The Nineteen Sixties Ferrari 250 GTOs are already considered among the many most dear and coveted collectable traditional automobiles on the planet. Now, a particular one-of-a-kind model of the automobile is about to move to public sale, within the type of the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Bianco Speciale.
The chassis 3729GT Ferrari 250 GTO is certainly one of simply 36 items constructed between 1962 and 1964. Nonetheless, what makes it stand out is that it’s the solely instance to ever depart the manufacturing facility completed in a white paint scheme.
Aside from the one-off white livery, the chassis 3729GT additionally has a powerful racing historical past, together with its second-place end on debut on the Peco Trophy at Manufacturers Hatch in 1962 with Roy Salvadori; one other second-place end two weeks later at Goodwood’s RAC Vacationer Trophy pushed by Graham Hill – each of which helped Ferrari win the GT Producer’s crown in 1962. The next yr, the white Ferrari 250 GTO raced within the Whitsun Trophy and British Grand Prix GT races, additionally securing its first GT class victory pushed by Jack Sears.
The white Ferrari 250 GTO might be auctioned by Mecum. The public sale web site additionally mentions that the automobile was commissioned by Jake Coombs in 1962. The automobile is alleged to retain its interval racing particulars, maintained, repaired and refinished, however by no means restored.
Supply: Mecum Auctions
