1965 Ferrari

• One owner from new and collected in person from the factory

• One of only 14 right-hand-drive 275 GTSs built

• History file includes original Italian registration documents

• Fully restored in the early 2000s

With only 200 having left the Maranello factory between 1964 and 1966, the Ferrari 275 GTS is already a very rare car, but chassis number 07585 is part of an even smaller group because it’s one of only 14 that were built in right-hand-drive form. Amazingly, it has also had only one owner since it was supplied new in 1965.

The British-based enthusiast – who was then still in his early 20s – chose to collect his 275 GTS from Italy. The history file includes an incredibly evocative set of photographs from that trip, showing the Ferrari – in its original colour of Argento and registered on the export plate ‘EE 02324’ – in Modena and then in the mountains on its way back across Europe.

Also part of its file is the original Italian ‘carta di circolazione’, which was issued in the owner’s name in Bologna on 27 August 1965.

He then moved to the US and took the Ferrari with him, and it also accompanied him when he returned to the UK in 1967. It was first registered here in September of that year and has been in the UK ever since.

During the early 2000s, it was treated to a full restoration by a marque specialist, a process that cost almost £100,000 and involved respraying the car in its current shade of red. Since then, the Ferrari has been used only sparingly and had a spell in professional storage, and it was displayed at the 2014 Classic and Supercar Pageant in St John’s Wood, London.

It comes with its factory hardtop, its owner’s handbook in its original wallet, and even a copy of a sheet entitled ‘Brief Instructions for Operation and Maintenance 275/GTS Spyder Ferrari in Advance of Official Printed Instruction Manual’.

With its blend of timeless Pininfarina styling and sonorous, powerful V12 engine, the 275 GTS is an extremely coveted model that was built during a golden period for Ferrari. Not only was the legendary Scuderia enjoying huge success in Formula 1 and endurance races such as the Le Mans 24 Hours, it was also producing some of its most famous road cars.

This particular 275 GTS not only embodies all of that history, it also represents an incredibly rare opportunity to acquire a one-owner-from-new, right-hand-drive example of this highly collectible Ferrari.