What you're looking at is a 1974 Ferrari Dino 246
GTS, decked out in a rare shade of copper called Nocciola Metallizzato (or
metallic hazelnut). It's one of just 72 that left the Maranello factory in that
color, it's beautifully preserved, and it's going up for auction next weekend.
This Dino was imported fresh off the assembly line
to the United States by Ferrari's legendary North American distributor Luigi
Chinetti, and delivered new to one Lee H. Williams through a dealership in
Atlanta, Georgia.
Williams drove it sparingly for less than a decade before
he put it in storage, preserving it as a time capsule of its era. He took it
out of storage in 1997 and sold it, since passing through the hands of a couple
of owners, but only putting on 20,000 miles over the course of its history.
Though lacking the chairs and flares that collectors
look for, RM Sotheby's describes it as being in “exceptionally original
condition throughout,” and even comes with its original jack kit, tool roll,
and leather-bound owner's manual, with an extensive file documenting its
history.
The auctioneer expects it to fetch between US$ 350k and US$ 450k when the gavel drops on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Amelia Island in
Florida. Check it out in the gallery of photographs taken by Erik Fuller for RM
Sotheby's.
