Ferrari 275 GTB GTB NART Spyder 1966
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1966 Ferrari 275 GTB NART Spyder (LHD) for sale in London
An exceptionally rare and beautiful example
Original Ferrari 275 GTB
Supplied with a comprehensive history file.
Photographic record of Spyder conversion by Moto Technique.
It looks almost too good to drive. Could anything so perfect in line and proportion possibly be more than an ornament? Truth is this Ferrari 275 GTS/4, known as the NART Spyder, is so beautiful, you can have a more intoxicating experience just looking at it than driving most sports cars. And we owe it all to one man and, no, it’s not Enzo Ferrari.
Like so many great sports car importers, Luigi Chinetti recognised the viability of sporty open cars in the American market. As such, the N.A.R.T. Spider was born of a direct request from Chinetti to offer his buyers precisely what they wanted. Adding the recognisable North American Racing Team badge to the back of the car certainly helped its cache. N.A.R.T., after all, was one of endurance racing’s most successful teams, with a banner campaigned by the likes of the Rodriguez Brothers, Bob Grossman, Masten Gregory, Phil Hill, Jean Guichet, and many others.
As Luigi Chinetti Jr. recently recounted, “As an open version of the 275 GTB, it’s a very romantic car. To this day, many people think it’s the prettiest car ever made, and certainly the romance with the little prancing horse in the centre of the steering wheel is a very powerful thing. It signifies history and design.”
Our incredible 275 GTB was exquisitely converted to Nart Spyder specification by highly regarded marque specialists “Moto-Technique” in 1988. The superb history file still contains invoices and photographs detailing the works carried out. In 1990, the car apparently won second prize in class D of the UK Ferrari Owners’ Club Concours, the winner must have been a bit special because this is still simply stunning 18 years on! You’d be hard pressed to tell this example from an original NART, of which just 10 were made. It even has the bonnet bulge which identified the four-cam model.
Finished beautifully in Blu Sera, complemented by wonderful Coffee Tan hide with a Black top-roll, a stunning interior representing the pinnacle of 1960’s exoticar. The leather remains in superb condition and the dashboard is particularly neat and stylish, with the full complement of Veglia dials beautifully laid out.
Accompanying the car is a comprehensive history file with numerous invoices of works carried out, previous MOTs, a German valuation report and an album featuring a photograph of Michael Schumacher with the car.
Now available for viewing at the DD Classics Dealership in London, please call 0208 878 33 55 to book an appointment.
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1966 Ferrari 275 GTB GTB NART Spyder is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Surrey by DD Classics for Not priced.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Ferrari Model : 275 GTB Model Version : GTB NART Spyder Engine size : 3.3 Model Year : 1966 Sub type : Convertible Location : Surrey
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About Ferrari
The first Ferrari road car was the 125 S introduced in 1947 and powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine, right? Well it's not quite that simple, Ferrari did in fact produce e Tipo 815, in 1940. Tipo 815 was designed by ex-Alfa Romeo engineers Alberto Massimino and Vittorio Bellentani and by Enrico Nardi under Enzo's company but legal issues with the former associate Alfa Romeo prevented Ferrari from launching the Ferrari marque at that point.
Enzo did produce a series of fine road cars in the 50's and 60's but they were merely to finance his true passion racing, wheather GT/Sports car or Grand Prix. The 50's saw the birth of Ferrari's most memorable cars, 250 GTB (tour de France) 250 Testa Rossa, 250 GT swb just to name a few.
Under the surface tension was growing though. In November 1961 long-time sales manager Girolamo Gardini made an ultimatum to Enzo: if tensions continued, he would leave the company. As a result, Gardini was ousted, as well as Scuderia Ferrari manager Romolo Tavoni, chief engineer Carlo Chiti, experimental sports car development chief Giotto Bizzarrini, and a number of others who stood by them.
Without Chiti and Bizzarrini the development of what was to become the most quintessential Ferrari and today the world's most expensive car, 250 GTO, was at a pivoting point. 250 GTO project was saved by a young engineer Mauro Forghieri and long-time racing bodyman Sergio Scaglietti who stepped in and took over the program with known results.
In addition to 250 GTO, Ferrari launced such master pieces as 250 LM, 250P, 275 GTB, 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" during the the 60's
By the late 60's Ferrari's prototypes' success came to a sudden halt by a new competitor, GT40. Ford turned to Lola to produce a Ferrari beating long distance racer after Enzo had cut the deal off with Henry Ford II making the latter absolutely boil with fury. The collaboration between Ford and Lola created the mighty Ford GT40 that gave Ferrari some heavy hits in Le Mans 24 to come.
By the end of the 60's FIAT purchased 50% of the company, starting a development that has led to a new mass-produced era of Ferraris.
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