PRIVATE TREATYSPRING/SUMMER 2015
Among the services which we offer clients is the ability to help them efficiently find or sell important motor cars; inside you will find a selection of those from collections around the world whose owners have asked us to represent them on their behalf. We hope you will find something to suit your discerning taste and remain at your disposal to discuss your requirements or simply to offer professional, up-to-date advice on any aspect of our shared passion. Front cover: A young Sub-Lieut. HRA Kidston trundles his well-used Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans past local spectators after his run at a wet pre-War British speed trial: you can almost hear the supercharged straight-eight booming and smell the Castrol R…2 | Kidston SA | Welcome
IntroductionThese are interesting times. We’ve becomeaccustomed to the inevitable “record this, recordthat” with every passing auction sale, but fresh,exciting motor cars have become as scarce as oldschool owners with no interest in the market.We’ve tried to strike a careful balance with this year’soffering, choosing cars which combine character,history, integrity and value. Each promises enjoymentbehind the wheel, the opportunity to be part ofgatherings attracting other, like-minded people and, ifexperience serves us well, some upside when the daycomes to move on. On that front our new insidersguide for collectors, www.k500.com, should help youmake informed decisions.If you’re holding this catalogue in your hands itmeans you’re probably already a friend and shareour philosophy.“The right crowd and no crowding”was the famous saying at pre-war Brooklands racemeetings but it could equally sum up our business approach.We devote our attentions to motor cars wewould aspire to own ourselves, regardless of value, and clients who, like us, focus on ‘best in breed’ aboveall else. Ours is not a ‘one size fits all’ business, and we believe in fewer clients, and fewer motor cars,both looked after properly.My colleagues and I hope to meet you during the coming motoring season. Do get in touch. Welcome | Kidston SA | 3
On Tour... The Hills Are Alive…with the sound of Jaguar’s unsilenced, triple-Le Mans-What’s the point in owning a car if you don’t enjoy it properly? winning straight-six, echoing acrossObsession with ‘delivery mileage’ is rather like saving your wife the Cotswolds during the Salon Privéfor her next husband. We live and breathe what we do to the full. tour for which Emanuele employed his best English accent4 | Kidston SA | On Tour...
Paddy Power: Friends were reunited as the legendary Paddy Hopkirk got behind the wheel of his Works Austin-Healey for our camera crew, exactly 50 years after driving it to victory in the Austrian Alpine RallyThe Forgotten Supercar: Remember the Bugatti EB110? More enthusiasts willafter we took a matching pair – GT and SS – to the abandoned factory for ahigh-speed pilgrimage and invited the motoring press to ride with usEastern Promise: Hong Konggentleman driver Alain Li suggestedwe join him and fellow Asiancollectors for a seven-day road tripfrom Monaco to Prague. The onlyquestion was which classic woulddo the job best… Indian Adventure: When ‘jeweller Angels with Dirty Faces: Rome, 1am. Simon and co-driver Martin ‘Jenks’ of Kings’ Cartier invites you to Emmison looking travel-stained but happy (and hungry) as they enter the judge at their biennial Travel with Eternal City on the Mille Miglia. Simon also commentated the start for the Style concours d’elegance in Delhi, seventh year running you remind yourself how to address a Maharajah and postpone the diet On Tour... | Kidston SA | 5 until another day…
’Girl Power’: A familiar master of ceremonies congratulates Nigel and Sarah Allen on their class win at Ville d’Este in her long-wheelbase 1959 Ferrari 250GT California Spyder. Take note, gentlemen…6 | Kidston SA | On Tour...
Travelling off-piste: ‘’It’s amazing what 6000rpm with no ABS or traction Vendue!: Winning the biddingcontrol feels like.” Simon and a fellow F1 driver take a detour in Tuscany war on behalf of a Kidstonduring the McLaren F1 Tour, one of our most memorable drives ever client for the Baillon collection Ferrari 250GT SWB Cal’ Spyder ‘barn find’ at Paris Rétromobile 2015 Braving Parisian traffic for the first time in decades, ‘60s screen star Alain Delon’s old Ferrari starts the long journey to its new ownerGentlemen PreferRedheads: Before judgingduties for the tenthconsecutive year at PebbleBeach, there’s just time tohitch a lift in a friend’s250 Testa Rossa on theTour d’Elegance On Tour... | Kidston SA | 7
Another discovery: Tucked away in a suburban U.S. home for half a century – the proverbial ‘shed at the bottom of the garden’ – was this ex-Works, 1953 Mille Miglia Lancia Aurelia B20 GT Competition Coupé. Candles in hand, we played Indiana Jones to return this archaeological gem to Europe8 | Kidston SA | On Tour...
