One to Buy: 1 of 2 in Verde Scuro / Arancio 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4
Having already improved the spectacular 275 GTB by way of a more aerodynamic body and a torque tube coupling to eradicate alignment issues between the engine and driveshaft, Ferrari went on to unveil a dual overhead camshaft version at the Paris Motor Show in October 1966.
In addition to redesigned DOHC heads, the GTB/4’s 3.3-litre Tipo 226 V12 featured a new dry-sump lubrication system and an oil cooler located in front of the radiator (although this latter feature was later dropped).
Production continued until late 1968, by which time, 330 examples of the GTB/4 had been completed. While its replacement, the 365 GTB/4 ‘Daytona’, was even faster, the new car’s chiselled soft wedge profile market a significant departure in terms of design language.
As a consequence of its rarity, specification and gorgeous last-of-line styling, the 275 GTB/4 has come to be regarded as arguably the ultimate sixties Gran Turismo. Accordingly, values have soared to almost unimaginable heights and exceptional examples don’t often make it onto the open market.
However, currently available at the DK Engineering showroom in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, is just such an example: chassis 9755 GT.
Completed in March 1967, 9755 GT was configured in the stunning colour combination of Verde Scuro with Arancio leather (one of just two examples completed as such). The car was supplied to its first owner, Perugian pasta magnate Marino Magnini, that May. Magnini retained his green 275 until August 1968, at which point it was sold to Giuseppe Zappala in Sicily. In 1972, Zappala sold chassis 9755 GT and it was exported to the USA.
More recently, this wonderful GTB/4 has been the subject of a major restoration to its original specification. It is today offered in concours condition complete with Ferrari Classiche certification.
Reprinted below is DK Engineering’s description:
Original Colours
Comprehensively Restored
Classiche Certified
50,572 Miles
1 of just 2 examples completed new in Verde Scuro over Arancia Connolly hides
This example was supplied new to the Italian city of Perugia in April 1967. Completed as one of just two examples in the exceedingly rare and elegant Verde Scuro over Arancia Connolly hide. Its first owner, Marino Mignimi purchased the car in May and would keep the car until August the following year. The 275 had seen occasional use and by March of 1969, it had covered just over 21,000 km when it was serviced by Ferrari in Modena. Its second keeper, Guiseppe Zappala of Sicily would keep the car in his care for 4 years.
In 1972, Zappala sold the car through Dino Armando Genghini, a local dealer who saw greater demand for the car overseas and had the 275 exported to the USA. By 1981 the car had been repainted and retrimmed in Black on Black, although in an era with an even greater affinity for Rosso Ferraris, the 275 was advertised for sale over two years without interest.
December of 1983 saw the 275 refinished in Rosso a few months later the 275 would find its next custodian. Between 1992 and 2013, the 275 was owned by a prominent comedian and actor in Philadelphia.
In 2013, the 275 was imported into the UK by JD Classics, shortly thereafter sold into the car of Mr Gilbert. The car was restored and refinished in elegant and timeless Grigio over Bordeaux.
Purchased by the current owner in 2018 after discovering the original colour scheme, the 4 cam was dispatched immediately to Italy. Over a three year period, the car was stripped to bare metal and both cosmetically and mechanically restored. Invoices on file from renowned craftsmen Cremonini, Bonini, Gatti and Maieli total in excess of €300,000 including materials, and for the first time in 50 years, the 275 was once more resplendent its original colours; Verde Scuro over Arancia Connolly.
Testament to the quality of restoration and without doubt the rarity of its stunning original colours, this 275 GTB/4 was presented at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d’Este 2022 in Class D: Eight Decades of Ferrari represented in eight Icons. Residing within a significant global collection, this example presents on the button.
Today this 275 presents superbly, fitted with full body paint protection film to ensure enjoyment on the open road is guaranteed. Accompanied by its Ferrari red book Classiche certification this wonderful example is available to view at our showrooms outside London immediately.
