To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Villa Erba event, 25 May
2019.
Estimate:
€425.000 - €475.000
- The only extant 330 GTC with coachwork by Zagato
- Unique, removable targa-style roof
- Exhibited by Zagato at the 1974 Geneva International Motor
Show
- Presented at the 1996 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
- Recent service by Modena Motorsport of Langenfeld, Germany
While any 330 GTC is a special car in its own regards, some are a
bit more special than most, and this is one such Ferrari.
Originally delivered to the U.S. as a standard 330 GTC to noted
Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti in 1967, chassis number 10659 was
delivered to its first owner, Gerald L. Buhrman, of Ann Arbor,
Michigan. It then passed to its second owner, Robert Kennedy of
Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1972, Kennedy incurred minor damage to
the front of the car and brought it back to Chinetti for repairs.
Chinetti used this opportunity to return the car to Italy and fit
it with unique coachwork by Carrozzeria Zagato, who involved both
Carrozzeria Carlo Marazzi and M. Gastone Crepaldi S.a.S in the
project. A photograph in the history file shows chassis number
10659 as it arrived in Italy, just before the Pininfarina body was
removed, showcasing the minor damage.
The Zagato coachwork is striking and is defined by its angular
lines and targa-style roof, and reminiscent in some ways to
Michelotti's Daytona NART Spiders, yet with a character all its
own. In 1974, it was exhibited at the Geneva International Motor
Show on the Zagato stand. Afterwards, the car was featured in
Quattroroute magazine, on behalf of its U.S.-based owner, the
aforementioned Mr. Kennedy, who previously owned the car and liked
it so much, he bought it back from Chinetti and kept it until the
1990s.
The 330 GTC was shown at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in
1996 and has been featured in a number of books and articles, such
as Antoine Prunet's The Ferrari Legend: The Road Cars, and Ferrari
by Zagato by Michele Marchiano. Chassis number 10659 remained as
part of the prestigious Schermerhorn Collection for many years.
During Mr. Schermerhorn's stewardship, it was FIVA certified in
Holland in 2004 and invited to take part in the Concorso d'Eleganza
Villa d'Este. It was then purchased by the current German collector
ten years ago, and has recently been serviced by Modena Motorsport
in Langenfeld, Germany.
The only extant 330 GTC clothed by Zagato and one of only a handful
of Zagato-bodied Ferraris, this would make a stunning addition to
any collection, and it would surely be welcomed at the world's most
exclusive concours events, as it has been in the past.
To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction,
please visit the RM website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/ve19.