1967 ISO Grifo GL Berlinetta

This 1967 Iso Grifo GL Series I was restored by Salvatore Diomante and earned a Best in Class award at the 2017 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. It wears a Rosso Cordoba Metallizzato exterior over a tan leather interior, and the odometer currently shows 4,311 kilometers. Beneath the bonnet is a modern GM 355 V8 engine, but also remaining with the car is its fully rebuilt, period-correct 5.4-liter V8 engine. This Iso Grifo GL is equipped with the optional ZF five-speed manual transmission.

Between 1965 and 1969, a total of 330 examples of the Iso Grifo were produced.

By Daniel Vaughan | Jun 2023

There is something magical about the combination of Italian coachwork and a 5.3-liter American V8. In this case, a 360 horsepower V8 turning a ZF five-speed gearbox and 3:31 rear axle which can get you close to 170 miles per hour.

In 1991, the car was sold by Oliver Kuttner to Signore Giuseppe Prevesti, an Italian textile magnate. He returned the car to Italy and engaged Salvatore Diamonte, the former Bizzarrini factory manager, to commence restoration. Due to tax issues, Prevesti liquidated his collection in 2007. The new owner, Herr Fischer of Hamburg, regularly exercised the car at speeds up to 160 mph. These momentary indiscretions led Fischer to sell the car in 2012, to Imtiaz Shaikh of Dubai. After lengthy negotiations, the car was brought stateside to Southwest Florida.