This distinctive 288 GTO featured right here courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions, with chassis quantity 54809, is a first-rate instance of Ferrari craftsmanship. It boasts a putting Rosso Corsa exterior and an expensive Pelle Nera (black leather-based) inside with uncommon purple cloth seat inserts.
Outfitted with non-obligatory air-con and power-electric home windows, this explicit model affords a contact of consolation to enrich its uncompromising efficiency. Initially imported to Switzerland by S.A.V.A.F., it discovered its approach to its first proprietor, Hainer Wiesendanger, via Graber Car Ltd. in March 1985.
All through its historical past, the automobile handed via the palms of varied collectors and sellers. Notably, it made its approach to the UK, then to Tokyo-based collector Hideyasu Ohba, and finally returned to the UK in 2006.
Through the years, it obtained meticulous care and upkeep from revered Ferrari collectors and specialists. In 2015, it was acquired by a collector in California, who continued to supply top-notch servicing via GTO Engineering in Los Angeles.
Chassis 54809 joined its present proprietor in Could 2022 and is without doubt one of the most extensively documented and preserved Ferrari 288 GTOs in existence. Its impeccable situation is supported by a Ferrari Classiche Purple E-book certifying its authentic elements and repair historical past, in addition to a complete file containing service stamps, invoices, and communications. Not too long ago, it underwent servicing at Ferrari of Newport Seaside, together with a radical inspection and situation report by esteemed skilled Joe Sackey.
With its originality, matching numbers, distinctive options, low mileage, and esteemed lineage of earlier homeowners and upkeep, chassis 54809 is undeniably probably the most outstanding Ferrari 288 GTOs out there. Full with its spare components, instruments, and proprietor’s manuals, this excellent automobile presents a uncommon alternative to amass a very unique and traditionally important Ferrari.
This 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO is ready to cross the public sale block at this 12 months’s Monterey Public sale subsequent month from August 17 to 18. The automobile is anticipated to fetch $4,250,000 – $4,750,000.
Supply: Broad Arrow Auctions
