Ferrari Classiche & Massini Report
Ferrari Classiche & Massini Report
This example of the legendary Ferrari 275 GTB/4 was completed at the factory in March 1967 and delivered to John Von Neumann in Geneva. He immediately sold the GTB/4 to Georges Filipinetti's Garage Montchoisy SA in Geneva, who wanted to use the car in motorsport.
Georges Filipinetti was a prominent Swiss businessman and founder and owner of the Swiss motor racing team ‘Scuderia Filipinetti’ (Ecurie Filipinetti). The racing team emerged from the ‘1' Equipe Nationale Suisse’ and was one of the first teams to be financed purely by sponsorship. Thanks to its enormous successes from 1962 to 1973, it became one of the most prestigious private motor racing teams. It all began in 1962 with the Formula 1 debut of Swiss racing driver Jo Siffert. Other well-known top drivers included Jim Clark, Phil Hill, Ronnie Peterson, Herbert Müller and Jo Bonnier. The team was brand-independent and competed in a wide variety of racing classes with various vehicles from Lotus, Porsche, Ferrari, Lola, Ford, Shelby AC Cobra and Fiat.
This Ferrari 275 GTB/4 was entered in several races in 1967, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans (8 April, practice runs), the 1000 Kilometres of Monza (25 April), the 51st Targa Florio (14 May) and the XIII ADAC 1000 Kilometres race at the Nürburgring (28 May). However, the car was hardly ever actually used in competition. In retrospect, this was probably because Scuderia Filipinetti owned and used another Ferrari 275 GTB in its class competitions, namely a Competizione version with a lightweight aluminium body, which was ultimately driven more often in races and was the preferred racing car.
In March 1969, the 275 GTB/4 was sold via Garage Montchoisy SA to Luigi Chinetti Motors Inc. in Connecticut, USA, the Ferrari importer (and racing team operator) for the US East Coast. In 1970, he sent the racing car back to Italy to Piero Drogo's Carrozzeria Sport Cars for some body work and got it back in the same year. A year later, Chinetti leased the 275 GTB/4 to Paramount Studios in Hollywood for filming the movie ‘A New Leaf’ starring Walther Matthau. In January 1971, Chinetti sold the sports car to its next owner (name known), a building and construction entrepreneur in New York State.
He kept the sports car for several years until 1979, when it was acquired by its next owner, John P. Giordano, also in New York State. Giordano is a well-known Ferrari collector and accomplished motorsport enthusiast who owns numerous Ferrari racing cars (including a 512S and a 275 GTB Competizione). He had the car restored and then remained loyal to it for a full 25 years. In 2004, he finally sold the GTB/4 with a mileage of 36,000 km to Jean Guikas of GTC in Marseille, also a passionate motorsport enthusiast and Ferrari collector.
In the same year, the car found a new home with (former) racing driver Dominik Ellenrieder. At the beginning of 2006, the GTB/4 was sold to a renowned car collector in Germany. Three years later, he passed the sports car on to its current owner, who has taken part in several historic motorsport events in Europe with it.
This Ferrari 275 GTB/4 impresses with its originally intended use in motorsport at Scuderia Filipinetti, which was retained by subsequent owners. It still features a racing look and equipment, including a racing fuel tank, roll bar, fire extinguishing system, racing seat belts and other necessary extras. This also includes the relevant documents such as the FIVA card and DMSB Historic Technical Passport. The engine is ‘matching numbers’ and impresses with the open intake funnels of the carburettor system. A Ferrari Classiche certification documents its originality and a Massini report its history. Together with its low mileage, this is an exceptional example.
The classic four-cam models are eligible for many international rally events such as the Tour de France and Passione Engadina, as well as specific historic racing events. These cars impressively convey their legendary status as the essence of Ferrari at that time: a racy road sports car with Ferrari's winning genes in motorsport, especially in hill climbs and endurance races. This Ferrari 275 GTB/4 is the perfect, ready-to-drive example to relive this racing aura.
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