If a job’s worth doing... Left: Valentino Balboni, the driver who helped develop the Countach, fresh from testing this very early LP400 Periscopica, another car unseen for decades, before assessing what it needs Right: The answer? Everything, if you want to enjoy it for another 40 years Below: It’s 1974 all over again, although prices have gone up a bit…The sixth- ever Countach produced reveals its secrets: stay tuned to see how we believe a full restoration should be conducted ...it’s worth doing properly On Tour... | Kidston SA | 9
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The ex-Vittorio Giol1949 Maserati A6 1500 BerlinettaCoachwork by Pinin FarinaChassis no. 078 Engine no. 078“If you worked on the north side of the Via Emilia you were a Maserati man, and if you A handbuilt Maserati, one of 61 produced – the company’s firstworked on the south side, you were a Ferrari man” – First Maserati, then Ferrari man post-War production car, the last designed and engineered byRomolo Tavoni. the Maserati brothers The rivalry that existed between the two great Modenese manufacturers in the ‘On the button’, a highly desirable and eligibleshowroom and on the race track lasted throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, but entry for the Mille Migliacommenced with head-to-head sports car battles on Italian street circuits in thelate-1940s. Ferrari had its new 1497cc 125 S, Maserati the A6, a classic berlinetta Delivered new to winemaker and landowner Vittorio Giol,and sports racer powered by a 1488cc straight-six. San Polo Piave, ItalyIn 1947, Guido Barbieri, aided by contemporary aces Giovanni Bracco and Felice Restored to its original specification of blue coachworkBonetto, raced his modified A6 1500 to beat arch rival Ferrari driver Franco with leather/corduroy red interior Cortese to the Italian championship. As a model, regular A6 1500 berlinettas wereto feature in the Mille Miglia up to the early 1950s. The Maserati A6 1500 Although the Orsis had bought Maserati in 1937, the remaining three Maseratibrothers were bound by a clause in their contract to work for the company fora further 10 years. In 1947 Bindo, Ettore and Ernesto left to start O.S.C.A.,but before that they designed and built the 300bhp 4CLT Grand Prix car andMaserati’s first post-War production car, the A6 1500. The new A6 1500 was a classic example of expensive Italian sports cars of theera: a small, multi-cylinder engine, timeless yet modern styling by Pinin Farina,and suitable for competition in time trials and road races such as the immortalMille Miglia. 22 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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It was a bespoke car for aristocrats, businessmen and those of independent This Carmeans, built to order in a fashion that would not shame the work of master tailorNazareno Fonticoli and his business partner Gaetano Savini, who opened their first Brioni shop in Rome’s Via Barberini in 1945. Commissioned in 1948 and sent to Pinin Farina for coachwork in September that year, this A6 1500 was delivered new to Italian landowner and winemakerThe new A6 1500 (the ‘A’ for deceased Maserati brother Alfieri) saw the light Vittorio Giol, of San Polo Piave, in the Veneto region of Italy in May 1949. Afterof day in 1947 at the Geneva Motor Show. Pinin Farina bodied most, either as nearly seven decades, it can be but conjecture that his brother Americo, whoseductive berlinettas or elegant convertibles. owned a similar car, chassis ‘059’, influenced his choice. All were different in some detail or another, and Pinin Farina’s styling echoed its The Giol family winemaking business is in existence today, and is famous for itsseminal work for Fiat, Cisitalia and Alfa Romeo. Underneath the elegant lightweight sparkling and still white wines. aluminium coachwork sat a single-carburettor, 1488cc straight-six mated to a four- speed gearbox with tunnel change. The separate tubular chassis had independent Like so many other exotic cars of the day, an American serviceman and keen amateurfront suspension and a live axle at the rear. The fitment of Houdaille hydraulic racing driver, Lemual D. Ladd, purchased the car in the early 1950s and shipped itdampers and coil springs all round was typical of the brothers’ intention to keep the back to the U.S. The car’s third owner, David Chopourian of Billerica, MA boughtcar closely related to the company’s effective single-seater racing cars. the car from Ladd’s estate in 1963, as he confirmed in the following email correspondence after offering the car for sale as a ‘garage find’ in Hemmings, June 2003:24 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
The Old World meeting the New – David Chopourian’s newly acquired Maserati A6 1500 sits alongside his early Corvette Motor Cars For Sale | Kidston SA | 25
“I believe I am the third owner. The second owner was Lemual Ladd. I purchased a passionate collector and enthusiast who has enjoyed showing the car at Thethe car from his estate in 1963. I drove the car for about 4 months. The timing chain Quail as well competing with it on the Mille Miglia Storica. failed. It has been garaged ever since. The engine was removed and disassembled.The engine was not fitted with the original carburettor, or electric fuel pump. The The level of detailing and finish is quite extraordinary, as can be seen from thedistributor appears to have been retrofit with Mallory components.The serial number photographs. The car is presented in beautiful condition and not only mechanicallyis 078. I believe the paint is the original blue, the upholstery is maroon corduroy and capable and fully ‘on the button’ to tackle the Mille Miglia: it is also highly eligible,leather. Interior, including headliner, is in good condition, considering the age. Pictures being amongst the organisers’ top tier of cars most likely to gain an entry.currently not available, since I have already received considerable interest in the car,that may not be necessary. I do have a few pictures of the car taken while it was still In one family ownership for four decades, ‘078’ also boasts confirmed ‘matchingregistered in 1963, but I don’t have a digital camera to take pictures of the car today.” numbers’, its original colours inside and out and a history file that includes the engine’s original dyno test sheet.The colour photos from 1963 accompanying the car show discerning enthusiast Chopourian’s newly acquired Maserati posing alongside his very early white As production of its road cars grew, Maserati rapidly gained a reputation for beingCorvette – truly the Old World meeting the New. the marque of choice for ‘old money’, those prizing discretion and more than enough performance over brash, showy styling. The new owner treated ‘078’ to the most fastidious restoration over the next couple of years. For five years it enjoyed a life back in Europe, before returning to The post-War Maserati road car legend started with the A6 1500, and this exampleWest Coast America in 2012 and the custodianship of its current surgeon owner, is the noble ancestor of all subsequent Maseratis. 