Vehicle Description
*Sold new to the USA
*Matching numbers
*Restored in the 1990s in the UK
*Blu Scuro with champagne leather interior
*Just serviced and new clutch slave at Ferrari of NB
Just 100 of the Ferrari 330 GTS model were built, thereby making
them exceedingly sought after. Effectively the car is a
straightforward convertible version of the 330GTC model which had
itself been introduced at Geneva in 1966. The glorious Ferrari V12
4 liter engine was matched to a rear-mounted 5 speed transaxle
gearbox and the car was capable of 300bhp at 7,000rpm, which
needless to say inspired a contemporary Car & Driver roadtester to
write "Depress the clutch. Find neutral. Turn key. Give the gas a
tiny, nervous touch. OMG!"
This car, chassis # 10883 was originally supplied to Chinetti
Motors in early 1968 and thence to Modern Classic Motors in Reno,
Nevada being the Bill Harrah owned franchise. On delivery it was
Oro Chiaro (golden) and with Rosso Scuro (red) interior. Ownership
went from the US to Japan, then to Europe and by the 1990s the car
was red with a black interior before being restored by UK classic
Ferrari dealer Talacrest who painted it to the current dark blue
and retrimmed it with a champagne trimmed interior. The current
custodian purchased the GTS from auction in Monaco 2010 and
immediately used it on a European driving tour with friends before
bringing it to Southern California.
Offered with matching numbers chassis/engine, it is a car that can
be driven and enjoyed and has had a recent service by Ferrari
Newport Beach. Exclusive by nature of a low build number, these
models are very pretty on the eye.
