06779 1965/mar/15
Ferrari 275 GTB, 6-carb, steel, LHD
shortnose
Rosso Cina / Beige
Date Result Event Driver # Reference
1965/feb/24 - Factory completion, with 6-carb setup added on 15 March.  
.... - For an unknown reason at an unknown time, the identities of 06779 and 07177, incl. the VIN tags were swapped, outside the factory. Frame and engine were superficially restamped with the other car’s number. Both were 6C cars, in a shade of red over beige, and sold new by Chinetti.  
1965/may - John Craig George Eaton II, CA (via Chinetti, US)   
197. - placed in storage with his brother, F1 driver George Ross Eaton, with approx. 24,000 mi.  
1997 - …………………………………………..   (via Ferrari of Ontario)  
2001/late - Multiyear restoration completed, 24,900 mi. Now Giallo Fly, Beige leather.  
2005 - relocated to AZ, U.S. Subsequently placed on display in private home.  
2010 - Ferrari Classiche certifies the true 07177 (which had been using identity of 06779) for its Belgium owner, and reverts its stampings to 07177.  
2022 - Ferrari Classiche issues Red Book certification for 06779, and reverts its stampings from 07177 to the correct 06779.  
2022/aug/20 - RM Sotheby’s “Monterey”.
Lot 361, est. $1,800,000-2,000,000
Sold $2,810,000.  
 
2022/aug/20 - ………………………………….  
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

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