Vehicle Description
MONARCHY HERITAGE & 39TH FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL CAR SHOW.
INTRODUCTION FERRARI 250GT IN 1959. This Ferrari Classico 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, Massini Report, Recent
Repaint to its original Livery. . This is a Matching numbers
example with Monarchy 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. A full teaser video, preview and complete
introduction by our good friend Steve Matchett can be seen on our
YouTube Channel "Euro Prestige Imports". "1959 Ferrari 250gt &
#SteveMatchett as Guest Host, chassis 1471gt, Ex-HRH Prince Bertil
of Sweden" . 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. For more details Contact Cyrus Klaesi at 702.286.3248 text
welcome OR Call our office 704.305.5373.
