Footnotes

By the end of the 1950s, the market for sports cars with 'family accommodation' had grown sufficiently for Ferrari to contemplate the introduction of a four-seater model. Introduced in the summer of 1960, the first such Ferrari - the 250GTE 2+2 - was based on the highly successful 250GT. Pininfarina's brief had been to produce a 2+2 without sacrificing the 250's elegant good looks or sporting characteristics, and the master carrozzier succeeded brilliantly, moving the engine, gearbox, and steering gear forward and the fuel tank back, thus creating sufficient room for two occasional rear seats.

The 250GTE provided the basis for its replacement: the 330GT 2+2 introduced in January 1964. Pininfarina was once again entrusted with the styling, adopting of a four-headlamp frontal treatment that reflected the tastes of Ferrari's most important export market, the USA. The 330GT's tubular chassis was 50mm longer in the wheelbase than before, which made conditions less cramped for the rear passengers. Suspension was independent at the front by wishbones and coil springs, while at the back there was a live axle/semi-elliptic set-up. Improvements to the discs-all-round braking system saw separate hydraulic circuits adopted for front and rear.

The 330GT's Colombo-type, 60-degree, V12 engine had first appeared in the 330 America (effectively a big-bore 250GTE 2+2) in 1963. Displacing 3,967cc, the single-overhead-camshaft, all-alloy unit was good for 300-plus bhp, an output sufficient to propel the 330GT to a maximum velocity of 152mph (245km/h) making it, when introduced, the fastest road-going Ferrari. Equipped at first with a four-speeds-plus-overdrive gearbox, the 330GT gained a five-speed transmission in mid-1965 and later that year had its four-headlight front end replaced by a two-lamp arrangement.

A five-speed, four-headlight model, right-hand drive chassis number '7191GT' was sold new via Maranello Concessionaires in July 1965 to Captain F G Barker of Hannington, Wiltshire and delivered finished in Celeste (blue) with black leather upholstery and matching carpets. Subsequently the Ferrari went to the USA where the current vendor purchased it in 1986 from one Alan D Markley of Clearwater, Florida. '7919GT' had been restored in the early 1980s, the engine being rebuilt and the bodywork repainted in Rosso Corsa.

Brought back to the UK and reunited with its original registration mark, 'DYX 5C', the Ferrari took part in the 1989 Norwich Union Run and was used only infrequently thereafter until the last MoT certificate was issued in 2005. Stored unused since then, the car has covered a correct and documented 57,190 miles from new and is offered for sympathetic re-commissioning or more extensive restoration. Sold strictly as viewed, this potentially most rewarding Ferrari restoration project is offered with an Italian export document (1965), a copy of the original purchase invoice and State of Florida Certificate of Title.