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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Ellena

1958 Ferrari 250 GT Ellena

Vehicle Information

Year
1958
Mileage
Price
SOLD
Engine
3.0 Liter V12
Transmission
4-Speed Manual
Serial Number
0839GT
Paint Color
Light Blue Metallic
Interior Color
Teal Leather Interior

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In 1953, when the company was just six years old, Ferrari built more than 50 cars for the first time. It was becoming clear that wealthy enthusiasts would part with cash to drive a thoroughbred racing car on the street, something which interested Enzo only so far as the cash part was concerned due to the high cost of racing. At this time, customers could buy Ferraris with bodies produced by a variety of coachbuilders. Vignale was one of the most prolific but they hand built each body as a one-off, so for Ferrari to continue to grow, it would need to simplify production.

The result was the 250 Europa, which was effectively the first standardized Ferrari. Of the 22 built, 18 had Pinin Farina bodywork, cementing what would become a decades-long relationship between the two firms. At the 1956 Geneva Motor Show, the Europa’s replacement bowed. Called simply the 250 GT, the car was also styled by Pinin Farina, who also built between five and ten examples (including prototypes) before being obliged to hand off production while they built and subsequently moved into a new larger facility necessitated by their growing production. Farina chose Carrozzeria Boano, the eponymous firm of one of his former designers, Mario Boano, to take over 250 GT production.

Boano altered Pinin Farina’s design slightly, removing a kick-up on the rear fender and lowering the roofline, the latter of which had become one of his calling cards a few years prior while he owned Ghia. Boano built 68 250 GTs before taking a job heading Fiat’s design department. He passed control of the company to his son-in-law, Ezio Ellena, who changed the firm’s name to Carrozzeria Ellena. Ellena produced a further 50 examples, which differed in detail but appeared largely the same.

Under the skin, the car contained the usual Ferrari technical features which made the cars so successful in competition, including the Colombo designed V12, displacing 3.0 liters in this case, triple Weber carburetors, 4-speed manual gearbox, large aluminum drum brakes, and some welcome chassis innovation in the form of coil sprung front suspension.

This particular example is the 35th of the 50 Ellena bodied cars built, and was completed on the 9th of March, 1958, for delivery in the United States via Luigi Chinetti Motors in New York. The car’s first owner was shipping magnate and racing driver Harry Theodoracopulos, who retained it until about 1964, when he sold it to legendary drummer Gene Krupa. The car then spent over twenty years in California before being purchased by a physician in Springfield Missouri in 1986. Over the course of more than 37 years of ownership, that owner used the car in an impressive variety of events, including the Walter Mitty Challenge, the California Mille, the Grand Bahama Grand Prix, and even the Louis Vuitton Classic China Run. The engine was rebuilt by FAF Motorcars in Atlanta Georgia approximately 4,000 kilometers ago.

Sometime prior to 1986, the car had been painted red and fitted with a non-original rear axle. The car’s current owner bought the car in 2023 and has cosmetically restored the car and sourced and installed a correct rear axle assembly and had a great deal of other work performed by a variety of highly-regarded specialists, including Patrick Ottis Company. The bodywork and paint were restored by Moal Coachworks and Pimentel Innovations in a striking color combination of medium light blue metallic with teal leather interior. The included Massini report indicates that the Ferrari factory has no record of the car’s original color combination.

Restoration work included sourcing and restoring a correct rear axle assembly, rebuilding the suspension, braking, and electrical systems in their entirety, fabricating a new driveshaft, fabricating a new correct exhaust system, renewing the paint, interior and chrome, fabricating a new windscreen, and performing a comprehensive service to the driveline. In all, the work required more than 2.5 years and cost more than $380,000. The car comes with a thick file of invoices spanning approximately forty years, including all the recent restoration work.

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