1960 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet

This 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series II by Pinin Farina is chassis number 2115 GT powered by engine number 2115 GT. It has gearbox number 237 F and rear axle number 279 F. It is the 84th of 200 Series II Cabriolets constructed.

Mechanical Specification
This Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet has a 102.3 inch (2600mm) wheelbase, an independent front suspension with A-arms, coil springs, and telescopic shock absorbers, and a live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs and telescopic shock absorbers. There are four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes, a four-speed manual gearbox with overdrive, and a 7x32 differential. The 2,953cc SOHC V12 engine has triple Weber 40DCL6 carburetors and produces 240 horsepower at 7,000 RPM.

Unique Features
This Ferrari was the only 250 GT to leave the factory wearing the one-off color combination of Blu Tornado (MM 12909) over Pelle Nera (VM 8500). Additionally, it was optioned with an Abarth exhaust system, Borrani wire wheels, Pirelli Cinturato tires, Borletti instrumentation in kilometers, and a Baroclem battery.

Current Configuration
Chassis number 2115 GT currently wears a shade of blue metallic with a blue convertible top over a Pelle Beige interior. It has a Marmitte ANSA exhaust, Avon tires mounted on Borrani knock-off wire wheels, and there is a driver sideview mirror. The Pelle Beige interior is complemented by a wood-rimmed steering wheel and a color-matched dashboard with a full suite of Veglia instrumentation, with speedometer in kilometers.

Provenance
This Ferrari was sold new by the factory in October 1960 to first owner Raymond Doumith, a resident of Baghdad in the Republic of Iraq. At the close of the decade, the Ferrari was imported to the United States, where it was owned by a Sidney Colberg of San Francisco, California and later a Thomas E. Thompson of Camp Springs, Maryland. In the mid-1980s, the Ferrari was sold to Jake Silberberg of Toronto, Canada. A restoration was performed on this Ferrari in the late 1990s.

Chassis number 2115 GT was later sold by Modena Motorsport GmbH in Langenfeld (Düsseldorf), Germany, to Ralf-Guido Kiwit of Meerbusch (Düsseldorf), Germany. In September of 2002, the car participated in Ferrari Racing Days at the Nürburgring. In July 2005, it was shown at the 11th Modena Motorsport Track Days at the Nürburgring. A year later (July 2006), Mr. Kiwit drove the Ferrari in the Tour Inter Europa and showed the car at the Concours d'Elegance in the Rhineland-Palatinate part of Germany.

In 2013, this Ferrari was sold by Mr. Kiwit through Modena Motorsport to a client in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. By the Fall of 2016, the car had returned to the United States. In 2018, the Ferrari was acquired by a Ferrari collector based in the UK.

This Ferrari achieved Ferrari Classiche Certification in 2021.

By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2024