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1964 Ferrari 250 LM Berlinetta by Pininfarina
Chassis No. 5901
Engine No. 5901
Internal number 138/LM
Gearbox No. 18
- 2023: 60th anniversary of the Ferrari 250 LM
- One of the absolute masterpieces in the history of the Automobile
- The 10th Ferrari 250 LM on only 32 copies built
- Rarer than a 250 GTO
- A real milestone in Ferrari history: the first car of the brand with a V12 engine in the rear center position, the last to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans before 2023!
- With Ferrari's victory at the hundredth edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023, the 250 LM is now part of a fantastic saga whose future remains to be written
- Matching numbers (chamber, engine, box, bodywork)
- History followed, restored in 1998/1999 by DK Engineering
- In a major French collection from 2002 to 2022
- Validated by the Ferrari Classiche committee, with a view to its certification
FERRARI 250 LM - MODEL PRESENTATION
Unveiled at the Paris Salon in October 1963, the 250 LM is a berlinette version of the 250 P which, presented in the previous March, can already boast of many successes in the race, before a victory at Le Mans in 1964. Designed under the authority of Chief Engineer Carlo Chiti, it is the first competition Ferrari with a V12 engine in a central position. The 246 SP inaugurated this new architecture in 1961, but with a V6 engine.
For the 250 LM, Scaglietti has signed a masterful shape, whose tapered front draws an amazing contrast with the long and muscular back that reveals the presence of powerful mechanics. The small central arch brings lightness to the pavilion, and one of the most spectacular elements is the vast hood that rises like a cathedral to reveal the bowels of this radical machine.
With the 250 LM, Enzo Ferrari wants to take over from the 250 GTO and have it homologated in GT. But if FIA officials have turned a blind eye to the Commendatore's tendentious arguments that allowed the homologation of the 250 GTO (which he had announced as a simple evolution of the 250 GT), this time they do not let themselves go and demand the production of the 100 copies required. However, Ferrari will only produce 32, so that the 250 LM will remain in the "Prototypes" category and will have to compete against more powerful cars, the most emblematic of which will be the Ford GT40 mentioned above. Glorious protagonist of the Ford-Ferrari duel, the 250 LM beautifully defended the colors of the Italian manufacturer by compensating for its power deficit with qualities of handling and maneuverability that were lacking in other more powerful cars. Carlo Chiti had seen it right by managing to convince Enzo Ferrari to switch to the rear engine, when he was reluctant.
Moreover, the 250 LM should have been called 275 LM (according to the Ferrari nomenclature using the unit displacement) because after the copy of the Paris Motor Show, the following ones received a 3.3 Liter engine; hoping to deceive the vigilance of the FIA for the reasons mentioned above, Enzo Ferrari wanted to keep the name 250.
Given its design, the 250 LM was intended for the track much more than for the road, and most of the copies produced have experienced the throes of competition and its hazards. However, this is not the case with the car we present, whose career took place in the hands of individuals and collectors who have never engaged it in the race. It was certainly present in 1966 at the 24 Hours of Daytona, but as a simple reserve car. This is why it is now beautifully preserved of origin, as we will see later.
THE FERRARI 250 LM OF THE SALE, #5901
The complete history of this work of art is established and documented by brand specialist Marcel Massini. According to the manufacturing sheet of this 250 LM, its tubular chassis was supplied to the Scaglietti bodywork in Modena on June 24, 1964. On September 18, the assembly of the engine, carried out by mechanic Baschieri, was completed under the control of foreman Amos Franchini. It was the same Amos Franchini who supervised the assembly of the gearbox, completed on September 23 by Ivo Giusti. The official order of Luigi Chinetti, boss of the N.A.R.T. (North American Racing Team) and importer of the brand based in New York, dated the following November 6, followed on the 14th by the manufacturer's invoice. On November 20, the car was transported to the port of Livorno and embarked on board the cargo ship Maria Costa, which then left for New York. After his arrival, the car was sold by Chinetti to its first owner, Raymond John Augusterfer, residing in Philadelphia.
On February 5 and 6, 1966, this Ferrari 250 LM was used as a reserve car for the 24 Hours of Daytona by the N.A.R.T., but no damage having stopped the engaged cars, it will not take part in the race and will remain in the paddock. The following year, Luigi Chinetti took over the car and sold it in 1968 to George Arents, from Warren, then in 1969 to Walter and Irene Young, from Wilton. After a visit to Kirk F. White Motorcars (Philadelphia), the car was bought on June 29, 1970 by William B. Rearden (Villanova, Pennsylvania), for the sum of $16,500 with, in soulte, his Ferrari 330 P Spider. Rearden kept her for eight years, while she appeared in issue 37 of Prancing Horse, the Ferrari Club of America bulletin, next to the 330 LMB and the Dino 246 GTS in her collection. Its owner also had the opportunity to use it on June 1, 1974 at the Ferrari club's annual meeting on the Lime Rock circuit, then at the Ferrari Parade organized as the opening of the Watkins Glen F1 race on October 5, 1975.
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