![]() The car is no stranger to the limelight, having been driven in the 1999 Mille Miglia, and it went on display as part of the Petersen Museum’s “Ferrari at 50” Exhibition in 1997.ĭavid Sydorick purchased the car from Zambrano in December 1999, and for the last 20 years has been regularly entering it in tours and events across the world, including the Ferrari Club of America National Concours, Amelia Island Concours, Mille Miglia, Goodwood Festival of Speed, The Quail, Italia Classica (Ferrari Grand Tour to Venezia), Louis Vuitton Classic Serenissima Run, and of course, the Pebble Beach Concours, plus others too numerous to mention. Just a few short years later, it was purchased by Mexican businessman Lorenzo Zambrano who restored, raced and showed the car extensively throughout the 1990s, including numerous outings at the Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca, and a class win at the 1996 Pebble Beach Concours. It was sold privately to a Japanese buyer for an undisclosed amount after failing to meet reserve price at an auction in Geneva in 1989 – the high bid was the equivalent of $2.1 million. Remarkably, Niles sold the car circa 1985 for a modest US$180,000, just before the Japanese asset price bubble which saw real estate, stock market and collectible automobile prices massively inflated. There was a list of the cars Niles had owned that was on the internet at one stage but it is now deleted – from memory, it included some of the most important cars ever to wear the Prancing Horse logo. Niles passed away in 2021 at 96 years of age, having owned more than 140 Ferraris during his lifetime. It was retired from racing at the end of 1958, passing through the hands of a number of Italian owners before crossing the Atlantic in 1960 and becoming part of the collection of attorney and Ferrari enthusiast Edwin K Niles. The car’s competition potential was fully realized once it was driven by well known Italian racer Luigi Taramazzo with several major hill climb wins and a third outright in the Coppa InterEuropa. Galluzzi raced the car extensively during the 1956 season, enjoying modest racing success and even showing the car at an early Concours d'Elegance held in Campione d'Italia in October 1956. This car (Chassis 0515GT) was originally built for one of Ferrari’s best customers, Vladimiro Galluzzi. ![]() Yet another top level concours winner from the collection of David and Ginny Sydorick, the 250 GT TdF is one of just five Zagato-bodied Ferrari 250 GT long-wheelbase chassis cars ever built, and will now become one of the finalists in the Peninsula Classics "Best of the Best" Award, the world’s most prestigious concours award with its participants drawn from the winners of the world’s most important concours events each year. The V12-powered lightweight model features an elegant coachbuilt body with Zagato’s trademark double-bubble roof. ![]() This pictorial begins with the Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance, then broadens into the wider highlights of the week.Ī 1956 Ferrari 250 GT TdF Berlinetta by Zagato has taken out the "Best of Show" at this year’s Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance presented by Aviva. Salon Privé is best known for its Concours d’Elégance, which is regarded as one of the most important such events on the planet, but over the 15 years since it began, it has grown into a week of automotive celebration that encompasses important car and luxury product launches and an upmarket lawn party. ![]()
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