1967 Ferrari 330 GTS Convertible Coupe

The Ferrari 330 GTC arrived first, unveiled in March 1966 at the Geneva Motor Show, followed by an open-top version dubbed the 330 GTS in October of that year at the Paris Motor Show. It received the same chassis and drivetrain as its GTC sibling, with its four-liter Colombo-designed V-12 engine offering 300 horsepower at 7,000 RPM and 244 pound-feet of torque at 5,000 RPM. By the time production ceased in 1968, a total of 598 coupes (330 GTC) and 100 spiders (330 GTS) had been constructed.

Zero to sixty mph took around six seconds, and the top speed was achieved at nearly 150 mph.

This example, chassis number 10359, was completed in the fall of 1967 and wore an Azzurro (19278 M) exterior over Nero Franzi leather trim. Accessories installed included power windows, air conditioning, and Campagnolo alloy wheels.

This was the show car displayed at the XLIV Torino Motor Show held at Parco Valentino in Torino, Italy. After the show, it was sent to the United States for sale via Luigi Chinetti Motors of Greenwich, Connecticut. Smitten by the car, Chinetti and company withheld the car from sale, instead, using it as a display car along the East Coast throughout 1968 and 1969.

On June 26, 1969, the car was sold by Algar Enterprises, Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to its first owner James 'Jamie' Wyeth of Wilmington, Delaware. In 1975, the car was collected from Andrew Wyeth's barn in the Chadds Ford area of Pennsylvania by Ferrari mechanics Doug Richmond and Don Noble. Later that year, it was sold to Carl Cantera of Wilmington, Delaware, who kept it for nearly three decades. While in his care, the car was repainted red and fitted with Borrani wire wheels.

Mr. Cantera displayed the Ferrari at at Ron Spangler's Prancing Horse Farm Picnic in Bel Air, Maryland in 1980, where it won Best of Show. A sympathetic restoration by Doug Richmond near the close of 1987 included a bare-metal repaint in red. When the work was completed, it was shown at the 24th Annual Ferrari Club of America National Meet at Wolf Trap Farm and Summit Point, West Virginia, where it placed First in Class and won the President's Cup.

Mr. Cantera displayed the 330 GTS at numerous shows throughout the 1980s and 1990s, collecting many Best of Show and First in Class finishes including a First in Class at the Palm Beach Cavallino Classic in 1994 and display at the 1995 Meadow Brook Hall Concours d'Elegance.

In 1999, ownership of the spider to Mr. Cantera's son, Richard 'Dick' Cantera. In 2017, the car was imported to England where it was sold that same year to the current caretaker who, in October of that year, commissioned a detailed mechanical overhaul by Barkaways Ferrari of Kent, United Kingdom as well as a complete interior and roof retrim by O'Rourke Coachtrimmers of West Sussex, United Kingdom.

During this time, the car was certified by Ferrari Classiche, earning its Certificate of Authenticity, Libretto, and Red Book.

In 2020, it was shown at the London Concours where it won Best of Show. Near the end of 2020, the car was returned to its factory original shade of Azzurro by Bob Houghton LTD in conjunction with Ross Packard.

In 2021, the car was shown at the Salon Privé Concours d'Elégance.

By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2024