To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Paris event, 5 February
2020.
Estimate:
€300,000 - €375,000
- Striking Azzuro Metallizzato over black leather
- Delivered new to Germany
- Formerly owned by Hans-Albert Zender
- Ferrari Classiche Certified
Enzo Ferrari may not have known just how influential the car that
would bear his cherished son's name would be. The mid-engined Dino
set the stage for decades of Ferraris with their powerplants tucked
behind the passenger compartment.
Chassis number 01824 was originally delivered to Auto Becker in
Dusseldorf, Germany, finished in striking Azzurro Metallizzato over
a black vinyl interior. Kept with its first family near Cologne for
nearly fifteen years, it was subsequently acquired by noted
automotive accessorisor Hans-Albert Zender, who commissioned former
Auto Becker workshop head Egon Welling to restore the car. At the
time, Zender refinished the car in Rosso Corsa, a hue exceptionally
popular during the 1980s Ferrari boom. Over the following two
decades, the Dino was used sparingly.
Zender sold the car to its third owner, who began an extensive
restoration that went well beyond cosmetics. Its engine was removed
and rebuilt, and all auxiliary components were either replaced or
restored. As the mid-2000s repaint began to show its age, the Dino
was again stripped and refinished between 2017 and 2018, this time
where it all began back in Maranello. At this time, the brake
calipers were restored, and the dual fuel tanks were replaced with
original Ferrari units in an effort to make the car easy to use and
enjoy on the open road. Original 246 Dino GT parts, including a
seldom-seen Dinoplex ignition as well as a starter, fuel tank, and
brakes, have been sourced to make this Dino as factory-correct as
possible.
Attention to detail is obvious throughout, from the Michelin XWX
tyres wrapped around Cromodora wheels to the Veglia instrumentation
that bears the distinctive Dino script. In December of 2017, the
car attained Ferrari Classiche certification, confirming that it is
finished in its original colours and retains its original engine,
but the original gearbox has been replaced with a unit of the
correct type.
The unusual Azzuro Metallizzato provides the Dino with an
understated elegance not often seen in Ferraris of this era, and
its only specification change from new is a desirable upgrade from
the stock vinyl upholstery to fine leather hides in the original
black hue with contrasting white stitching.
- Superbe couleur Azzuro Metallizzato avec cuir noir
- Livr�e neuve en Allemagne
- A appartenu � Hans-Albert Zender
- Certification Ferrari Classiche
Enzo Ferrari n'avait sans doute pas imagin� � quel point la voiture
qui portait le nom de son fils bien-aim� allait marquer son temps.
La Dino � moteur central a en effet �tabli une r�f�rence pour toute
une lign�e de Ferrari dont le moteur �tait plac� derri�re
l'habitacle.
La pr�sente voiture, ch�ssis n� 01824, a �t� livr�e neuve � Auto
Becker, � D�sseldorf, en Allemagne, habill�e d'une superbe teinte
Azzuro Metallizzato avec int�rieur en vinyle noir. Elle est rest�e
dans la m�me famille, pr�s de Cologne, pendant presque 15 ans avant
d'�tre acquise par le c�l�bre pr�parateur Hans-Albert Zender, qui a
demand� � Egon Welling, ancien directeur de l'atelier Auto Becker,
de restaurer la voiture. Zender a choisi une couleur Rosso Corsa,
teinte extr�mement populaire � l'�poque du boom Ferrari, dans les
ann�es 1980. Au cours des vingt ann�es qui ont suivi, la voiture a
�t� utilis�e avec parcimonie.
Zender a vendu la voiture � son actuel propri�taire qui s'est lanc�
dans une restauration compl�te qui a largement d�pass� le seul
aspect esth�tique. Le moteur a �t� d�pos� et refait, et tous les
accessoires ont �t� soit remplac�s, soit refaits. Au milieu des
ann�es 2000, la peinture a commenc� � accuser son �ge et, entre
2017 et 2018, la Dino a donc �t� � nouveau d�cap�e et repeinte,
cette fois en reprenant sa configuration d'origine. A la m�me
�poque, les �triers de freins ont �t� remis en �tat et les deux
r�servoirs d'essence remplac�s par des �l�ments Ferrari d'origine,
dans le souci de rendre la voiture plus facile � utiliser
r�guli�rement. Des pi�ces de Dino 246 GT d'origine, dont un rare
allumage Dinoplex ainsi qu'un d�marreur, un r�servoir d'essence et
des freins, ont �t� achet�s, pour que cette Dino soit aussi proche
que possible des sp�cifications d'origine.
Une grande attention a �t� port�e aux d�tails, depuis les jantes
Cromodora chauss�es de pneus Michelin XWX jusqu'aux instruments
Veglia marqu�s de la marque Dino. En d�cembre 2017, la voiture a
obtenu sa certification Ferrari Classiche ; celle-ci confirme
qu'elle pr�sente bien sa teinte d'origine et qu'elle est �quip�e de
son moteur d'origine, mais que la bo�te de vitesses a �t� remplac�e
par une bo�te du type correct.
Sa teinte Azzuro Metallizzato inhabituelle procure � cette Dino une
�l�gance discr�te qui n'est gu�re fr�quente sur les Ferrari de
cette �poque, et sa seule modification par rapport � l'origine est
le passage d'une sellerie en vinyle de s�rie � une d�sirable
sellerie en cuir, dans le noir d'origine, avec coutures
blanches.
Please note that this lot is Ferrari Classiche Certified.
Veuillez noter que ce lot est certifi� Ferrari Classiche.
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