Club Arnage

On the Block: Phil Hill Ferrari

Ferrari will celebrate the upcoming Mille Miglia by cleaning out its closet and the closets of some of its private collectors as it auctions off select bits of Ferrari history, including a Le Mans-winning race car driven by Phil Hill.
RM Auctions says it will sell the only 4.0-liter Ferrari Testa Rossa ever built at auction on May 20. The auction will take place in Maranello in a series of sales dubbed "Leggenda e Passione," and will also highlight several other important Ferraris from the marque's racing history.
The 4.0-liter car is the last Testa Rossa built by Ferrari, the auction house says. The '62 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa is the last front-engine car to win atLe Mans, at the hands of Road & Track eminence Phil Hill and co-pilot Olivier Gendebein in their third Le Mans victory. It's owned today by a U.S. collector.
RM says that with the car's provenance and unique place in history, it could fetch an estimated $8 million to $10 million at auction. It will be offered alongside a 1970 512 S raced by Luigi Chinetti; a 1953 340MM with a coachbuilt Touring Spyder body; a '66 Dino 206 SP, fully restored; and a 1997 Formula One car.

Veritably, the stuff off dreams......I'll take them all, except the last one which wasn't particularly good

MG Mark

Mark, if you like I'll look after the 1953 340MM for you...

Sod it, Lara better get used to living outside. ;)

Sounds good - I'll take the 512 and we'll share the Testa Rossa  :D

OK then anybody got a bit of spare dosh they dont need and could assist in sponsoring this shared caring in the community effort?

 ;D

Phil Hill Ferrari Fetches $9.3M

When the gavel fell on the last car for auction, Ferrari's "Leggenda e Passione" sale of a clutch of classic Ferraris from its own archives and from its owners' garages had ended in history.

The auction of 33 cars was highlighted by the sale of a 1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa, the last one built by the company. The car in question - also the last front-engine car to win at Le Mans, at the hands of Road & Track eminence Phil Hill and co-pilot Olivier Gendebein in their third Le Mans victory - sold for $9.3 million, the highest figure recorded for a public auction, the Wall Street Journal reports.

RM Auctions, which ran the sale, had estimated that with the car's provenance and unique place in history, it might fetch $8 million to $10 million.

The total take for the auction was more than $46 million, with more than a third of the vehicles sold fetching more than $1 million, the Journal adds.

The Testa Rossa was offered alongside a 1970 512 S raced by Luigi Chinetti; a 1953 340MM with a coachbuilt Touring Spyder body; a '66 Dino 206 SP, fully restored; and a 1997 Formula One car.

You don't have to rub it in, out bid by a fiver! ;-);-)
Next time.

Makes the '86 328 GTS seem a bit of a snip at 44k euros......and the 512BB at 93.5k euros a definitive bargain. 

MG Mark

These prices are getting as high as in the late 80's. will the bubble burst, are we in for a big wake up call again?
 I know a guy with a lightweight E-Type that he bought in the boom for silly money. Its hidden in a garage now with an old Fergie blocking the doors. Word has it he cannot bare the sight of it as it lost him so much money. Shame as its said to be a great car.

Don't forget the postage though..  ;D

Post it?  You'd have it posted?

Sod that...Flight to Maranello....drive all the way back....One day :)

Er, quite.  Need a co-driver?

Surely its a riding mechanic you need in one of those things- it is Italian!

Point.  However, I'd be useful for driving through France.  I am now a veritable dictionary of French mechanical terms, thanks to the annual visit of my friend's red car to LM...

Is capput an internationally recognised term for italian car syndrome?

Excuse the grammar, but how many ways do you need to say "ma voiture a tombe en panne encore"......although I suppose there is always "ce morceau de merde a tombe en panne encore" if you're feeling a bit hissy about it....

MG Mark

Whats french for clever clogs? I tend to use the universal galic shrug whilst pointing at the long trail of oil down the road. Le voiture est Fooked monsier!