One to Buy: 1 of 1 Aluminium-bodied RHD 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4
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Although rival firms had offered road car engines with dual overhead camshafts since the early 1950s, Ferrari did not adopt such a configuration for one of its production models until 1966 when the venerable 275 GTB/4 broke cover at that year’s Paris Motor Show.
By this time, Ferrari had been building the 275 GTB in single overhead cam trim for a couple of years. The switch to twin cam heads for each bank of cylinders brought with it improved gas flow to the engine thus optimising power and efficiency.
Between 1966 and 1968, some 330 copies of the 275 GTB/4 were completed of which just 27 were right-hand drive. Of these, all but one came with the standard body configuration fashioned from steel with aluminium opening panels (hood, doors and trunk).
The solitary example to have been ordered with the optional and rarely seen all-aluminium body was chassis 09957 which is currently on offer at the Joe Macari showroom in London.
Having recently undergone a complete Joe Macari Classics restoration back to its original colour combination of Grigio Argento with Rosso leather upholstery and Nero carpet, chassis 09957 looks to be in immaculate condition and is accompanied by Ferrari Classiche certification confirming matching numbers status.
During its life the car, which has covered a little over 71,000 miles and weighs around 100kg less than a standard steel-bodied variant, has resided in the hands of some of the best known British Ferrari collectors to include those of Rodney Felton, Jeremy Agace and Anthony Bamford.
