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| 275 GTB/4, Chassis # 10045 – “Star of Stage, Screen and Speedvision”
In the late 1990s Speedvision featured a popular automobile restoration series called "Dream Car Garage". Essentially the program focused the spotlight on a total restoration of a feature car – Episode One would show the original car, prior to disassembly with the last depicting the completely restored car roaring into the sunset, or in the case of this Ferrari – roaring off the auction block! All of the Dream Car Garage Speedvision program segments which detail this car’s restoration will accompany the sale of the car to its new owner. As the television film footage shows, # 10045 was at that time a red/black original, matching numbers, low mileage California car – “almost too nice to restore”, according to Peter Klutt, the principal of Legendary Motorcars, the restoration firm contracted for the rebuild and film production. Take the body, for instance. A strip to bare metal revealed a perfect, never-rusted or accident-damaged shell which had only had one re-paint from the original Factory silver to red, sometime in the late 1980s. Prior to this, the Marcel Massini database shows that our four-cam was delivered new to Ferrari dealers Martinelli & Sonico of Lugano, Switzerland in 1967. Shortly after that, it was exported from Switzerland to the U.S.A. with the first American owner listed as L.D. Alderman of Maryland. In 1973 Francois Sicard carried out major work for an unknown owner. In January, 1973 it was bank-owned prior to going to a Robert Neudeck of New York, NY with the odometer showing 18,000 kilometers. Neudeck apparently liked this four-cam, owning it for over 20 years and putting some 15,000 further kilometers on the clock. Chris Cox of Prova International became the next owner prior to its ground-up restoration by Legendary Motorcars of Milton, Ontario, Canada as part of the Dream Car Garage series. After the restoration, it was purchased by the aforementioned Skip Barber. While most of the cars in the Barber Collection can be shown on a national level, all of them are of a “turn-key” driver quality as well. As an ex-racing driver of note, Barber’s performance car conduct centers upon three criteria – engine performance and in particular, throttle response, handling and for a sports car, this means cornering, and last but not least, braking ability. While the car’s fresh restoration could not be faulted in terms of its aesthetics and fit and finishes, Skip Barber felt that a bit of additional mechanical work would make it a perfect driver. The engine, for example, had been disassembled and inspected but not deemed ready for a full rebuild during the previous restoration. After Barber purchased the car a total engine-out, rebuild by Bill Pollard’s SportAuto was performed even though set of modern valve guide seals would have sufficed. It may seem like overkill but hey, that’s what car guys do! Major suspension work by AutoSport in Sharon, CT in the areas of spring rates, shock settings, sway bar adjustments and wheel alignment took care of Skip Barber’s handling concerns. indiGO Classic Cars acquired this vehicle in 2009. The end result of all this work is a fly-yellow Ferrari 275 GTB/4 which runs impeccably and is aesthetically immaculate!! |
| Exterior colour: | Yellow | Interior trim: | Black leather |
| Body Type: | Coupe | Left Hand Drive: | Yes |
| Odometer (mileage): | 73 | Odometer units: | km |
| Fuel Type: | Petrol | Transmission: | Manual |
| Registered: | 1967 | Previous Owners: | 0 |
| Price: | US$ 1,290,000.00 | Contact advertiser: | By Email |
| Tel.No: | 502-589-8811 | Location: | United States |