26 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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The ex-Gianni Agnelli1952 Bentley R-Type Continental FastbackCoachwork by H.J. MullinerChassis no. BC12A Engine no. BCA 12 Body no. 5478“My first encounter with a Mulliner Fastback Continental took place at Le Mans in A main attraction.1953… We glided around the famous course doing 120mph down the Hunaudières The R-Type andstraight… I was so mesmerised by the speedometer that I hardly noticed the admiring its followers atcrowds who had obviously never seen a touring car perform in this way before.” – Prince Villa d’EsteSadruggin Aga Khan, later an R-Type Continental owner First delivered via Franco-Britannic Automobiles of Paris toThe Bentley R-Type Continental Fastback principal Fiat shareholder, industrialist and playboy Gianni Agnelli A rare and desirable ‘A’ Series car, the 12th built and second lightestSummarised as “a Modern Magic Carpet” by The Autocar, the R-Type Continental ‘Matching numbers’, manual, right-hand drive,Fastback in its time was the ultimate in transcontinental land travel for the super- lightweight bucket seats and spatsrich owner-driver. Original colour of Fiat Traffic Blue with tan hide Concours-winner and recent Villa d’Este entry,In drab post-War Britain, it was extraordinary that Bentley found 207 buyers for 51,797km believed genuinea car with such a colossal price tag - £4,890 plus £2,083 purchase tax. But whenthe prototype was shown at the Paris Salon and the London Motor Show in theautumn of 1951, production was sold-out for many months ahead. The car came about from Bentley’s post-War interest in producing a lightweight,high-performance, two-door four-seater. In 1949, H.J. Mulliner had produced three‘Mulliner Lightweights’, streamlined coupés based on Mk VI running gear. In parallel,Franco-Britannic Automobiles of Paris commissioned Pinin Farina to design a sportingBentley Mk VI coupé. The ‘Cresta’ was another aerodynamic design – but heavy. Ivan Evernden, Bentley’s head of chassis design, combined the principle of thealuminium bodywork/frame of Mulliner’s Lightweights with many of the chassisdevelopments of the Cresta. A tuned version of the new R-type’s 4566cc engine,coupled to a close-ratio gearbox and final drive ratio of 3.077:1 gave 28mph per1000rpm in the overdriven fourth gear and a 120mph maximum.28 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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The new Bentley was introduced to the public as the ‘Continental Sports Saloon’, The specification was typical of an early Continental fastback: H.J. Mulliner steela title that encapsulated its role as a long-distance express. bumpers, lightweight seats, rear wheel spats and a plain radiator. The only listed extra was an armrest on the passenger door. As the model’s low weight was greatlyA total of 207 (plus the prototype) were built in five series:‘A’ to ‘E’, from May 1952 prized, it’s worth noting that ‘BC12A’ was recorded as the second lightest built.to April 1955, and no two were the same. Typical of Agnelli’s patriotism and style, not to mention a nod to the wealth thatSuch was the demand for the new Continental that the first 30 were reserved resulted from the family car company, he chose a Fiat shade ‘Traffic Blue’, withfor export and all but four A series were RHD. Among the first owners was Tan interior.Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat, Gianni Agnelli who purchased ‘BC12A’, the 12th Continental built, the car you see here. Agnelli, the unofficial ‘King of Italy’ and most influential man in modern Italian history, set standards for high living, exquisite taste and effortless style and it was entirelyThis Car appropriate that he should be one of the first owners of an R-Type Continental. Forever the playboy, one paramour was Pamela Churchill, then separated from herAs recorded in the definitive work on the subject, Bentley Continental Sports Saloon first husband and living in an apartment in Paris in the early 1950s. The matchby the late Christian Hueber and David A. Sulzberger, ‘BC12A’ was completed wasn’t to be when Agnelli left her for a new Italian love whom he was to marry, buton 31st October 1952, invoiced on 19th November 1952 and sold via Franco- the separation had some consolation for the English-born socialite, as contemporaryBritannic Automobiles, Paris to ‘A. Agnelli, Italy’ on 9th February 1953.30 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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reports record her being left his Paris Australia in early 1960. As attested by In the current owner’s hands, ‘BC12A’ to world-class concours standard.apartment, the Bentley and a generous the car’s Carte d’Identité FIVA,‘BC12A’ has shared a garage with a McLaren F1, Totalling some AU$250k, the engine-financial settlement. has stayed in Australia ever since, with Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959, and the out work included repainting and just seven owners after Agnelli, each 51,797km showing on its odometer is detailing all chassis parts, engine,Presumably not interested in enjoying the car for healthy periods – believed to be the mileage covered gearbox, rear-axle and engine bayownership of such a car, ‘BC12A’ was one for over two decades. In 1995 it from new. interior, plus re-chroming wheresold via Franco-Britannic to French was subject to a restoration by R.A. appropriate, and re-hanging andresident Robert Schasseur on 19th July McDermott & Co Rolls-Royce and From June 2012 to March 2013 the rebuilding the doors. The bills1954. It enjoyed six further years in Bentley specialists. car was subject to the most particular accompanying the car run to manySchasseur’s hands before export to refreshing and detailing to bring it pages of gaskets, bolts, screws and washers – if it could be disassembled and made like new, it was. The result of this stunning work was ‘Best in Show’ at Motorclassica Melbourne in 2012, and the car’s