Can’t afford a 250-series Ferrari? Not surprising, since prices keep climbing to the point that even the wealthiest collectors are struggling to justify the extravagance.
That’s where the subsequent 275 comes in. With nearly a thousand of them made, the 275 GTB is still relatively accessible. But this one is an entirely different prospect.
What we have here is a 275 GTB/C, with that “C” standing for Competizione and distinguishing this as a racing model. But appearances aside, it arguably bears more in common with the 250 GTO and 250 LM than the road-going 275.
With the GTO having run its course and the 250 LM rejected from homologation, Ferrari put everything it had into the 275 GTB/C, including the LM’s engine and the lightest, thinnest-gauge aluminum bodywork ever fitted to one of Maranello’s creations.
Only 12 of them were made, leaving them highly sought-after among collectors. This is the sixth of them, with class wins to its credit in races across Italy in its day. Essentially the successor to the iconic GTO, it’s been well cared-for and painstakingly restored by the best in the business, which only seems fitting given its value. Gooding & Company figures it’ll sell for a good $14 million when it crosses the auction block next month at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
Exterior and engine photos by Mathieu Heurtault, archive image from Marcel Massini, courtesy of Gooding & Company
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