Will this Ferrari 250 GT California Spider fetch $18m?
Gear magazine, new TG telly host Chris Evans heralds the Ferrari California Spider as ‘the most beautiful car ever created’. Look at that picture above. We defy you to disagree.
This rather astonishing red example is coming up for auction at Gooding’s Pebble Beach sale on August 15 and 16. Yes, it’s another 250 GT Cali Spider at another classic auction. But it’s a 250 GT Cali Spider.
Specifically, the SWB version. Ferrari made some 106 California Spiders in the late Fifties and early Sixties, with 56 of them on the short-wheelbase chassis. And of those 56, just 37 were finished with the ‘covered headlights’. This, as you can see, is one of those 37.
And because it’s a 250 GT Cali Spider, it comes with a luscious 3.0-litre V12, though how many of its 280 horsepowers from 1961 remain is a matter for the new owner to discover.
Auction house Gooding & Co informs us that it’s the first time this particular SWB 250 GT is being offered up for sale since the 1960s. It’s not been restored, nor has it been shown off at any concours events either. Meaning it’s an utterly authentic period piece.
This rather astonishing red example is coming up for auction at Gooding’s Pebble Beach sale on August 15 and 16. Yes, it’s another 250 GT Cali Spider at another classic auction. But it’s a 250 GT Cali Spider.
Specifically, the SWB version. Ferrari made some 106 California Spiders in the late Fifties and early Sixties, with 56 of them on the short-wheelbase chassis. And of those 56, just 37 were finished with the ‘covered headlights’. This, as you can see, is one of those 37.
And because it’s a 250 GT Cali Spider, it comes with a luscious 3.0-litre V12, though how many of its 280 horsepowers from 1961 remain is a matter for the new owner to discover.
Auction house Gooding & Co informs us that it’s the first time this particular SWB 250 GT is being offered up for sale since the 1960s. It’s not been restored, nor has it been shown off at any concours events either. Meaning it’s an utterly authentic period piece.
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