Traffic Blue paintwork was perfectly at home at the 2013 Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance. The R-Type Bentley Continental deserves to be considered in the same company as the Ferrari 250 GT, Aston DB5 and London-Edinburgh Rolls- Royce Ghost: marque- and epoch- defining cars, all. This early example, to the definitive specification and ordered new by one of the 20th Century’s most charismatic characters, a key player in the post-War automotive and social worlds, is probably the finest available today.32 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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1955 Lancia Aurelia B24S Spyder Americawith Fontana ‘low roof’ hard topCoachwork by Pinin FarinaChassis no. S-1044 Engine no. B24-1052The dust had barely settled after WW2 when Lancia began planning itsrevolutionary next sports car. Francesco de Virgilio and the dean of Italian enginecreators Vittorio Jano drew up a new power unit, the world’s first production V6.It was so good that it remained in use until 1970.The Lancia AureliaNamed Aurelia after the Roman highway, it continued Lancia’s preference for asheet metal platform frame, integrated with the body for even greater stiffness.The independent rear suspension was state-of-the-art and to improve weightdistribution the clutch, four-speed gearbox, differential and rear brakes were alllocated in a single unit at the rear.It was a brilliant concept, thoughtfully executed in the finest Lancia tradition. A sister car sporting Fontana’s rakish hard top in periodThe short-wheelbase B20 GT coupé version with coachwork by Pinin Farinaboasted a 120mph+ top speed and became favoured daily transport for racing The ultimate specification for Lancia’s mostdrivers of the period including Juan Manuel Fangio. sought-after road car An iconic Pinin Farina design that precedesCompany boss Gianni Lancia recognised the value of competition. Initial success in their Ferrari California Spyderthe Tour of Sicily led to a factory team in the 1951 Mille Miglia. After 13 hours, 10 Stunning and ultra rare Fontana ‘low roof ’ hard topminutes, the 2-Litre Lancia Aurelia B20 GT of Bracco and Maglioli finished second ‘Matching numbers’, eligible for world class eventsoverall, just 20 minutes behind the 230bhp, 4.1-litre Ferrari coupé of Villoresi and and eminently useableCassani. Two more Aurelias finished fifth and seventh overall, monopolising the2-Litre GT class.Further successes followed: an overall win in the Pescara 6 hours, class wins at theTour ofTuscany andTour of Sicily and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.The B20GT returnedto the Mille Miglia in 1952, finishing third overall then winning the Targa Florio.34 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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The Lancia Aurelia’s engine continued to grow in output and displacement, reaching latches (American hotrodders would call it ‘shaved’) – confined onlookers’ eyes toserious performance levels in 1953 with the 2.5-litre Series 3, a pair of Weber the body’s perfect proportions.The front wings, passenger compartment and reardual-choke carburettors helping to create the ultimate Aurelia. Lancia concurrently wings are pleasing, nearly equal thirds, visually communicating the Aurelia B24S’sreplaced its independent rear suspension with a new de Dion live axle and a chassis balance. It can be mistaken for nothing else.winning formula became even better. Only one thing was missing, an open Aurelia.Lancia and Pinin Farina resolved that in 1954 with the Aurelia B24. Produced for barely a year before it was succeeded by a less sporting Pinin Farina convertible, the Lancia Aurelia B24 Spyder America was built in limited quantity,The Lancia B24S Spyder America about 240 in all, with 181 clients requesting left-hand drive.Built on an even shorter wheelbase of 2450mm, the open two-seat Aurelia was This Carintroduced as a U.S.-focused model called, appropriately, the Spyder America.Left-hand drive was offered for the first time with cars thus equipped designated This example, chassis ‘1044’, was probably delivered through Max Hoffman’sthe B24S (sinistra). famed Hoffman Motor Car Company on Park Avenue in NewYork City. Its original livery was Grigio (a very pale grey) with red leather. At one stage it was ownedAmong many milestone designs by Pinin Farina, the Lancia Aurelia B24 Spyder by Victor M Ricci of Brooklyn. By the summer of 1963 it was in Illinois, registeredAmerica stands apart. Myriad details – Lancia’s distinctive shield-shaped grille, to Eunice Griffith who we believe owned it until 1995 when it was sold via ‘Lewraparound windscreen, delicate quarter bumpers, absence of exterior trim and Patron’, connoisseur, bon vivant and dealer extraordinaire the late Raymond Milo.36 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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His client was another veteran of the classic car world, jeweller, dealer and collector clutch etc. over the years, in 2009, I had Tony go through the entire brake andLuciano Bertolero of Turin, Italy – the car’s birthplace. transmission systems. $23,000 later he was done. I have detailed billing from him. Over the years I had many other items attended to. Restored the Borranis andBertolero had the Lancia restored in his own specialist workshop over a three- bumpers, grill work, electrical tidy up etc. Everything I have done is supportedyear period, including a complete mechanical and cosmetic overhaul as detailed with detailed invoices etc. No major engine work done. Various small things overby a 90-photograph album chronicling progress. He chose the model’s archetypal the years. Tony said the engine did not require any work. Obviously, he test droveAzzurro livery for the coachwork, with dark blue upholstery and soft top, selling the car when he worked on it.” Bills on file dating from this period total $108,000it after five years to Milan industrialist Terenzio Longoni. The latter was then and the car is U.S. titled: it is eligible for importation to Europe via Great Britainapproached by an intermediary for a well-known U.S. West Coast collector and at just 5%.the rest, as they say, is history. Fitted with an ultra-rare, original Fontana ‘low roof ’ hard top, this Italian beautyPrior to shipping to California, Borrani wire wheels and a Nardi twin-carburettor rivals anything created in Maranello or Modena for aesthetic appeal and romance.set-up were fitted at the request of the buyer, and the Lancia spent the next 15 Liveried