Sywell Aerodrome, 4th June, 2022 |
Amongst the cars that turned up were a few earlier examples of
the marque, including a 212 Export Spider, a 250 Europa GT, a
250 PF Coupé and a pair of 250 GTEs and a few Dino 246s and
308 GT4s. |
The remainder were predominantly from the late seventies onwards, which makes even some of those over 40
years old, through to the latest examples, including SF90 Stradales and Spiders, Romas, 812 GTS’ and a
296 GTB, the latter looking very attractive in the classic Maranello Concessionaires Red and Cambridge Blue
racing colour scheme.A rarely seen example was the Berlinetta Boxer inspired 458 Italia based one-off
SP12EC, commissioned by guitar legend Eric Clapton, which was part of Bob Houghton’s display, which also
featured a 512 BB in a complimentary metallic red colour scheme, allowing comparisons to be made. |
Apart from all the Ferraris on display there were trade displays, both live music and a DJ throughout the
day, the chance to go for a flight in a Tiger Moth and two Warbirds flying displays during the course of the
day, plus a Silverstone Auctions Ferrari and Ferrari memorabilia auction. The auction featured a total of 22
Ferraris, of which all but five went to new homes, with the top sale being a silver LHD F12 TdF which
achieved £678,500. The top sale in the memorabilia section was a Schedoni F40 luggage set which made
£10,000. In addition there was a Meguiar’s Pride of Ownership Concours, which was won by the 512 TR of
David Clarke, which explains why he seemed to be constantly cleaning nooks and crannies, of which there
are many just on the side strakes alone! |