A super rare Ferrari driven by Carroll Shelby is set to sell for £11.5millon at auction.
The 165mph motor is one of only four ever made.
The red 1955 classic motor is a one-off prototype and has tailor made spider coachwork by Sergio Scaglietti.
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Shelby, achieved his first victory at the 1956 Palm Springs Road Races, marking his first victory, out of what would go on to become many, in a Ferrari 410 Sport.
Enzo Ferrari’s determination to win the 1955 World Sportscar Championship led to the creation of the 410 Sport.
The car, with its wide, low-riding tubular space frame and a powerful 4,961-cubic-centimeter V-12 engine, was initially built to contest for victory at the Carrera Panamericana.
The car is the last racing Ferrari bought by Tony Parravano, one of Ferrari’s foremost VIP clients at the time.
The car will be offered on Saturday (20 Jul) at RM Sotheby’s 27th annual Monterey Car Week sale, in California, US, as reported on Luxury Auto News.
The car was tailor-made with custom features, including cross-hatched fender-vent louvers and a unique ovoid grille.
Following Parravano’s mysterious disappearance in 1960, the car changed hands several times, eventually joining prominent Ferrari collections in Germany and the United States.
The 410 Sport is distinguished by its Superamerica-based specifications, including a shortened version of the Superamerica’s type 514 chassis and a 12-plug type 126 Superamerica engine.
It underwent restoration in 2017 by Ferrari specialists, returning to the spotlight at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
The Ferrari 410 Sport Spider is likely to attract bids in the region of £11.5million.
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