Description
This Dino GTS was supplied new in Bianco Polo Park over Blu 135 with Blue Carpets and electric windows. Completed in October 1973, the car was supplied new by Pennine Motors of Harrogate, through the UK market importer, Maranello Concessionaires Ltd. The invoiced price to Pennine Motors in November 1973 was £5, 572. 95 including delivery, less the dealer's 17. 5 % discount.
The car was purchased in August 1974 and until 2021, this example resided within the large and significant collection of His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Al Saud, grandson of the founder and first ruler of Saudi Arabia. Understood to have been a gift by his wife, the Dino was purchased in the UK and fitted with a rather fitting cherished registration ‘3 HRH’ which it wore until 1993, leaving the UK in 2007.
The Dino would follow the Prince to his Geneva residence, where it would change to a full diplomatic registration mark denoted by the precursory ‘CD’, an abbreviation of ‘Corps Diplomatique’, at the start. In total, this GTS would remain in the care of His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Al Saud for 47 years.
Invoices in file document restorative works with Geneva-based Ferrari Modena Motors SA totalling £67, 000 in 2009 and more recently, further works carried out by trusted main dealer and notable classic Ferrari specialist, Niki Hasler Ferrari of Basel amounting to a further £80, 000. Purchased by a close friend of the Prince in 2021, DK Engineering subsequently rehomed this example with its current custodian.
Passing through our workshops in July 2024, a significant amount of mechanical and condition improving works were performed. A major engine-out service saw both head gaskets replaced, and a subsequent dry ice clean and comprehensive detail were performed. The heat shields were repainted, the rubbers on the front grille removed, the drop link and ball joint boots were replaced, and the idle rpm was lowered.
Presenting today superbly, in its striking original colour combination of Bianco Polo Park over Blu, this Dino GTS, certified as matching numbers and understood to be genuine mileage, is available to view at our showrooms outside London immediately.
