Your Basic Million-Dollar Toy

Most Americans think the Mille Miglia Storica is a grueling event; in fact it is a tiring, lengthy 1,000-mile parade where your greatest danger (in an open car) is having…

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An $11,000 Ferrari Fender Bender

In the June issue of SCM we compared the cost of painting a Mercedes 450SL with a Ferrari 308 (“The $7,000 Paint Job,” page 61). Here, we take a look…

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The Best Ferrari Vintage Racer

“What’s the best way to race in the Ferrari Historic Challenge?” the caller asked. The American version of the very successful European Ferrari Historic challenge is sponsored in part by…

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The $7,000 Paint Job

I was recently asked why it should cost $7,000 to paint a garden-variety Ferrari 308 when a Mercedes 450SL can be resprayed for under $2,500. Before I answer, let me…

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The 250 LM: Fast but Nasty

Perhaps the best-known Ferrari street/race cars of the ’60s are the 250 GTO and the 250 LM. Although they were built in similarly small numbers, the value of 250 LMs…

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Vector, Another Fantasy Flop

The Vector was created by Gerald “Jerry” Wiegart as an American challenge to the European Supercars of the 1970s. A non-running prototype was first shown at the Los Angeles Auto…

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F50 GT, A Very Exclusive Club

F50 GT S/N 003 was the feature car at the RM Classic Car Auction at Scottsdale, Arizona, on January 23, 2000. With standard F40s selling in the $250,000–300,000 range, and…

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Grand Touring Bargains

From 1947 to 1957 Ferrari evolved from a small race shop, producing only two cars, to a world-recognized, high-performance company building 200 cars. However, its cars were still mostly custom-built…

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Which Boxer for You?

Ferrari’s sporting and Grand Touring reputation through the ’50s and ’60s was built around low and sleek Italian bodies fitted with front engine V12 engines. The pinnacle of the road-going,…

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