Details:
Price: SOLD
Year: 1961
Mileage: 1,500km since restoration
Engine: V12
Transmission: Manual
Description:
While attention has focused on multi-million-dollar GTOs and Spider Californias, the discreet 250 GTE has always had its enthusiasts. Having spent many years as the ‘starter Ferrari’ or even – heaven forfend! – as a donor car for 250 GT SWB and GTO replicas, the classy 250 GTE is now well-established as a desirable berlinetta in its own right.
The model made its debut on a thoroughly appropriate occasion: the 1960 Le Mans 24 Hours, where a red-painted prototype with no side vents acted as a course car. Its competition-focused brethren did not let it down, the marque finishing 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. 'Short Wheelbase' 250 GTs took the fourth to seventh spot, with an interloping Aston Martin DBR1 spoiling an otherwise all-Maranello finish.
So, if you wanted a 250 GT, a model that had already covered itself in glory on the Mille Miglia and the Tour de France Auto, yet were looking for a genuine 2+2 with generous luggage room, the GTE model – the first 4-seater production car from Ferrari, built on a specially made chassis of 2600mm – was just the thing.
This is Italian mechanical romance at its finest. Painted in Blue Sera over beige leather just as it left the factory in Maranello in 1961. The car was extensively restored from the ground up over a period of 3 years with Ferrari approved repair and restoration specialists, Carozzeria in Johannesburg. We sold this car to a local collector and businessman exactly 1 year ago and the GTE is reluctantly back on the market due to long term travel commitments. The colour scheme along with the meticulous restoration make this car a real stand out example. A rare opportunity to own a fully sort after and iconic classic Ferrari with restorative provenance. Ferrari only produced 954 examples in total.
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1961 Ferrari 250 GTE
While attention has focused on multi-million-dollar GTOs and Spider Californias, the discreet 250 GTE has always had its enthusiasts. Having spent many years as the ‘starter Ferrari’ or even – heaven forfend! – as a donor car for 250 GT SWB and GTO replicas, the classy 250 GTE is now well-established as a desirable berlinetta in its own right.
The model made its debut on a thoroughly appropriate occasion: the 1960 Le Mans 24 Hours, where a red-painted prototype with no side vents acted as a course car. Its competition-focused brethren did not let it down, the marque finishing 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. ‘Short Wheelbase’ 250 GTs took the fourth to seventh spot, with an interloping Aston Martin DBR1 spoiling an otherwise all-Maranello finish.
So, if you wanted a 250 GT, a model that had already covered itself in glory on the Mille Miglia and the Tour de France Auto, yet were looking for a genuine 2+2 with generous luggage room, the GTE model – the first 4-seater production car from Ferrari, built on a specially made chassis of 2600mm – was just the thing.
This is Italian mechanical romance at its finest. Painted in Blue Sera over beige leather just as it left the factory in Maranello in 1961. The car was extensively restored from the ground up over a period of 3 years with Ferrari approved repair and restoration specialists, Carozzeria in Johannesburg. We sold this car to a local collector and businessman exactly 1 year ago and the GTE is reluctantly back on the market due to long term travel commitments. The colour scheme along with the meticulous restoration make this car a real stand out example. A rare opportunity to own a fully sort after and iconic classic Ferrari with restorative provenance. Ferrari only produced 954 examples in total.
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