in Fifties’ Lancia colours and maintained by experts, chassis ‘1044’ wouldyears in his collection of rare European sports cars. It was shown at Pebble Beach be a welcome addition to the Mille Miglia retrospective, the lawn at any exclusivein 2005 (display only) and has barely been driven, although model expert Tony concours d’elegance or outside your favourite café in Portofino or St TropezNicosia was entrusted to go through it slowly over a period of years correcting (where film director RogerVadim once swanned around in his with Brigitte Bardot).and improving minor details as found: “Although we had ‘fiddled’ with the brakes, Perhaps no automotive design better sums up La Dolce Vita…38 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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The ex-Geneva Motor Show1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Series I SWB Coupé AerodinamicoCoachwork by PininfarinaChassis no. 3361/SA Engine no. 3361/SAWith annual production in the mid-Fifties of well under a hundred chassis a year,each Ferrari was of necessity a rare, bespoke, essentially unique statement of theirowners’ success and the performance and aesthetic refinement of Ferrari and hischosen coachbuilders.Then Ferrari’s production quadrupled from 1955 to 1959 and doubled again by1962, reaching 493 chassis of all types that year. The bulk was the series-produced250 GT coupé by Pinin Farina introduced in 1958, and its successor the 250 GTE.They brought Ferrari within the reach of a wider market of successful businessmenand professionals but, with only a few exceptions of modified coachwork for selectclients, were neither sufficiently powerful nor visually distinctive enough to satisfyFerrari’s most demanding clientele.The Ferrari 400 SuperamericaWilling to pay extravagantly for exclusivity, speed and refined design, industrialists, One of circa 13 short-wheelbase 400 Superamericas builtfinanciers, royalty and star performers were a lucrative if small market that Seven known private owners from new, the current for 28 yearsenhanced Ferrari’s visibility and reputation. For them the 400 Superamerica was Elegant original colour scheme including preserved leatherconceived by Ferrari and bodied by Pininfarina with coachwork of unusual concept Ferrari Classiche certified and Italian registeredand sophistication, the Coupé Aerodinamico.In addition to its concept and intended clients, the 400 Superamerica was asignificant departure for Ferrari. Unlike its predecessor the 410 Super America,which was powered by the fixed head, Aurelio Lampredi-designed ‘long block’ V12,the 400 Superamerica employed a revised casting of Gioacchino Colombo’s originalremovable head, ‘short block’ V12, now with spark plugs outside the engine’s vee.The Tipo 163 engine and its successors would power every V12 Ferrari for the nextdecade and beyond. Even the model designation ‘400’ was a departure for Ferrari,40 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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designating the engine’s 4-litre total displacement rather than the prior practice of 2420mm wheelbase chassis that took advantage of the Colombo engine’s compactnaming series for their single cylinder displacement. dimensions, ‘Superfast II’ and its Series I Coupé Aerodinamico successors expressed the very best of Italian coachwork design: clean, sleek, light and purposeful.The new engine, with 340bhp or more, took advantage of an electrically operatedoverdrive on the 4-speed, fully synchronised gearbox. Koni telescopic shock Pininfarina continued to refine the Coupé Aerodinamico for the next three years ofabsorbers replaced the earlier lever shocks for better suspension control and the limited series production, exploring several variations of the concept but continuingengine’s greater performance was balanced by four-wheel disc brakes. The Tipo 163 faithfully to express its aerodynamic functionality in a plethora of fresh ideas. In all,engine used in the 400 Superamerica was modified and installed in the Ferrari 330 only some 32 or 33 examples of the 400 Superamerica Coupé Aerodinamico wereTRI/LM which Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien drove to overall victory in the 1962 built from 1960’s 2420mm short-wheelbase ‘Superfast II’ to the last 2600mm-long24 Hours of Le Mans. wheelbase Series II.Pininfarina introduced the Coupé Aerodinamico at the Turin show in November This Car1960, a radical departure from the angular, conventional, three-box concept ofthe 250 GT coupé. Called ‘Superfast II’, it represented fresh thinking that applied Ferrari 400 Superamerica Series I Coupé Aerodinamico chassis no. ‘3361/SA’ isaerodynamics throughout its design with a low, oval air intake, hidden electrically one of the last of the short-wheelbase examples. According to veteran Ferrarioperated concealed headlights, cold-air bonnet scoop, raked windshield, inward- historian Antoine Prunet, Pininfarina’s records show that the chassis entered theirsloping side windows and roof pillars, and a long rear window and tail that tapered coachworks on 18th December 1961 and the completed car left on 10th Marchin both elevation and plan view to a nearly teardrop tail. Fitted on an unusually short 1962 with internal reference number 99537. It was displayed, along with Pininfarina’s42 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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design exercise ‘Superfast III’ and a 400 Superamerica Pininfarina Cabriolet, at the ‘3361/SA’ is a refinement of the original ‘Superfast’ Coupé Aerodinamico with open1962 Geneva Salon, as noted in its extensive documentation file. Finished in Blu headlights above a wide air intake with egg-crate grille and a pair of fog lights.Notte (midnight blue, Italver paint code 18943M) with natural Connolly leather A wide, chrome-trimmed carburettor air intake scoop dominates the bonnetupholstery (code 3309), it was bought at the show by Mr. Giuseppe Brainovich and subtly mimics the shape of the radiator air intake. Eleven louvres punctuateresiding at Via San Simpliciano 6, Milano, a loyal client who owned several special the side of the front wings between a curved ridge arising from the top of theFerraris. In the next four years ‘3361SA’ returned at least four times for servicing at front wheel arch and the Coupé Aerodinamico’s characteristic mid-body ridge.the factory’s Assistenza Clienti in Modena. The greenhouse has door vent windows and trapezoidal rear quarter windows flanking the long, sloping rear window that flows