1969 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 Coupe

Chassis number 11893 is a European specification, left-hand drive car with instruments in metric. It was delivered through Torino dealer Italcar S.A. to a local resident, Mr. Schreiber, in June of 1969. It was registered a TO D 09929. At some point in the early 1970s, the car was exported to the United States and was acquired in 1974 by Richard S. Scarpellini, of St. Louis, Missouri, who drove it in the FCA Tour de Saint Louis in nearby Westport in September of that year. Ownership passed through Foreign Cars Italia of North Carolina in 1979 to Jim Francis, of Roanoke, Virginia. Ownership then passed to David G. Seibert, of Atlanta, Georgia, and then to Fred Von Basedow, of Moline, Illinois. Mr. Von Basedow is believed to have owned the car until the late 1980s, when it was acquired by Ralph D. Crosby Jr., of California. In 1995, he displayed the car at the Newport Beach Concours d'Elegance, by which time it was reported to have undergone a complete restoration, including a bare-metal repaint in black, with new leather interior, carpeting, and headliner installed.

It was sold in 1997 and at that time, had completed just 2,000 miles since its restoration.

By Daniel Vaughan | Sep 2015