The 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta presented by RM Sotheby’s is one of only 165 examples built.
’s long-lived and wide-ranging 250 series includes such disparate models as the race-bred GTO and luxurious Lusso. But the quintessential 250 GT would have to be the SWB Berlinetta. The SWB was, in reality, a racer thinly veiled as a grand-touring coupe. It’s a car that dominated tracks in Europe and America from its first racing appearance in 1960 until the advent of its successor, the GTO, in 1962.
Engineered by Carlo Chiti and Giotto Bizzarrini, the purposeful GT was designed by Pininfarina and bodied in steel or aluminum by coachbuilder Scaglietti. The 250 GT SWB was presented at the Paris Salon in 1959, and for a few brief years, dominated its class, concluding its in-period racing role with great fanfare in 1961, winning theWorld Constructors’ Championship GT Class. The car laid the groundwork for numerous worthy successors powered by the same 3.0-liter, Colombo-designed V-12 engine.
It was then acquired by the owner of the city’s official Ferrari dealership, who commissioned Modena-based Carrozzeria Sports Cars to rebody the car with more angular, wedge-shaped bodywork in 1971. Its fourth owner, U.K.-based racer and collector Rob Lamplough, commissioned Carrozzeria Allegretti to rebody the Ferrari as a 250 GTO. He then raced the vehicle until he sold it in 1992.
Although chassis No. 2067 GT left the factory with a black Connolly leather interior, it was given red upholstery and racing harnesses by its current owner.In 2009, a Belgian owner returned chassis No. 2067 GT to its factory steel-body specification, the complete and extensively photographed restoration performed by Carrozzeria Autosport of Bachelli & Villa in Bastiglia, near Modena.
The 34th example of Ferrari’s 250 GT SWB Berlinetta built, this car was returned to its factory steel-body specification in 2009.would have so many custodians throughout its 64-year life, which has been documented with a Marcel Massini history report that records a direct chain of ownership. As for the car’s expected performance at auction, its high-end estimate is roughly $7.6 million, a testament to this Prancing Horse’s enduring appeal to collectors and vintage racers.
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