without interruption into theOn 16th October 1968 the car was sold at a bankruptcy auction in Zurich to a smooth boot lid culminating in a styled rear bumper containing the rear marker,Brescia Lancia dealer improbably named Dino Ferrari, who registered it in Italy on signal and brake lights.6th November that year with the licence plate it still bears today.The following 17thJuly it was bought by 25-year-old Mrs Ernesta Comendulli, although for decades The integration of design and style is representative of Pininfarina’s best work whenit was common practice in Italy to title cars in the names of wives or female the company and its designers were at the peak of their creativity and success.relatives for tax reasons. Eight years later, on 1st January 1977, its third private The design, particularly in profile, is beautifully balanced on the short, 2420mmowner became Salvatore Borrelli in Naples. In 1985 he sold it to its current Italian wheelbase chassis: crisp, succinct and purposeful in a way few of Ferrari’s prestigeowner and it joined a superb sports and racing car collection including significant models have been.Ferraris ranging from 250 GT SWB California Spyder to, later on, the 333SP.44 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
Having had seven known private owners from new, so local VAT will be payable by private European chassis. Certified by Ferrari Classiche and well‘3361/SA’ has survived remarkably unscathed since buyers; this can be minimised by export from Italy documented, this is a Ferrari that will be a welcomeits appearance at Geneva in 1962. Its exterior livery and re-import to the EU via Great Britain at just participant in the most prestigious shows, tours andis patinated and decades old. The upholstery is the 5% (already granted). Outside the EU, or for VAT events, a Ferrari to be admired by connoisseursoriginal pelle naturale Connolly installed by Pininfarina’s registered buyers, no VAT applies. for its aesthetics and enjoyed by its next owner fortrimmers, now delightfully and characterfully worn its gratifying, peerless ‘60s ‘King of the Autostrada’from a half-century’s use. Its originality has been Sparingly used, consistently maintained, long- performance.recognised by Ferrari Classiche’s most prestigious ownership automobiles are increasingly sought byaccolade, the Red Book certification, and it comes collectors. Their popularity has meant that the very It is one of only some thirteen short-wheelbasewith many original and copy documents fully best models, like ‘3361/SA’, are hard to find, especially Series I 400 Superamerica Coupé Aerodinamicos,describing its history as well as a partially complete when combined with the brilliance of Pininfarina’s among the most exotic and rare roadgoing Ferraritool roll and correct Borrani spare wheel and tyre. limited production Coupé Aerodinamico coachwork GTs built. Its future is bright.The car is owned by a VAT-registered company, and the performance of Ferrari’s 400 Superamerica Motor Cars For Sale | Kidston SA | 45
The ex-Neil Corner/ Noel Edmonds1965 Ford GT40 Mk I Production Racing CoupeChassis no. GT40P/1014There can be few classics with the potential to win at the highest level, offer modernsupercar performance on the road, yet be equally capable of 186mph on theMulsanne straight or the A41 Tring bypass – in the nude.This is one. The Ford GT40Henry Ford II’s intention to make a car with which to beat Ferrari at Le Mans Fresh out of the box fromproduced one of the most enthralling battles motor racing had yet witnessed. Ford Advanced Vehicles,From 1964, the struggle raged between the two companies’ mid-engined prototypes, the car goes for its first road testfinishing with the eventual scoreline at the 24-hour race of 4:2 in Ford’s favour. The publicity generated by the wins forever associated the Ford Motor Companywith success at Le Mans.Two of those overall victories were by 7-litre, American-built cars, the Mk II and A definitive early series, small-block GT40 raced in periodMk IV, but the small-block (289ci/4727cc) GT40s proved highly competitive in the by British gentleman drivershands of Ford AdvancedVehicles-supported and privateer teams. Indeed, John Wyer, Unbroken history documented by marque expert Ronnie Spainthe legendary team manager in charge of the project in Europe, long believed that Road registered, eligible for the Tour Auto, Le Mans Classica properly prepared 289 could win in France – a theory he proved with his own and Goodwood RevivalGulf-sponsored cars, which triumphed against powerful opposition from Ferrari and Recent restoration to original specification of special-orderPorsche in 1968 and 1969. Courage Blue with correct GT40 289ci motor, ‘parachute silk’ seats and Borrani wire wheelsIts intentions to purchase Ferrari having been rebuffed by Il Commendatore in 1963, Notorious for ‘186mph in the nude’ stuntFord engaged Lola’s Eric Broadley to design a mid-engined prototype with which to by British TV celebrity Noel Edmondswin the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours. The new ‘Ford GT’ had a steel monocoque andhigh-tech glassfibre bodywork – both early examples of computer-aided design –and, after experimenting with an alloy ‘Indianapolis’ engine, the production ‘GT40’was powered by the racing Shelby Cobra’s iron-block 289 V8.46 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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The characteristic crossover exhaust manifold, radical cam-timing and quadruple Top left: Sharing the pits with a David Top right: Rounding a tight curveWeber carbs not only gave a reliable 350-385bhp, they also produced the GT40’s Piper Ferrari 250 LM at the 1967 Paris on the demanding Mont Ventoux hillcharismatic howl at high revs – quite different from the low rumble usually associated 1000km, Montlhéry climb in 1967with American V8s. Above: At high speed at the 1967The GT40 was a thoroughbred, and Ford Advanced Vehicles’ job was to supply Oulton Park Gold Cupleading race teams with competitive cars with which to take on Ferrari (250 LM)and Porsche (906/910). The 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours was flooded with semi-works GT40s (even including an entry from Ferrari stalwarts Scuderia Filipinetti).The pattern was repeated in 1966 and 1967, with customer GT40s finishing in thetop three at many international races, as well as scoring countless wins at local level.Although it was Ford’s intention to produce the model as what we would now call aroadgoing ‘supercar’, 48 of the 79 original Mk I GT40s were delivered ‘ready to race’and, in those more liberated times, most were road-registered. It was the perfectmount for a wealthy gentleman racer who might wish to drive it to a local event,his faithful back-up team following in a Ford Transit packed with wheels, tyres, toolsand spares. Alternatively, a trailer could be hitched to the trusty ‘Trannie’ and the48 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
