Missing Vintage Ferraris

There still are missing Ferraris from the '50s and '60s. Tom S. bought the remains of a Devin on ebay last year for $26k, fortunately for him, it was really Ferrari 340 America 202A wearing a Devin body (by the way, Tom I want the Devin body... ).

Regards,

Art S.

 

Get on the online 330 GT Registry. http://www.parrotbyte.com/330GTRegistry/

This board tracks the 1100 or so 330 2+2's and 50 330 Americas that were manufactured by Ferrari.

You'll immediately notice the number of cars that have zero info; then if you go one by one through the cars that have info, the trails of quite a few of them went cold many years ago.

 

I'd venture that few cars are actually 'missing' - their owners just don't want the publicity of everyone knowing what $$$$$$ vintage Ferraris are in their garage. These cars 'used' to be cheaply available, and not every owner out there lives in a Gated community with security guards and fancy alarm systems and whatnot. Their current 'market' value, and the greed/hysteria that surrounds these old cars are a double-edged sword. Their owners are sitting on a terrific investment that tends to draw the nefarious, the vultures, the scammers, thieves....restoring one is a huge and frighteningly-expensive undertaking that not every current owner out there can afford. I would imagine that more-than-a-few owners just leave the car under the tarp in the back of the garage.

 

Also, these cars are 40+ years old...they were a wealthy man's car, and those that could afford them in the 1950's and 60's were more than likely middle-aged. If younger, they were children of wealth or sports and entertainment stars. Today's tech era of numerous 25 year old multimillionaires was a long way in the future.

Speaking of 330 2+2's, I'd guess worldwide there are a couple of hundred cars sitting long-unused in the garages of very elderly owners or their widows, or tucked away in estate property storage.