Sixty-year-old car owned by wealthy magnate on sale for £1.3M

A sixty-year-old car owned by a wealthy magnate is on sale for £1.3M.

The 1965 Ferrari 500 Superfast Series I by Pininfarina has one of the Italian maker’s most powerful engines ever.

It was first owned by Greek shipping magnate George P Livanos.

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And then by John Calley of Burbank, California, former president of Warner Brothers.

Its V12 engine develops 400 horsepower and is described as one of the most powerful Ferrari GT engines ever constructed.

The car is said to be one of the most collectible Ferraris, as reported by Whats The Jam.

Its listing says: “The 14th of 25 Series I Superfasts built, chassis number 6303 SF was ordered in the spring of 1965 by the famed British Ferrari importers Maranello Concessionaires.

“It was equipped to the latest specification, with the recently introduced five-speed gearbox, three air ducts on the front fenders, and circular Carello turn signal lights.

“It was built to left-hand-drive, indicating its first owner intended to use it largely abroad.

“At its completion the Superfast was delivered through Maranello Concessionaires’ auspices that August to George P Livanos, the shipping magnate who maintained the largest merchant navy in Greece, and whose son, Peter, would be a well-known and astute enthusiast in his own right, eventually becoming a majority shareholder of Aston Martin.

“Mr Livanos’s Ferrari was serviced at the Assistenza Clienti in Maranello in September 1965 and June 1967—by the latter, it was being kept at its owner’s residence in Gstaad.

“In 1969 the car moved across the Atlantic when it was sold to its second owner, John Calley of Burbank, California, former president of Warner Brothers and a renowned sports car enthusiast and collector.

“Mr Calley kept the Ferrari for three years, then sold it to Bud Pessin of Archway Motor Imports in Manchester, Missouri, who passed it in 1974 to Richard McEntyre of San Diego.

“Mr. McEntyre would be a very long-term caretaker of his 500 Superfast, eventually undertaking a restoration in the hands of Harold White of Fallbrook, California, between 2000 and 2004.

“With the restoration completed the car was sold in 2005 and passed into the hands of Weston Hook of San Diego, California.

“Chassis number 6303 SF remained in Mr Hook’s care until 2010, then was acquired by a collector in Belgium, from whom the present owner, a longtime and devoted Ferrari connoisseur, purchased it a decade ago.

“More recently, a complete fresh restoration was performed by the noted marque specialists, Fast Cars Ltd. of Redondo Beach, California, with the Superfast finished as-original in Blu Notte over Naturale leather interior.”

It is for sale with RM Sotheby’s in Monterey, California on Friday, (15 Aug).

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