long journey made to Spa, the Nürburgring or Sicily for theTarga Florio. Many British Dunlop R6 Green Spot (all-weather) racing tyres, 15 x 6.5in front, 15 x 7.5in rear.privateers followed this romantic route right up to 1970. A last-minute change meant it being finished in special-order Courage Blue, a shade it sports today.This Car Richardson was a well-known British amateur driver, a regular at the BrightonChassis ‘1014’ was delivered new to Karl Richardson, a successful seed merchant Speed Trials and other events including the Mont Ventoux hill climb. In 1964 he’dfrom Essex, United Kingdom on 28th September 1965 and registered ‘NNO 14C’. driven his recently acquired Ferrari 250 GTO at both. It was no surprise, then, thatIt was to the definitive – and attractive – production Mk I GT40 configuration the newly delivered GT40 was seen at both meetings in 1966. In mid-1967, havingof ‘Ford Advanced Vehicles Le Mans Front Mk II’, Shelby-built 289 Cobra engine, once again competed at Mont Ventoux,‘1014’ was sold to Neil Corner.ZF transaxle and Borrani alloy-rimmed wire wheels. As collected, the car ran on Motor Cars For Sale | Kidston SA | 49
The Englishman, better known now for his stellar collection of historic cars and anactive career racing them in the ’70s and ’80s, was an extremely fine driver, withFormula 1 experience to his name. During the rest of 1967 Corner campaignedthe blue car at top-level British events (including a first and a third) making one tripto Paris in October 1967 for the 1000km race at Montlhéry, where engine troubleprevented a finish. In 1968 ‘1014’ was in fresh hands, enthusiastically driven on the road by newowner Martin Henry and raced for him under the ‘Highland Racing Partnership’banner by Barry Wood.The pairing was effective, winning at Snetterton in March1968. Henry kept the GT40, mainly for use on the highway, until 1970 when itwas restored by well-known dealer Brian Classic as a very of-the-period roadcar: Rolls-Royce Sable paintwork, chromium- and cadmium-plated parts anda beige, suede-and-leather interior. It was bought in December 1971 by WestCountry garagiste and semi-professional racing driver Vince Woodman, and hassubsequently passed through several GT40 enthusiasts’ hands, including BritishDJ Noel Edmonds.50 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
Opposite top left: Duelling Noel Edmonds confesses: “I drove at 186mph…with another GT40 at and was naked” Mallory Park in 1968 In an interview with Loaded magazine, the British TVOpposite top right: In a and radio star told of his early morning 186mph dashcrowded grid of special GTs down the local dual-carriageway in the 1980s.“It was atand production sports cars at 4.30 in the morning on the Tring bypass in a Ford GT40.Brands Hatch in 1968 I thought I’d take it out for a breather; the poor thing was stuck in its stable and needed exercise.Opposite lower left:GT40P/1014’s original GT40 “I remember arriving at the roundabout horrendouslyProduction Car Record Sheet fast. I almost didn’t stop.” Following the feature in the lads’ mag, Edmonds’ daughter, Charlotte, ticked him offOpposite lower right: – not for the speed but the revelation that the feat hadTop billing: cover car on a been achieved naked: “Dad, that was just too muchprogramme for a British information.” The local constabulary were reportedlyclub race not amused. Motor Cars For Sale | Kidston SA | 51
GT40P/1014 today The small-block engine, with its correct, quadruple-Weber 48 IDAs was built by Lanzante Motorsport, the British team that supported the Le Mans 24 hours-Under its current, North American ownership,‘1014’ has been enjoyed on the road winning McLaren F1 in 1995. Lanzante prepared and ran ‘1014’, and Adrian Neweyin the Tour Auto and Tour d’Espana, as well as racing at the Le Mans Classic. and Ray Bellm’s GT40s in European historic racing, including the Goodwood Revival and Le Mans Classic.In late 2014 the decision was taken to bring the car back to its delivery specification,so concours-winning painter David George of Cochranville, PA was entrusted with If any car could hope to emulate the Ferrari 250 GTO the GT40, surely, should beapplying the special order Courage Blue to a show standard. The seats are to the a prime candidate. Faster, and easier to drive on the public highway than a Ferrarioriginal, and highly evocative design of black parachute silk with brass eyelets, and 250 LM, the opportunity to obtain a genuine ‘no stories’ GT40 rarely presents itself.the driver is presented with a view of the classic, flat ‘Ford GT’ steering wheel and This car, ‘1014’, is one such, equally at home on the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegancerows of toggle switches and period gauges.With the exception of the rev-counter as it is at high speed leading Porsche 906s and Ferrari Daytonas on the Tour Auto,(by Stack, an understandable addition considering the power of the free-revving or screaming down the famous Mulsanne at Le Mans. V8) and amp-meter, all instruments are by Smiths. The car runs on Borrani alloy-rimwire wheels, whilst tyres are period-correct Dunlop M-series. The brake calipers The choice of attire for these drives – jeans and sweater, Nomex… or none atare original GT40-specification items. all – is entirely down to its new owner.52 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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The ex-Geneva Motor Show1989 Aston Martin V8 Vantage ‘X Pack’Chassis no. SCFCV81V6KTR12660 Engine no. V/580/2660/XWith the resurrection of the Vantage name in 1977, Aston Martin enthusiastseverywhere breathed a sigh of relief; previously applied to high-power versions ofthe DB six-cylinder cars, it had been dormant since the V8’s arrival back in 1969. The Aston Martin V8 VantageThe V8 Vantage was Britain’s flagship sports car and progressed through three One of just 137 Vantage X-Packs built in total, 1986-1989unofficial series, the first until May 1980 producing 370bhp, the second until 1986with 380bhp and the final series, referred to as the X-Pack version (note the ‘X’ Most powerful European specification (408bhp)suffix in the engine number) boasting 