The 1963 Le Mans pace car was this Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2.
The 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans was won in convincing fashion by a Ferrari 250 P. Ferraris also won two other classes and locked down the top six positions in the race, all with cars fitted with variants of the famous Colombo V-12. A far less famous Colombo V-12 Ferrari also paced the race, a 250 GTE 2+2 grand tourer that is now available for sale.While the pace car may not be as fast, valuable, or historically significant as its racing brethren, it is an even more special thing.
That survival comes thanks to a long history of French owners. After the car paced the 1963 race, it appeared in a 1963 comedy film calledIt was driven by various owners through 1970, where it was acquired at 57,000 kilometers by an owner who went on to keep it in its original state for the next fifty years. The car now shows just over 63,000 kilometers, meaning it has been a collector's item held in pristine condition and rarely driven far longer than it has been a regularly-driven car.
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