The sale took place March 2 at Bonham This year that included an actual Ferrari 250 GT SWB California like the producers of Ferris Bueller were trying to emulate—a lot that ended up
The beloved, one-of-one Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan built in 1962 got … a bit bent at this year’s Le Mans Classic. While running down the Mulsanne Straight during the biannual vintage racing weekend, one of the Breadvan’s three drivers entered the first chicane—a right-left affair known as L’Arche—too quickly and lost control. The
Maximum output: 250 hp at 7.000 rpm. Topspeed: 250 km/h. Wheel base: 2,400 mm. Total length: 4,150 mm. Steelbody (doors and hoods made of aluminium) Production period / units made 250 GT SWB: 1959 - 1962 (approx. 165 units) Phase-out: 1962. More Ferrari from CMC Classic Model Cars. CMC Ferrari.
In Testa Rossa and GTO guises, the lightweight (for the time) engine made 296 hp, but it made 260-280 hp in the 250 GTs. The engine could launch the car from 0-60 mph in as little as 6.5 seconds
7. However, for the closeup shots, they brought in a real Ferrari. Hughes explains in the DVD commentary that while the Modenas were used in wide shots, “For the tight shots I needed a real
In his stable the Count had a very fast ‘SEFAC Hot Rod’ spec 250 GT SWB (s/n 2819 GT), which had shown its potential in the 1961 Tour de France in the hands of Olivier Gendebien.
There are 20 Ferrari 250 for sale across all model years (1952 to 1964) and variants, 1 is GT California SWB and none are model year 1961. There was 1 GT California SWB sold in the last 5 years.
In the days leading up to the sale, RM Sotheby’s had listed the value of the vehicle “in excess” of $60 million. 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider that sold for around $18
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