408bhp. Incorporating lessons learned from and manual gearboxthe limited-production Zagato model, the classically styled V8 Vantage X-Packreceived the Zagato’s uprated suspension, larger wheels/tyres and, from the 1987 Handsome and unique colour schememodel year, twin electric fans, a full-flow oil system and larger oil radiator. A newsteering column and housing with revised switchgear and tilt adjustment also Fully documented history from new, all booksbecame standard. In total, 137 Vantage X-Pack cars were built before production and tools and rare fitted luggageceased in 1989, 40 of these featuring automatic transmission. Six X-Packs have sincebeen destroyed, so these are rare motor cars. Fresh overhaul by Aston Martin Works Service including brake upgradeThis CarChassis ‘12660’ is one of the last Vantage X-Packs built and was commissioned byAston Martin official dealer Roger Bennington for his own use. His factory orderdated 26th October 1988 specifies a unique colour scheme: British Racing Greenwith dark green leather piped dark red for the upholstery, dash top roll, steeringwheel and cowl, with green Wilton Onslow carpets edged in the same dark greenleather and beige headlining. The gearbox was a five-speed manual.54 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
The Vantage’slast hurrah on thefactory stand at the1989 Geneva Salon Motor Cars For Sale | Kidston SA | 55
The history file shows that ‘12660’ was signed off on 18th January 1989 and enthusiastically for the next three years during which time maintenance wasdelivered to Bennington’s company, Stratton Motor Co Ltd, on 10th April 1989. entrusted to Aston Martin Works Service, the mileage increasing to c.45,000.Before this it had a starring role at the 1989 Geneva Motor Show as recorded byan official plaque on the transmission tunnel. In February 1999 Roger Bennington handled the sale of the Vantage to its third private owner, a prominent German financier. The original supplying dealerThe factory warranty commenced on 4th April 1989, the pre-delivery inspection Stratton Motor Company carried out an extensive list of works including:invoice specifying straight-through rear exhaust pipes, a normal-type spare wheel conversion to left-hand drive, bare metal repainting in the original British Racingand upgraded stereo speakers in the doors and rear parcel shelf. The service Green, top end engine overhaul with conversion to unleaded fuel, new clutch,book gives the official purchase date as 19th April 1990, when it was first taxed fitting front and rear handling kits, fitting a big bore exhaust, converting the frontfor the road. Its original UK registration was ‘G45 HPW’. The first service took blanking grille to open mesh, new windscreen, new tyres and various other jobsplace on 23rd April 1991 at just 973 miles, a few days after the car had been which cost approximately £60,000. The odometer was reset to zero to reflectsold by Bennington to its first private owner, chairman of a listed British the extent of this work.engineering company. Just a year later the Vantage passed to a second German owner, who in 2003 soldHe kept the Vantage until June 1996 when Roger Bennington sold it with circa it to a car-loving property developer in Munich in whose collection it has spent the4,000 miles to a new owner, CEO of a furniture manufacturer, who used it last 12 years. 56 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
Since 2003 the Vantage has been maintained without regard to expense and Martin case and Vantage wiring diagram book are all carefully preserved, with evenenjoyed with passion and care. Maintenance has been carried out by official the ‘Vantage Volante and Vantage Goodyear Eagle tyre manual’. The two-inch thickAston Martin service centres and recently the car has returned to Aston Martin ‘Aston Martin Service Bulletin’ folder contains factory build records, all invoicesWorks Service in Newport Pagnell for a major overhaul to include: full service, for work, extensive period correspondence, the original AM sales brochure andrebuilding the hypoid rear axle, replacing stub axles, carrying out Aston Martin manual for the Becker stereo system. The car is accompanied by its rare fittedbrake upgrade, fitting four new tyres and attending to myriad small details, for luggage in dark red to match the interior piping. It is ready to be enjoyed and, witha total of circa £30,000 + VAT. Mileage shown since 1999 is 23,700km (14,726 its sports exhaust, few classics can match it for presence or performance.miles), for a total of approximately 59,726 miles. This handsome example of Aston Martin’s timeless yet formidable V8 Vantage is,Maintenance invoices on file total €179,450 excluding the latest from Works we believe, just the car that many enthusiasts have been waiting to add to theirService. The original service voucher book, owners handbook in its green Aston collections. Look no further… Motor Cars For Sale | Kidston SA | 57
From a Royal Collection1989 Porsche 911 SpeedsterChassis no. WP0ZZZ91ZKS152411 Engine no. 64K064436The Porsche 911 SpeedsterPorsche introduced the Carrera 2-based Speedster as a concept at the 1987Frankfurt Motor Show. It was a two-seater designed to relive the no-frills, top-downdays of the original 1950s 356 Speedster.The Speedster made it into production for one year only, 1989, and was availablein two body styles: Turbo Look and standard. Deliveries were primarily toPorsche’s two core markets: the United States and Germany. Performance fromthe 3164cc flat-six was well up to Porsche standards: the 231bhp European-specmotor powered the Speedster to 62mph in 6.0 seconds (American cars’ enginesproduced 207bhp).The Speedster was the last 911 model built on the basic bodyshell of the original,1963 911 and the final 911 produced at the old Zuffenhausen factory.This CarThis car is a European specification Speedster in Guards Red with all-black hide Rare one-year-only modelinterior and Turbo Look bodywork. Delivered new to Germany on 21st July 1989, Complete with all accessories and manualsit was acquired for the present collection under the guidance of Porsche guru Alois An appreciating yet highly useable ‘modern classic’Ruf and has covered less than 50,000 kilometres from new. The Speedster comes with all instruction books, original Porsche toolkit andfirst aid kit. The Becker Grand Prix radio has its removal keys and all instructions.The factory underbody wax protection is untouched and still visible.58 | Kidston SA | Motor Cars For Sale
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