Ferrari 275 GTB/c BY Scaglietti year 1964 (Page 3): I only had peasant Alfas. A European '68 GTV Veloce and a '71 1750 body with a 2000 engine swapped. My Unysin went with the '68 when...

Waltm Loc: Fredericksburg, VA

I only had peasant Alfas. A European '68 GTV Veloce and a '71 1750 body with a 2000 engine swapped.
My Unysin went with the '68 when I sold it.
I had to swap the real headlights for U.S. sealed beams when I tried to register it in the States.

chevman Loc: Matthews, North Carolina

ncshutterbug wrote:

It is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, and if it were to be used on the road it would deteriorate to junk eventually. Can you imagine what that car will be worth 20 yr. from now if taken care of lovingly like it deserves?

In 20 years this car may well be worth more or it may not be worth anything there are several factors involved which determine the value of a collectable or an antique. the next generation may not care anything about '60s exotoc or muscle cars or it may be the opposite you never know. Exotic car prices are very volatile and under car auction conditions the value may increase or decrease it all depends on the buyer's present and the current economic conditions at the time of the auction.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

chevman wrote:

In 20 years this car may well be worth more or it may not be worth anything there are several factors involved which determine the value of a collectable or an antique. the next generation may not care anything about '60s exotoc or muscle cars or it may be the opposite you never know. Exotic car prices are very volatile and under car auction conditions the value may increase or decrease it all depends on the buyer's present and the current economic conditions at the time of the auction.

One does wonder. There are apparently lots of wealthy people in the world, and collectible cars have gone crazy in price. For example, old air-cooled 911 Porsches (not to mention 356s and speedsters) are crazy expensive - you can just about buy a new 911 for the price of a nice '73 E or S (>100K$).

blackhorse 1-7

As always, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. And value is whatever someone is willing to pay for something. In 1945, the American Mustang (P-51) cost the government $50,900 per plane. After the war, they were sold as surplus for $1,500. Today, you can't buy one for under one million dollars. Wonder what Ansel Adams' camera would sell for today?

dreamon

The tailights are ugly, but the rest of the car... wow.

FrankR Loc: NYC

letmedance wrote:

As fine a Car as it was it is still Italian and my experiences with the older Italian cars have all been negative. I could see 2,600,000.

I went to Southebys site and learned that this car is one of three that were built and is the only one that was ever to come up for sale. Being very sought after and extremely rare I can understand the price, but it is still a Toni car.

What's a "Toni car?"

FrankR Loc: NYC

It's a Ferrari, the first of only three competition models made, body by Scaglietti, an example of true automotive art and worth evey penny in my opinion. Bravo Gianfranco!

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

One of the most beautiful cars ever made; basically a civilized version of the 250/275 GTO. If I had the money......

FrankR Loc: NYC

speters wrote:

It was a knock-off/copy cat design of the Jaguar E, but obviously failed in that attempt!

If you think that looks anything like an E Type, I can give you the number for a really good ophthalmologist.