RM Auctions: Ferrari - Leggenda e Passione

May 18, 2008

ADMISSION:
Admission to this event requires the purchase of an official auction catalog available for 70 euros. The catalogue admits two and must be presented at the entrance to the sale to be granted entry.

AUCTION LOCATION
Ferrari S.p.A.
Circuito di Fiorano
41042 Fiorano
Maranello, Italia

240bhp, 2,953cc single overhead camshaft alloy block and head V-12 engine with three Weber 36 DCF carburettors, four-speed gearbox, independent front suspension with A-arms, coil springs and lever shocks, and rear suspension via live axle, semi-elliptical springs and lever shocks, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 2,600mm (102.4in.)

A new 250 GT Coupé was being developed by Pinin Farina at the end of 1957 while the Ellena-bodied car was still in production. Several prototypes were built, the third of which was sold to Prince Bertil of S