Ferrari 330 GT 2+2, 1966
Ferrari 330 GT 2+2
Ferrari 330 GT 2+2•
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Chassis No.: 330GT5755
Auction: Indy 2022
Auction date: May 21, 2022
Lot No.: S120
$203,500 | Sold
- Body: 2+2
- S/N 5755
- 3960cc V-12 engine
- 4-speed manual gearbox
- Triple Weber carburetors
- Matching numbers engine and chassis
- One of only 625 produced
- Borrani wire wheels
- In the care of the same owner from 1970-2021
Building on the momentum of the highly successful, four-seat 250 GTE, Ferrari progressively and successfully expanded and refined its road-car range into the mid-1960s. The celebrated 250-series was gradually phased out, replaced by the larger-capacity, road-focused 275 and 330 series. In January 1964, Ferrari unveiled the successor to the 250 GTE at the Brussels Motor Show. The all-new 4.0L V-12 330 GT 2+2 featured elegant and modern styling penned by the American-born designer Tom Tjaarda, who was working for Pininfarina at the time.
Powered by Ferrari’s Tipo 209, Colombo-derived, 4.0L V-12 engine and mated to a 4-speed manual gearbox with overdrive, the 330 GT 2+2 was a strong performer, reputedly among Enzo Ferrari’s favorites. Excellent driving dynamics were enhanced by disc brakes and Koni adjustable dampers at all four corners. Three iterations of the 330 GT 2+2 are recognized, including 505 “Series I” cars built 1963-65 with the canted, four-headlamp, frontal treatment and 4-speed gearbox plus overdrive, 120 “Interim” models for 1965 with the original canted-headlamp design and 5-speed transmission, plus 460 “Series II” cars with a conventional two-headlamp design and 5-speed transmission for 1965-67.
Bearing S/N 5755, this desirable Series I 330 2+2 was delivered new to Garage de Montchoisy SA, an official Ferrari dealer in Switzerland. Interestingly, it was pictured during the 1980s with Swiss registration plates issued by Aargau, one of the country’s most northerly cantons, in the definitive book “Ferrari: Forty Years on the Road” by the late marque experts Stanley Nowak and Rob de la Rive Box. From 1970 to 2021, it enjoyed single ownership, and as offered, S/N 5755 remains in very well-preserved condition with a numbers-matching V-12 engine with triple Weber carburetors.
Finished in the classic color combination of red over black leather, it bears an honest and light patina consistent with age and use. The black leather interior is preserved in impressive condition, with desirable features including a 4-speed gearbox, Veglia instruments, a period-style Blaupunkt radio and iconic Borrani wire-spoke wheels mounting Pirelli blackwall radial tires.
