Equipment
Silver painted wire wheels, full-width windscreen, driver''''s head fairing, two seats. The fourth 250 TR, second customer car, sold to and raced by Piero Drogo including the Buenos Aires 1000km and Cuban Grand Prix in 1958. Then sold through Chinetti to Alan Connell who painted it in its present colors and raced it in SCCA D Modified. Later owned by Charlie Hayes and Wayne Burnett. Upgraded in 1962 with engine 0770 TR and disc brakes, then through various collections.
Condition
Restored with its original engine in the mid-1970s and recently repainted and mechanically gone through including re-installing the drum brakes (which don''''t work nearly as well as discs). Thoughtfully and conscientiously restored to good, sound, orderly vintage racing condition. Very presentable, too, an artful compromise between appearance and function. Invited to be displayed at the opening of Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi in 2010.
Market commentary
Struggled, but managed to find its way to a hammer bid high enough to separate it from its owners to end the Maranello auction on a high note, an undisputed world record price for an automobile at auction and a great ending to a wonderful weekend in Maranello. This bidder number also bought two other cars, the alloy 275 GTB for $1,079,745 and the LWB Cal Spyder for $2,866,910, giving that fortunate paddle $16,158,949 out of the sales $27,994,854 total (57.7%).