Vehicle Description
This Ferrari Classico Collezione 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
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