Equipment
RHD. Yellow painted alloy centerlock wheels, Dunlop Racing tires, leather rim steering wheel.
Condition
Raced when new with Drogo coachwork by Clemente Ravetto with some success, later to Pietro Lo Piccolo who won the Italian Championship with it in 1970. Updated with this lightweight hillclimb coachwork in 1969, Lo Piccolo with co-driver Salvator Calascibetta finished 11th overall and 2nd in class in the 1970 Targa Florio. Later owned (twice) by Pierre Bardinon and Jack Setton, the consignor here. Fresh paint on the bodywork and wheels. Older upholstery with paint loss on interior panels. Older chassis and suspension paint and engine preparation. An honest old girl who''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s had some lipstick for the auction.
Market commentary
Rightfully so, this was the co-star of the show at the Grand Palais, a car with significant competition history and a seductively styled Montagna body. $3.1 million is a lot of money, but this is a lot of Ferrari and the bid wasn''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''t enough to satisfy the consignor, although maybe it should have been.