Descripción
A OFRECER EN SUBASTA en el evento de RM Sotheby’s en Mónaco, del 24 al 25 de abril de 2026. €14, 500, 000 - €16, 500, 000 EUR
El 26º de 56 ejemplares de batalla corta, y uno de solo 39 coches originalmente configurados con faros cubiertos. Notablemente mostrado como coche de exposición en el Salón de Frankfurt de 1961 (IAA Frankfurt Motor Show).
Certificado de fábrica en 2019 con un Ferrari Classiche “Red Book” que certifica la presencia del motor, la caja de cambios, el eje trasero y la carrocería de números coincidentes.
Se beneficia de una restauración ampliada por expertos de la marca italiana, incluida una remodelación de tres años por Dino Cognolato completada en 2022.
Acompañado por un techo duro raro en plata; herramientas y manuales del propietario.
Documentado con Ferrari Classiche “Red Book”, Fahrzeugbrief y Fahrzeugschein alemanes, y un informe de historial por el perito de la marca Marcel Massini.
Un exquisito ejemplo de la más célebre y clásica versión GT abierta de Maranello, CALIFORNIA EVOLUTION.
Ferrari alcanzó alturas increíbles durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960 con su plataforma 250 GT, logrando un notable éxito en la competición de coches deportivos con modelos como Tour de France, Testa Rossa y GTO. Junto a estas maravillas de la competición, Maranello fabricó una magnífica gama de modelos 250 GT de carretera que definieron la cumbre de la ingeniería y el estilo. Entre los GT orientados a la competición, el 250 GT California Spider es especialmente célebre.
La versión inicial de battle corta encontró un éxito inmediato en la competición, logrando una victoria de clase en las 12 Horas de Sebring en 1959 y terminando 5º en general en las 24 Horas de Le Mans unos meses después.
En el Salón de Ginebra de 1960, Maranello presentó una versión actualizada basada en la nueva batalla corta de 2. 400 milímetros, ofreciendo un manejo y un estilo mejorados. La California Spider revisada presentó una vía más ancha, amortiguadores telescópicos Koni, frenos de disco en las cuatro ruedas y la última evolución del motor V-12 de bloque corto. Producido en una cantidad modesta de 56 ejemplares, el SWB California Spider es justamente considerado uno de los Ferraris más hermosos y con mayor linaje jamás construidos, combinando un diseño atemporal con un rendimiento ganador en pista.
DISTINGUIDO CABALLERO—NÚMERO DE CHASIS 2955 GT
Claiming a role as one of Maranello’s special period show cars, and boasting the presence of its matching-numbers components as authenticated by a Ferrari Classiche “Red Book”, not to mention a recent refurbishment by a world-renowned Italian restoration shop, this scintillating short-wheelbase California Spider is an exquisite example. According to the research of marque expert Marcel Massini, chassis number 2955 GT is the 26th example built. Configured with covered headlamps, orange signal lamps in a low position on the front wings, and no bumper brackets, the Ferrari was finished in Bianco Saratoga paint over an interior of Nero vaumol leather by Connolly. Upon completing assembly in September 1961, the 250 GT was delivered to Auto Becker, the famed German importer based in Düsseldorf. Auto Becker then immediately presented the car on its stand at the 40th Annual IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, where the car established its identity as one of Ferrari’s important period show cars. A month later the California Spider was sold to its first owner, André Budi-Medawar, a Lebanese enthusiast who kept the car in Rome. Over the next two years the short-wheelbase enjoyed service at the Garage Vincenzo Malagò & Co in Rome, as well as technical inspections at the Ferrari factory. In 1965 the Ferrari was exported to Luigi Chinetti Motors in the United States, which in turn sold the car to Charles Hamill, Jr of Belleville, Illinois. For one reason or another Mr. Hamill was apparently not persuaded by the Spider’s dynamic character, for he soon returned 2955 GT to Chinetti Motors, and it was subsequently sold to Bernard Stayman of Dayton, Ohio. In May 1966 Mr Stayman presented the California at the FCA National Concours in Indianapolis, Indiana, where it was awarded the prize for Best Convertible. In 1969, after three years of ownership, Mr. Stayman sold the Spider via a referral from Hollywood Sport Cars to Ken Mars of Granada Hills, California. Mr. Mars was a longtime character actor whose most famous roles came with memorable turns in Peter Bogdonavich’s What’s Up Doc? (opposite Barbara Streisand) and Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (as the scene-stealing prosthetic-armed gendarme). Mr Mars retained possession of the 250 GT for a remarkable period of over 30 years, during which he repainted the coachwork in Rosso. After three decades of devoted custody, in January 2000 Mr Mars sold the Ferrari to the brokers Rick Cole and Marty Yacoobian, and they in turn sold the car to auctioneer Craig Jackson. The 250 GT was then purchased from Jackson in March 2000 by a Frankfurt-based collector who is notable for being one of the founders of a world-famous wheel company. After importing the Spider to the UK, the owner commissioned a restoration by some of Italy’s top craftsmen, including the specialists at Carrozzeria Autosport, and the...
