Tired of red Ferraris? Don't throw the bambino out
with the proverbial bathwater. Because while it may be true that the majority
of Ferraris come in shades of scarlet, not all of them do. And the ones we come
across in less usual hues often catch our attention.
Take this 1966 Ferrari 330 GTC. It
left the factory in this delicious shade of Nocciola (hazelnut), and its first
three owners in Italy kept it that way. Once it was exported to the United
States, it was repainted green and then red. But it's since
been returned to its original color, and glad we are that it was.
Following an extensive restoration in the UK,
sponsored by the Swedish billionaire packaging mogul who bought it two years
ago, it's now certified by the manufacturer's own Ferrari Classiche department
in attestation to its historical accuracy.
Now it's set to go up for auction in a little under
two months from now at Villa Erba on Lake Como during the Concorso d'Eleganza
Villa d'Este, where we're sure it will fetch a pretty penny. It'd be just the
thing to accompany the Dino 246 GTS in the same color that the same auction
house sold off last month at Amelia Island or, for that matter, the
matte-bronze LaFerrari we spotted last week in Monaco.
