One to Buy: Hidden for 50 years - unrestored 1967 Ferrari 330 GTS

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At the Paris Motor Show in October 1966, Ferrari unveiled an open top 330 GTS to sell alongside the fixed head GTC version launched six months prior.

The 330 GTS would replace Ferrari’s outgoing 275 GTS as a practical two-seat Convertible with a proper folding canvas roof and optional hard top. The other Ferrari drop top in the range was the ultra exclusive 365 California which was a grand 2+2 Convertible and one of the most expensive cars on the market.

Despite its handsome looks, excellent build quality and lusty performance, the 330 GTS was surprisingly not a commercial success; just 99 were built by the time production was discontinued in late 1968 compared to 600 examples of the GTC.

Today, as a consequence of its refined beauty and great scarcity, the 330 GTS has become one of the most sought after Convertibles of its era. Most have emerged from obscurity and been restored to their former glory as big values permit buyers to embark on open chequebook restorations.

However, currently on offer with Gullwing Motorcars in Astoria, New York, is an unrestored 330 GTS that has been hidden away for five decades.

In 1969, the recently married previous owner picked up a Road and Track magazine and saw a 330 GTS advertised in Milan, Italy. She asked her husband to go to Italy to buy the car as a honeymoon gift. He agreed and they imported the car back to the United States. In the early 1970's, she parked the matching numbers car in their California garage and left it alone hidden away from the rest of the world.

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One to Buy: Barn Find 1962 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series 2

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Although Ferrari made a significant step towards productionisation when the company signed a cooperation agreement with Pininfarina in late 1952, it wasn’t until the 1960s dawned that the cars from Maranello were built in any substantial kind of numbers.

Alongside the four-seat 250 GTE, the second series 250 GT Coupe and Cabriolet were the first Ferraris to be sold in the several hundreds with no major production changes.

Unlike the Series 1 250 GT Cabriolet (which looked completely different to the Coupe of the time), the Series 2 was simply an open top version of the Coupe design.

Launched at the Paris Motor Show in October 1959, it was built on a traditional tubular steel chassis with independent coil spring front suspension and a live rear axle located by semi-elliptic springs and twin parallel trailing arms. In the engine bay was a three-litre 240bhp V12 hooked up to a four-speed overdrive gearbox.

Just a couple of hundred Series 2 Cabriolets were built between 1959 and 1962, one of which is currently being offered by Gullwing Motorcars of New York.

Chassis 3051 GT is a matching numbers example completed on November 25th 1961 in the stunning colour scheme of Blu Scuro with Rosso upholstery. Its first owner was Raffaele Redaelli of Milan who owned the car until 1970.

In 1971, chassis 3051 GT was exported to the USA. At some stage the car was repainted silver and put into long-term storage from which it has only recently emerged.

3051 GT is thus presented in completely unrestored condition and must rank as among the last of these cars to remain as such.

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One to Buy: Barn Fresh 1962 Aston Martin DB4 Discovery

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To replace the ageing DB2-based platform that had served the company so well since 1950, Aston Martin introduced the brand new DB4 at the Paris Motor Show in October 1958.

Styled by Touring of Milan, the DB4 was the first Aston Martin to be built at the company’s Newport Pagnell factory in Buckinghamshire.

It was constructed around a modern pressed steel monocoque with independent double wishbone suspension up front, a live axle at the back and disc brakes all round.

In the engine bay was a thoroughly reworked version of Aston Martin’s dual overhead camshaft straight six taken out to 3.7-litres. Bodywork was by Touring of Milan; as the DB4 used a steel monocoque, Touring’s Superleggera framework was only required for the bonnet surround, windscreen, roof, rear wings and tail.

Between 1958 and 1963, the DB4 went through five different iterations. Additionally, Convertible, Vantage and GT variants were also produced.

Currently on offer with Gullwing Motorcars of Astoria, New York, is this fixed head Series 4 fresh from 30 years of barn storage. Most notably, the Series 4 came with a flatter and wider bonnet intake scoop and a bar rather than meshed front grille. Inside, the ashtray was moved from from the top of the dash to the transmission tunnel.

As well as all of its correct Series 4 features, this DB4 retains its original matching numbers engine and transmission. It is finished in the handsome colour scheme of blue with dark red upholstery.

Opportunities to purchase original and unrestored cars from this era become increasingly rare with every passing year.

For more information, visit the Gullwing Motorcars website at: https://www.gullwingmotorcars.com/

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