1959 Ferrari 250

DescriptionMONARCHY 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 Eugén 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. A Lease plan is attached among the pictures. Lease program offered by Premier Financial Services LLC, #pfs_leasing Read More