Ferrari surprised us all when it replaced the 612 Scaglietti with the FF (which has since been refreshed as the GTC4 Lusso). A shooting brake wearing the vaunted Prancing Horse? Unusual, sure, but it wasn’t the first.
Nearly half a century earlier, Maranello’s celebrated US importer Luigi Chinetti commissioned the vehicle you see here. It was based on the 330 GT, but was completely rebodied in 1967 with a wagon-like roofline by Aldredo Vignale. It turned out to be Vignale’s last project before selling his design studio to Alejandro De Tomaso (and subsequently perishing in a car crash).
Vignale’s fate was shared by Chinetti’s vision of establishing a side-business commissioning and selling custom coachbuilt Ferraris, entered into with Hollywood poster designer Bob Peak, but which never really got off the ground. All of which makes this unique creation all the more so, but that wasn’t even the end of its story.
As Autoclassics reports, the one-off changed hands several times in its early history before disappearing for decades. It was rediscovered in the Netherlands in 1995, withered by years of neglect, before being restored and shown at concours events around the world. It reached peak prominence, though, when Jamiroquai frontman (and noted Ferrari fanatic) Jay Kay bought it and used it regularly. It’s current owner had it repainted from its original green and gold livery to the deep titanium finish seen here, and now it’s coming up for auction again.
RM Sotheby’s isn’t saying how much it expects the oddball Prancing Horse to sell for, but it’ll be offered with no reserve price during its sale at the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA this December.
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