Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder

 

 
2467GT 1961/apr/24   *** 15th ***
Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, LHD
Dark red met./black
Steel, covered headlights, velocity stacks
Chassis Tipo 539 
Engine Tipo 168
Numero interno 678F 
Gearbox Tipo 539 
Camshafts 128D
Camshaft lift 9mm 
Compression ratio 9.3:1
Carbs 40DCL6
Date Result Event Driver # Reference
1961 - Chinetti Motors, NY, NY, USA
1961 - D. C. Dunaway, NY, NY, USA  
196. - Eddie Smith, Lexington, NC, USA
196. - Larry Pollard, Durham, NC, USA
1969/oct - offered by Pollard in R&T: "Ferrari red, new black leather interior…radio..top shape”, $7.000"  

1970 - found by A. J. Bahoric, Fayetteville, NC, USA in back corner of Durham Porsche Audi in very poor condition, rear body damage

 
197. - repaired and repainted red by Bahoric, outside fuel filler added  
1974 - Wesley Devoto, Decatur, GA, USA in even trade for ’71 yellow Pantera, agreed value of each $7.000.-  
1974 - repainted fly yellow  
1974/sep   FCA Meeting Atlanta Wesley Devoto
1978 -  Dr. Terry Clark, Clemson SC, USA - paid $27,000.-  
1979 - Roy Thompson, Atlanta, GA, USA - paid $32,000.-  
1980 - repainted burgundy, outside filler removed  
1989/may/17 - William Kontes, Milville, NJ, USA Spyder California p161
1989/jun/02 Class 5
3rd
FCA Concours Lake Lanier Island Bill Kontes
1990/feb - John & Aaron Hsu, Burlingame, CA, USA  
1998 - complete restoration at Wayne Obry's shop, repainted dark blue/dark gray interior, outside fuel filler re-installed  
2002/mar - Richard Vento, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA - paid $1,6mio
2004/aug/17-19 Class 3
Platinum award
FCA International Concours Monterey Richard Vento
2007/jan/26-28 Class 3
Platinum
XVI. Cavallino Classic Richard Vento

2010/may/12 - Cavallino Holdings, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA via Mark Ketcham

 

Eddie Smith bought his Cal used from Chinetti paying $7,000.  It was sold to a fraternity brother of Eddie Jr. for $5600 around 1966.
Attached are two period photos of different unidentified  Cal spiders in North Carolina. The colour photo supposed to have been at Chapel Hill in Oct 1964. The b&w in Greensboro in 1963.

Sold by Vento to John McCaw 12 May 2010. Ketcham did sale Hopfenbeck represented Vento.

 

 
 
 

 

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