Only 4 Prototypes Created, Only 2 Remain and this One was Enzo Ferrari's Daily Driver for several years and is the vehicle used for Marketing this marque and appears in all the Brochures and Press Photos
If you could drive any car in the world, no matter the cost, Ferrari would likely be it . But the one person who had the greatest access to the company’s archives, founder Enzo Ferrari, famously didn’t use many of the cars for personal use. The father of the Prancing Horse actually favored Peugeots and one particular Mini Cooper. There is, however, one Ferrari we know he used as a daily driver 1962 330 GT 2+2 Coupe in light ivory, which was recently rediscovered in Missouri could now be yours!
Enzo was known to drive this between his house and the factory,” said Michael Dyer, Daniel Schmitt & Co.’s research director, in an interview with Robb Report. During additional research to prove its provenance, this specific car was found in a Pininfarina press photo, brochures for the 330 and Leonardo Acerbi’s tome Ferrari: A Complete Guide to All Models. Enzo’s son Piero Ferrari even vouched for it.
But the unearthing of this rare vehicle is almost as interesting as the car itself. As Dyer told Robb Report, it was discovered in a shipping container by “a client of a Texas Ferrari restorer.” There’s no explanation as to why it was in a shipping container, but once the restorer got a hold of it, the low chassis number clued him in that this was a potentially special Ferrari. And he was right
Firstly, chassis no. 4085 is the first prototype of the 330 GT 2+2. Secondly, the car used to be driven by none other than Enzo Ferrari. Retained by the factory for two years (August 1962 through 1964), the car is also referenced in the Ferrari guide by Leonardo Acerbi
Luigi Chinetti Motors imported 4085 to USA June 1964 and in 1979 when Pete Stetson acquired it. He commissioned service work amounting to $22,000 in January 2018, The previous owner provided the dealership “with some period photographs and registrations of the 330 GT 2+2. However, the most impressive article was a copy of a 1977 letter on Ferrari letterhead where the factory confirmed that serial number 4085 was a factory prototype.” Indeed, this is a blue-chip collector’s item
In a world where every Ferrari built prior to 1970 is special, this has got to be one of the most special of all. It's one of the first 330 GT 2+2 prototypes built by the Ferrari factory in 1962, driven by Enzo Ferrari himself for two years
The first Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 prototype built in August of 1962
Retained by the factory for two years and used by Enzo Ferrari as one of his personal cars
The 330 GT featured in Ferrari press material including the factory brochure
Referenced as being used by Enzo Ferrari in Leonardo Acerbi's book _Ferrari: A Complete Guide To All Models_
Imported to the U.S. in June 1964 by Luigi Chinetti Motors (the first U.S. Ferrari dealership)
Listed on the 330 GT registry as one of the prototypes
Every bit of documentation from each major restoration and preservation activity put into this vehicle bringing it back to its top caliber condition
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