicity and functionality, housing a cluster of analog gauges that provide essential information about the car's performance. A three-spoke wood-rimmed steering wheel offers a firm grip, while the gated gearshift lever invites the driver to engage with the car's manual transmission and savor the driving experience.
 
 
Underneath the bonnet, the 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso is equipped with a 3.0-liter V12 engine, which delivers impressive power and a thrilling exhaust note. This engine, coupled with its lightweight construction, enables the car to accelerate swiftly and achieve exhilarating speeds. The Lusso's suspension and handling are finely tuned to strike a balance between sporty agility and refined comfort, making it a joy to drive on both winding roads and long stretches of highway.
 
 
As one of the most sought-after classic Ferraris, the 1963 250 GT Lusso represents a pinnacle of automotive design and engineering. Its timeless beauty, luxurious interior, and exhilarating performance continue to captivate enthusiasts and collectors alike, ensuring its place as a true automotive masterpiece.

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To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Cliveden House event, 12 June 2024.  Â£1,100,000 - Â£1,500,000 GBP   Unique 16th example of the 350 Lussos produced between 1962 and 1964 Early coachwork modifications by Fantuzzi in the style of the 330 LMB Originally delivered to Luciano Pederzani, joint-founder of the Tecno Formula 1 team Comprehensive restoration carried out by DK Engineering in 2011 Previously owned by radio and TV broadcaster Chris Evans Documented history by marque historian Marcel Massini    Sitting between Ferrari's more overtly sporting models and its larger luxury cars, the 250 GT/L Berlinetta-often referred to as the Lusso, which is Italian for luxury-was the last road-going derivative from the marque's celebrated, long-running 250 GT series. Unveiled as a prototype at the Paris Motor Show in 1962, the stunning steel-bodied coupe remained in production until late-1964. Most featured now-classic Pininfarina designs that were built by Scaglietti, before being finished at the Ferrari factory.   While the Lusso earned some competition success, with a privateer car notably placing 13th overall in the 1964 running of the Targa Florio endurance road race, it was primarily conceived-and enjoyed best of all-as a fast and luxurious road car. The powertrain came in the form of the well-proven 2,953 cc Colombo V-12, with a single overhead camshaft per cylinder bank, mated to a four-speed, all-synchromesh gearbox. Tuned more for road use versus other Ferrari 250 models, the wet-sump unit-equipped with three twin-choke Weber carburettors-was still particularly potent. One of the most powerful production cars of the time, with 240 brake horsepower served at 7,500 rpm, it was enough to propel the Lusso to a top speed just shy of 150 mph.   Yet it's not the performance credentials alone that ensure the Lusso is still revered to this day. Widely regarded as one of the most elegant shapes ever to wear the Prancing Horse badge, this model was epitomised by its elegant, sweeping lines and curved rear screen that ultimately flowed into the fastback Kamm tail finish. At the front, early cars left Maranello sporting the low egg crate-style front grille-similar to that of its 250 GT SWB Berlinetta predecessor.  This example, chassis 4383, was the 16th of the 350 Lussos constructed. According to the records of marque historian Marcel Massini, the car was completed by the factory on 20 March 1963. Originally painted in Grigio Argento over a Nero Connolly leather interior, it was supplied to Ferrari's official dealer, Societa Italiana Veicoli Agriculturali e Motori, in Bologna on 4 April. Five days later, the car was sold for the princely sum of 5,750,000 Italian lire to first owner, Luciano Pederzani.   He and his brother Gianfranco had, only two years previously, co-founded the Tecno Racing Team. Originally building racing karts, during Luciano's ownership of the Lusso, the outfit would establish itself as a successful manufacturer of Formula 3 cars, purportedly winning 32 out of 65 races during the 1967 season. The first of these victories was earned by future Ferrari Formula 1 race winner Clay Regazzoni.   During this time, chassis 4383 was maintained by the Ferrari factory's Assistenza Clienti in Modena. By February of 1964, the Ferrari was registered on the Italian targa BO 179199. Thereafter, the car would begin to evolve from its original specification to become the unique example that it is today. Firstly, in around 1965, a later 250 GT Lusso engine (5193 GT) was installed. Then, Pederzani went to the person styling his Tecno creations and asked him to partially rebody his road car. Former Ferrari race car designer Medardo Fantuzzi, based in Modena, modified the coachwork to more resemble that of the 330 LMB competition model. This included adopting a smaller, rounded grille, switching to two (rather than three) bumperettes, plus setting the headlights further back in the wings, and fairing them in with Plexiglass covers.   This Lusso was exported to New York City, USA in 1968, and sold again five years later, remaining in the state. In 1976, its new Texas-based owner commissioned the addition of three 250 GTO-style intakes above the front grille, plus vents behind the rear wheel arches inspired by the same model, and repainted the car to red. The following year, new ownership led this example to be shipped to Honolulu after which it spent the following 28 years in Hawaii, changing hands four times. In 2005, the Lusso returned to mainland America, the new San Francisco-based keeper displaying it at Monterey Car Week that year, before returning for the following two editions.   In 2011, chassis 4383 was sent to the UK for a full restoration at DK Engineering. Completed to a concours standard, 250 GTO moulds and drawings were precisely scaled to authentically finish the one-off bodywork. This car then returned to DK Engineering the year after for a mechanical rebuild, and to be finished in its present classic Ferrari red over tan interior. It was subsequently displayed at Walton Hall for the Ferrari Owners' Club GB annual meeting in 2013, before being sold to radio and TV broadcaster Chris Evans, an avid collector of the marque. Through JD Classics, the Lusso was then bought by its consigning owner. Its most recent keeper has enjoyed the car at shows and events; in 2015 it was displayed on the Cartier Style et Luxe concours lawn at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and it later appeared as part of the Seeing Red tribute to Ferrari in the Earls Court Motor Show recreation at Goodwood Revival. The Ferrari has since been maintained by GTO Engineering, with many invoices available to view on file.   Chassis 4383 boasts a compelling continuous history that not only includes a significant player in 1960s single seater racing as its original keeper, but more recent custodianship by Evans, one of the UK's best-known media personalities. The car's early bodywork adaptions by Fantuzzi make this 250 GT/L Berlinetta, a model which is already a particularly rare and special, a truly unique ownership proposition.  To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM Sotheby's website.

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