Merged: 250 GTO sold for $20 million +

LOL...! I won't even go there... As long as the brand new engine has a Classiche stamp, then it's a real GTO.

 

I was at Lime Rock Park over the holiday weekend and witnessed a beautiful 1962 250 GTO race around the track! It was driven by a very nice older woman who purchased the car in the early 60's. What a great investment...and she races it...and I mean hard! All I could think about was the fact that she was driving around in a beach house in the Hamptons!!

 

Thanks Carbon.

 

Back then ...
the asking price of that car was 3.5 Million Lire
Fabrizio only had 2.5 Million (approximately $ 3 500 USD )
and he got his dream car at his price

(according to FORZA # 57 )

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I wonder what TAKEO KATO (the japanese collector ) who paid more than $ 10 Million Dollars for a GTO (s/n 3909) back in 1989 and then sold it for a loss at "only" 4 Million to a Californian who still keeps it.

what does he think now ?

 

I believe there is a real GTO here in cincinnati that belongs to Jim Jaeger

 

The Ferrari year at Pebble Beach (2004) there were 20 out of the 36 together at Laguna Seca for the Historics Races. Amazing to see and hear them all together !
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such a shame, but i think you are right. i would only think these cars come onto the market for a small number of reasons. either the owner needs cash, or lost interest and a friend offers to buy it. i wouldnt think a 250gto would come up "for sale" too often.
i know if i had the money, id offer way above value for a f50gt1.... but the owners have no reason to sell, so they pretty much become an unpurchasable item.

 

I saw that car on Sunday; rumor had it that its the last original, unrestored GTO and I can believe that from the wonderful patina on the car. Also heard it was valued at 20 million...

 

IIRC, he also hid it from his wife for a couple of years or something...kept it a secret.

He was offered well north of $10 million IIRC a few years back and (obviously) would not part with it.

He takes his dog with him when he drives.

Fabulous.

 

i saw it at ault park a few years back. i believe that it was the prototype for the 250 GTO and is the only one in existance.

 

I read that if owners get wind of another owner thinking of selling, they gang up on him to talk him or her out of it. Considering there are 36 (not all that rare) and their value, it is surprising they don't come up for sale more often. A number of owners are getting on in age, so I expect more will come on the market in the next 10 years.

Dave

 

Absolutely beautiful!!!
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Tom Price in Marin has one. Dinged it slightly at the Infenion classics. I got some pictures of it. Could have gotten a ride in it, but was too pressed for time then. He's never going to sell it. Bought it in the 70s, restored it in the 80s. Made the comment once that it would be a million dollar car. Boy was he wrong.

Art

 

Is that one real? FoW has one just like that in the back, but it's a rebodied 250GT... Still pretty sweet though. Does Marriott have one???

Charlie Rose had a discussion with a few automotive designers a couple of weeks ago and of course his first question to the group was "what's the most beautiful car ever made." Miura and 275GTB were mentioned, and the Hyundai designer said 250GTO. Charlie asked him how much that would cost these days and the designer responded "Oh jeez, about a million dollars!"

-R

 

Len, That is the most original GTO in the world. I know the owner and he bought it in the late 60s and drove it on the road for a short time. His wife, Sandy, drives it and several of his other cars. She is a very good driver. That's Jim in the picture with the blue hat, a very knowledgeable and really a very nice person and completely unpretentious. Ralph Lauren's restoration guys used Jims car as a benchmark for Ralphs restoration.

 

Yes, but like Barry Bond's last HR-ball...with an asterisk

for the record I kinda like Barry

 

Wrong..36 250 GTO's,Van Gogh never painted the same picture twice, where as Ferrari has built the same car multiple times.

 

As long the GTO hold the position as one og the greatest car ever made, I am sure you are right in every word - only time will tell.
The GTO have IMO one problem - when a original GTO turns up to a show, many people will say - this is a recreation or a replica.

 

But no two GTOs are identical.
RHD/LHD
Two versus three cooling slats
3 litre versus 4 litre
Driving lights versus no driving lights.

And then each one has its individual history...

The list goes on

Paul

 

36? I always thought there were 39 made

 

The most original GTO is s/n 4293, not the O'Neil car (s/n 3647). Surtees had a big accident in s/n 3647 in the 1962 TT. S/N 4293 has never had an accident and was the 1963 LeMans class winner. The best GTO, IMHO.

 

No such thing, they're ALL great!

For me, seeing Sandra win in Jim's car (3647) on the penultimate lap in front of 25,000 people on a perfect day at Lime Rock a week ago, that was the best GTO for me!

 

There are 33 Series I bodywork (1962) 3 litre GTOs (aka 250 GTO, 250 cc x 12 cylinders = 3000cc, thus 3 litre)

There are 3 Series I bodywork (1962) 4 litre GTOs (aka 330 GTO, 330 cc x 12 cylinders = 4000cc, thus 4 litre)

There are 3 Series II bodywork (1964) 3 litre 250 GTOs (aka 250 GTO/64, 250 cc x 12 = 3000 cc, thus 3 litre)

So now we have 36 (33 series I plus three Series II 64 cars) 250 GTOs
Plus we have the 4 litre versions giving a total of 39.

Hope this makes sense.

Paul

 

... well he did, he made several copies of his most famous "sunflowers" of wich one went to Japan for $ 40 million (the others are in Amsterdam and London)