Okay, that headline might be a bit much to digest, so let’s break it down. Ferrari built just four examples of the 410 S. This one is believed to the initial development car that transitioned to privateer racing use. Carroll Shelby, driving for privateer car owner Tony Parravano, won with it at Palm Springs in 1956.
An interesting note about Parravano. After the federal government put a tax lien on him, Parravano fled to Mexico in 1957. Some of his cars followed him, and the Ferrari 410 S was one of them. In 1960, Parravano was scheduled to make a court appearance in the U.S. He didn’t make it and was never seen nor heard from again. However, the Ferrari remained in an Ensenada warehouse during this time before being sold by his estate to one of the organizers of the Mexican Grand Prix, Javier Velasquez, in the early 1960s.
Ferrari collector Robert Dusek acquired the car in 1971, remaining in his possession for 37 years. In 2014, it was bought by the consignor and restored. However, it still retains its matching-numbers engine, the same one that powered Carroll Shelby to victory nearly 70 years ago.
Find this 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Spider by Scaglietti for auction at RM Sotheby’s, with an estimated value “in excess of $15,000,000.”
