Vehicle Description
MONARCHY HERITAGE Duke of Halland Ex-HRH Prince Bertil of Sweden &
39TH FRANKFURT IAA AUTO SHOW, CHASSIS NO. 1471GT FERRARI 250GT 2+2
IN 1959. This Ferrari 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, Full Massini Report, Recent Repaint to its original
Livery. . A full description of the origins with maintenance
records will be available upon request. For immediate assistance
Call or Text Cyrus Klaesi at 702.286.3248. Attention! We are a
dealership upon appointment only. For any further information,
please call our Office at +704.305.5373. North Carolina, USA -
Eastern Standard Time . This 1959 Ferrari 250GT is documented with
all custodianship. A pinnacle of Pininfarina and a great
opportunity to invest & enjoy. This Previously Royally Owned
Ferrari comes with documentation, binder and history file, owner's
manual and tools. . 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
Holland, 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. With motor show and celebrity owner
