MUSCLE CAR COLLECTION : 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Being an Icon of All Time

Friday, May 12, 2017

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Being an Icon of All Time

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Front Right

The Ferrari 250 series was built from 1953 to 1964, the car also became one of the most iconic cars of all time and also includes the most expensive car auctioned up to now the Ferrari 250 GTO.

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Headlights

Colombo V12 engine is the most important engine in its history for this Italian car company, starting from 1.5 liter V12 created by alfa Romeo engine designer Gioacchino Colombo hired also by Italian car company by Enzo Ferrari.

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Interior

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe available. Was photographed by an authorized dealer in France, Franco-Britannic from Levallois-Perrret, then bought by an American, and for about a decade finally beginning in 2000 back to Europe. The car will be auctioned on May 27, 2017 at RM Sotheby anchored in Villa Erba sold with interpretation of the price between 550,000 Euro to 700.000 Euro.

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Rear Left

Just like other Ferrari 250 series cars, the Ferrari 250 GT Series II is equipped with the legendary engine specs of the Colombo V12 engine, Ferrari usually gives the name of the model based on a single-cylinder displacement engine. And the V12 mounted on the 250 series has 2953 cc displacement and an individual cylinder displacement of approximately 250cc.

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Rear

Enzo is very fond of the complexity of the V12 engine used in racing cars such as packard, auto union and Alfa Romeo, while developing for its own car Enzo wants the engine to be lighter lighter that can also be used in both Formula and Ordinary cars.

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1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Side Right

The Colombo V12 engine remained in production until 1947 to 1988 with a variety of configurations, a 3.0-liter engine mounted on the 250 GT series II that weighs almost half the weight of its competitor's Jaguar XK engine thanks to the material used in aluminum block and head.

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Speedometer

Enzo Ferrari ordered Pinin Farina design to create a 250 GT body which is expected to be a car that has a wider market and more complex for the company, the car was introduced to the public at the Milan Auto Show in 1958 and proved the car is very popular, for 3 years of production The car has been salable as much as 335 units including sent to Prince Bertil from Sweden.

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Steering Wheel

Each 250 GT Coupe built by Pinin Farina is built on demand from its customers and features a luxurious interior with soundproofing, leather trim, thick carpets, wooden steering and chrome ashtrays placed in the center of the tunnel.

1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Car Tailfin

The Tipo 508F Colombo V12 engine is equipped with a triple weber 40 DCL6 carburator, combined with a 4-speed manual gearbox with overdrive, brakes equipped with Dunlop disc brakes on each wheel and using independent coil spring on the front and semi-elliptical leaf spreing and live axle On the back.