The Pebble Beach 2014 features a unique gathering of 20 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa covering the 1957-1961 period.
The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa reigned supreme over motorsports between 1958 and 1961. It earned its name from the red tinted alloy used to cast its camshaft covers. Testa Rossas were made in three body styles: customer cars featured cuts behind the front wheels while the factory team cars did not, and from 1961 Ferrari adopted a more aerodynamic nose.
The 250 Testa Rossa is powered by a 2953 cm3 V12 driving the rear wheels through a 4 ratios gearbox. It is 4m long and weighs less than 800kg. Only 34 were built. Scarcity and and successful racing heritage help to explain the sky high trading values these cars trade for, several tens of millions of dollars in recent transactions. The reunion of these 20 cars hence represents a theoretical market value north of half a billion dollars, swiss francs or euros. The opportunity to admire them in their glorious diversity of liveries in such a unique setting is a rare, if not unique, opportunity.
M3-01 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1957 SN 0704 TR (prop. Tom Hartley Jr, GB)
M3-02 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1957 (prop. Rocky Mountain Collection, Scottsdale AZ)
M3-03 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1957 SN 0716 (prop. Charles Nearburg, Dallas TX)
M3-04 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1957 SN 0718 (prop. Lawrence Stroll, Geneva CH)
M3-05 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0722 (prop. Anthony & Lulu Wang, Lloyd Harbour, NY)
M3-06 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0724 TR (prop. W. Murphey & H. Yeaggy, Cincinatti, OH)
M3-07 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0728 (prop. Michael Kadoorie, Hong Kong)
M3-08 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0736 (prop. John & Gwen Mc Caw)
M3-09 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0738 TR (prop. Les Wexner, New Albany, OH)
M3-10 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0742 (prop. Stephanie & Curtis Gordinier, Richmond, VA)
M3-11 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0748 (prop. Ed & Leslie Davies, Hobe Sound, FL)
M3-12 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0752 (prop. Lord Bamford, England)
M3-13 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0754(prop. Tom & Gwen Pryce, Larkspur, CA)
M3-14 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spyder 1958 SN 0756 (prop. Chris & Ann Cox, Chapel Hill, NC)
M3-15 Ferrari 250 TR59 Fantuzzi Spyder 1959 SN 0766 (prop. John & Gwen Mc Caw)
M3-16 Ferrari 250 TR59 Fantuzzi Spyder 1959 SN 0768 (prop. Bruce Mc Caw, Bellevue, WA)
M3-17 Ferrari 250 TR59/60 Fantuzzi Spyder 1959 SN 0770 (prop. John Mozart, Palo Alto, CA)
M3-18 Ferrari 250 TR59/60 Fantuzzi Spyder 1959 SN 0774 (prop. William Connor, Hong Kong)
M3-19 Ferrari 250 TRI61 Fantuzzi Spyder 1961 SN 0792 (prop. Ralph Lauren, New York)
M3-20 Ferrari 250 TRI61 Fantuzzi Spyder 1961 SN 0794 (prop. Scuderia N.E., Stamford, CT)
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