Vehicle Description
This Ferrari Classico is a coupe that every Ferrari enthusiast
should own and appreciate, as it is the initial production model
that every future road going berlinetta produced by the company
found inspiration. This Ferrari 250gt coachwork by Pininfarina has
true, rare pedigree. Desirable Collector, Ex-HRH Prince Bertil of
Sweden and IAA Frankfurt Auto Show, 1 of 335 produced, Matching
Numbers, Massini Report, Recent Repaint to its original Livery. .
This is a Matching numbers example with Monarque ownership &
Accompanied by Marcel Massini Report. This 1959 Ferrari 250GT is
documented with all custodianship. A pinnacle of Pininfarina and a
great opportunity to invest & enjoy. . The 250 Ferrari was the
first volume produced model. Enzo Ferrari seen it as vitally
important to the company's future stability. It started with the
250 Europa, built from 1953 to 1954, with an amount fewer than 20.
The 250 Europa's introduction heralded a significant change in
Ferrari's preferred coachbuilder; previously Vignale had been the
most popular. Needing series production to stabilize Enzo Ferrari's
company finances, he asked Carrozeria PininFarina to design a
simple and classic 250GT coupe. Pinin built a plant in Grugliasco
to expand the production and produced the new 250 GT coupe
PininFarina. This coupe was introduced at the Milan Show in 1958
and 335 near identical examples were built by 1960. . Offered here
by Euro Prestige Imports is a 250GT Series 1 Coupe number 1471GT -
arguably one of the most exciting examples of the model, both in
terms of prominent ownership, show-car status and factory options.
1471GT started life in May of 1959, when its bare chassis was sent
to the Torino facility of Carrozzeria Pinin Farina, to be clothed
in their elegant Coupe coachwork. The seventh to last of the first
series 128D chassis, 1471GT was factory equipped with four wheel
disc brakes, and the offset-lever four-speed overdrive
transmission. The craftsmen at Pinin Farina spent most of the
summer building the coachwork for the new Ferrari, finishing it in
an elegant two-tone livery of Grigio Argento on the top, and a
Bianco lower half. A beautifully contrasting red was chosen for the
interior. . 1471GT was completed in October of 1959, and soon
thereafter delivered to the official Ferrari importer and agency of
Sweden, Tore Bjurstrom. Mr. Bjurstrom had big plans for the new
Ferrari, and soon after taking delivery transported 1471GT to
Germany for display at the 1959 International German Auto Show -
IAA in Frankfurt. After the show, 1471GT returned to Sweden, where
HRH Prince Bertil, the Ferrari's first owner, took delivery in late
1959. The Duke of Halland, Prince Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugen
was 47 years old when he took delivery of his new Pinin Farina
Coupe. A popular public figure in Scandinavia and throughout
Europe, Bertil had a great passion for motorcars, and would own
several Ferraris during his lifetime. In 1961, 1471GT was sold on
to Langdon 'Bill' Proctor, an American playboy residing in
Switzerland. Mr. Proctor was known to rub shoulders with the Swiss
elite, and surely felt right at home when arriving at exotic
destinations in the silver and white Ferrari. 1471GT was registered
on Swiss canton Vaud license plate VD 106426, and used often as
daily transport by Procter. In November 1964, the Ferrari returned
to Maranello, where it was serviced and maintained at Ferrari's
factory Assistenza Clienti service center,... More details about
its life will be gladly provided to the serious aficionado
collector. This Ferrari is a pinnacle of Pininfarina and a great
opportunity to invest & enjoy. More details, call or text Cyrus
Klaesi at 702.286.3248 . "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence,
then, is not an act, but a habit." #Europrestigeimports = a new
attitude to Automotive Culture. . BANK FINANCING by WSC OR LEASE
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