1968 Ferrari 206 Dino GT Coupe

This 1968 example is believed to be the 18th of 153 Dino 206 GTs produced. It left Maranello's workshops on August 30th, 1968 and was delivered to Crepaldi Automobili S.a.s. in Milan that same day. The original paint scheme was Rosso Chiaro over Nero vinyl seats with red cloth insert. A few weeks later, the car was sold to its first owner, Italo Musico. The car remained with Mr. Musico for four years before it was sold in 1972 to Captain Don Grigg, an American serviceman stationed in Italy. Mr. Grigg imported the car to the United States and sold it to Charles 'Chuck' Sadek in 1974, who would become the car's caretaker for the next three decades. In 2004, it was sold to Tom Shaughnessy of Oceanside, California, who sold it to Mike Alexander of Newport Beach, CA, that same year. Two years later, it was sold to Frank Saucedo, who sold it back to Mr. Shaughnessy in 2008, who sold it to Jon Gunderson of California.

Mr. Gunderson treated the Dino to a full concours restoration in 2013 that took three years to complete. Dino Restorations of California stripped the car to its bare alloy shell, Dugan Enterprises of Oceanside, California, handled the mechanical sorting, and Speedzone of Santee, California, refinished the car in Grigio Notte Metallizzato before Dino Restorations installed a correct black vinyl interior with blue cloth seat inserts sourced from Italian upholstery shop Luppi.

After the restoration was completed, the car was displayed at the XXVI Palm Beach Cavallino Classic and multiple times at the Concorso Italiano in Monterey, winning second in its class in 2017.

In 2018, the car was sold to Mike Sheehan of Ferraris Online in 2018 who, in turn, sold the car to the current caretaker that same year.

By Daniel Vaughan | Apr 2023