Ferrari 275 GTB Berlinetta

Highlights of this particular Motorcar:

1 of 18 RHD short nose 275 GTB

Detailed and documented history

Fantastic early correspondence with Maranello

Superb condition and always correctly maintained

A reference example which drives superbly ready for any event

Exact Description of this Specific Motorcar

1 of 18 RHD short nose 275 GTB

Detailed and documented history

Fantastic early correspondence with Maranello

Superb condition and always correctly maintained

A reference example which drives superbly ready for any event

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Our car was delivered to its first owner Eric Dennis Garrett of Westbourne Terrace London, in Rosso Cina with black interior. The car was registered with the number plate "DYX 6 C" - the plate which it retains to this day.

In amongst all the early build sheets, there is some fascinating correspondence between Colonel Ronnie Hoare and Garrett, relating to the early use of the car but also tentative interest from Maranello Concessionaires in commissioning Garrett and his colleagues to undertake marketing activities for the UK Ferrari distributor. This correspondence extends for some years relating to the maintenance of the car and it is clear that Garrett with his additional ownership of a GTS was an important customer. Garrett would go on to keep the car for years and it was not until 1982 that RS Williams - the Aston Dealer - sold the car to it's second owner Heinz Hove in Germany.

Hove was in the beverage trade and paid £28,000 for the car with the odometer reading 7700 miles. Heinz went on to use this car at a number of Ferrari events in Germany aswell as a foray over to Mas du Clos and maintained the car fastidiously - usually with  Methusalem Garage in Troisdorf-Spich, Germany. He also added a period radio below the dashboard and loud speakers in the doors and a "D" country sticker for Deutschland (Germany) on the right rear between the license plate and the tail light. 

In 1994 the car was featured in the German magazine "Motor Klassik" by Ferrari expert Marcel Massini and up untill February 2007, Hove was still regularly using the car with the odometer showing 39800 miles. Hove kept the car untill October 2013 whereupon it was acquired by DK Engineering for a client to use on events. The car was sensitively restored to as new factory specification and my brother and I showed this car at the 2014 Salon Prive a year later.

Since then the car has been used on a few select tours and maintained expertly without regard to expense by DK Engineering.

A reference example of the extremely rare series 1 RHD short nose 275 GTB, the car comes with a huge history file and correct toolkit. It is in fantastic condition and as you would expect with a car which has been regularly maintained by DK - drives superbly.

A rare opportunity.

General description of Make and/or Model of this Motorcar:

The legendary successor to the 250 GT series after 11 years in production - the 275 GTB model goals were to maintain Ferrari’s fine tradition of dual-purpose "berlinetta" models which were capable on either road or track with a degree of refinment and luxury a step on from the 250 series.

Pininfarina was commissioned to design this GT, creating a true classic of sports car design for the 275 GTB with the body construction undertaken by Scaglietti. Launched in 1964 to great acclaim at the 1964 Salon de L’Automobile in Paris, the 275 GTB instantly raised the bar for design and performance in a Ferrari road car. The sharp nose, long bonnet, purposeful side vents, high waistline, short be-spoilered tail were all signature styling points. The tail spoiler and cast-alloy wheels echoed developments first seen on Ferrari competition cars. The pioneering introduction of independent rear suspension - seen for the first time on a road-going Ferrari - employing a double wishbone and coil-spring arrangement similar to that of the 250LM racer, was further evidence of racing improving the breed. The adoption of a rear-mounted five-speed transaxle combining the gearbox and differential in a single unit helped improve weight distribution, and would become the base engineering layout of future generations of front-engined Ferrari road cars.

The 60 degree Colombo V12 was enlarged to 3.3 litres, with class leading performance to match. Today acknowledged as one the most beautiful V12 GT cars ever made, emissions legislation killed off the car and made it ineligible for the dominant US market. Over it's life span, the model evolved with subtle styling and engine changes and although the later cars offered improved refinement, many see the early short nose series 1 car as the purest and well-proportioned 275 GTB model. 250 Series 1 cars were built between 1964 and 1966 of which only 18 were RHD.