1965 Bizzarrini Iso Grifo A3/C Competition Berlinetta

This competition Berlinetta is the most successful of the Iso Grifo Bizzarrini-built A/3C works race car in existence. It has a light fiberglass body by the yacht-builder Cantieri Nautici Catarsi and was the first A3/C with independent rear suspension and inboard disc brakes. With its potent 5.4-liter Chevy engine, driven by Regis Fraissinet and Jean de Mortemart, it finished 1st in class and 9th overall at the 24 Hours of LeMans in 1965, achieving a top speed on the Mulsanne Straight of 186 mph - a speed matched only by the 7-liter Ford GT40s.

The 'front mid-engine' A3/C was the brainchild of Giotto Bizzarrini, designer and builder of the famed Ferrari 250 GTO. He built this car while working as a test driver and engineer for Iso. Occupied with the production of its GT, Iso was not interested in funding the creation of a race car, but Bizzarrini was determined to create a high-performance sports car based on the Iso GT platform and campaign it on the international stage. As the legend goes, lacking the funds for even a transporter, Bizzarrini drove the A3/C himself to Le Mans and then back to his workshop in Livorno, Italy, after the 24-hour race.

It went on to participate in the World Sports Car Championship race at the Reims 12 Hours and the Nurburgring and later tackled the Mt. Dore Hill climb, where it was driven by Maurice Tritingnant in his last ever race. Later owners included American actor Remington Olmsted, the Maranello Rosso Collection, and Gregor Fisken. The current caretaker acquired the car in 2012.