1967 Ferrari 330 GTC Coupe

Chassis number 10639 was completed in November 1967 and was sold that month to its first owner Aristole Onassis. Several bespoke features were bestowed upon this 330 GTC, most notably the Rosso Cina (20456 S) over Nero Franzi leather finishes. It was given polished stainless steel rocker panel covers, a custom chromed bumper to protect the grille and bodywork, a leather-clad padded dashboard, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.

By around July 1968, the car had roughly 20,000 kilometers on its odometer. Near the close of 1968, the car was sold to official Ferrari dealer M. Gastone Crepaldi S.a.s. of Milan, Italy, who then sold it to American Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti of Greenwich, Connecticut, in March 1969. Before importing the car to the United States in June 1969, Chinetti had the car serviced at the Ferrari factory one final time.

This Ferrari's first American owner was Benjamin F. Bailar, who later sold it to Darryl G. Marwitz, who displayed the car at Ron Spangler's Prancing Horse Farm Invitational held in Bel Air, Maryland and at the Ferrari Club of America's 1980 Hershey Meet, where it won 2nd in class. The next caretaker was Nelson Griesheimer of Pennsylvania, who would in turn sell the car in 1990 to another Pennsylvania-based enthusiast. The Ferrari would spend the next three decades in storage. When it emerged from its slumber, it was purchased by the current caretaker, who commissioned a full restoration by Gary Bobileff of San Diego, California, who returned it back to the original specifications.

By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2024