Auction House Reveals Kit Parts To Build Ferrari 250 GTO

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The Ferrari 250 GTO is one of the most iconic (and most expensive) cars in history, and now, an auction house found a kit for the ride.

via driving.ca

The Ferrari 250 GTO is widely recognized as the pinnacle of automotive engineering and design. The car’s long, sweeping lines combine with impressive historical significance, and one of the 26 examples built set the world record for most expensive car ever, selling at auction for $70 million.

Adding to the model’s incredible allure, UK auction house Coys of Kensington has announced the discovery of a shipping container’s worth of parts— which they believe has everything an audacious collector/builder would need to essentially create a kit car 250 GTO. The find includes a factory-stamped 1962 chassis frame numbered 4105GT, an original Ferrari Tipo 128S V12 engine and GTO-style steel tubular frame that was personally stamped by its previous owner.

Additional accouterments including authentic wheels, suspension components, cooling systems, bodywork, and braking mechanicals, go along with a plethora of interior details like gauge faces, dials, and spares. The vast collection has re-emerged into the modern world thanks to the array’s former owner, Fabrizio Violati, and apparently, many of the pieces are still housed in their original wooden crate packaging dating back as far as the 1960s.

The actual location of the discovery is being kept a secret, though Coys also recently found a more eclectic selection of Ferrari, Maserati, and Abarth parts from models as wide-ranging as the Ferrari 250 SWB and F40, Maserati 250F, and more that were similarly still housed in original wooden crates. It seems likely that Coys’ employees delved further into the depths of this amazing stash to find the 250 GTO kit.

Coys will auction off the treasure trove this weekend at the Blenheim Palace sale, with estimates for the final hammer price rising well into the seven figures. The question remains, however, as to just how the rare automotive collecting world will consider a kit car Ferrari 250 GTO built from such historically original parts such as those to be sold. Will the resulting vehicle be worth more than the sum of its parts? Or will it merely provide its owner with all the pleasure of driving a borderline priceless classic sports car without the anxiety that must go along with pushing at $70 million vehicles to its limits?

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