Posted on 01/01/2024 8:24:55 PM PST by zeestephen
Click through photo gallery with brief commentary. Minimum price $4 million. Top price - 1962 Ferrari - $51.7 million.
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4. 1962 Ferrari 250GT SWB California Spider (£14,213,306/$18,045,000)
I saw one if these at a car show and race in Kent, WA at the old SIR. I took pictures of it with my 4x5 camera.
As I was wrapping up, the owner came back from his wanderings, looked at the big dent in the hood and said, “whose been sitting on my car?”
I linked to the large photos, but it lands on the smaller photos. Click the square symbol in the top right corner of the red (XKE?) photo to get larger photos.
Not an E-type. Ferrari 250 GTO?
Mostly Ferrari. Better than money declining (under Bidenomics) in a conservative portfolio.
For my money, I want an ugly car in silver.
Any Porsche 904s out there?
Some how, I failed to notice the Prancing Horse sticker.
Apparently, just three were made, to be raced at Le Mans, but they lacked the minimum 100 cars, so just one was raced, as a prototype.
Not completely clear from the text, but this may have been the one that won its class at Le Mans and finished second at Nurburgring.
All those have a long way to go before approaching the 2022 invite only auction of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe at $145+ million.
Hmmm, not one Ford Fiesta in the whole bunch....
When I started college in 1979, Ferrari 250s could be had for under $25,000, with 330s not much more. I found that inspiring, and looked forward to getting out of school, saving my nickels for a couple of years, and getting one. By the time I graduated in 1983, everything was over $100,000. Dammit!
Run them down into Arkansas and sell them through the auto auctions as an “Abandoned Car!” You then can get a nice clean Arkansas title for $45 showing it has never been wrecked or stolen even though it is made of parts from other wrecks.
And whoever has the original title might find and repossess it without your knowledge leaving YOU holding the useless second title and bank payments.
Back in the 70s (?) my friend saw an ad for a Ferrari 330GT 2+2 coupe, probably a series II. He wanted it in the worst way. I told him that I had seen it running around trailing a cloud of blue smoke, meaning an immediate engine rebuild would be needed. He was still living at home, and his parents wisely said no, don’t do it.
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