Early in June, Bloomberg News confirmed that the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (Chassis 3505GT) originally built for Stirling Moss to race, had changed hands for a record $35 million.<\/p>\n
Reportedly purchased by U.S. collector Craig McCaw, Chassis 3505GT was the sixth GTO built and the first one to feature right-hand drive. Intended for Moss to race under the UDT-Laystall banner, Moss\u2019s career ending accident in a Lotus at Goodwood prevented him from ever racing the car, resulting in it being driven by a host of greats including Masten Gregory, Innes Ireland and Willy Mairesse. [For a complete \u201cProfile\u201d of Chassis 3505GT, see the January 2006 issue of Vintage Racecar.]<\/p>\n
McCaw is reported to have purchased the GTO from Dutch-born businessman Eric Heerema, with the sale currently topping the ranks as the highest confirmed value ever paid for an automobile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Early in June, Bloomberg News confirmed that the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (Chassis 3505GT) originally built for Stirling Moss to race, had changed hands for a record $35 million. Reportedly purchased by U.S. collector Craig McCaw, Chassis 3505GT was the sixth GTO built and the first one to feature right-hand drive. Intended for Moss to race under the UDT-Laystall banner, Moss\u2019s career ending accident in a Lotus at Goodwood prevented him from ever racing the car, resulting in it being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":535380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,56,11577],"tags":[7366,60,17333,17322,61,22323,2112,22324,22332,4495,22383,2302],"class_list":["post-492498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-ferrari","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-at-auction","tag-ferrari-prices","tag-ferrari-250","tag-ferrari-250-for-sale","tag-ferrari-250-gto","tag-ferrari-250-gto-for-sale","tag-ferrari-250-gt-race-cars","tag-ferrari-race-cars","tag-ferrari-race-cars-for-sale","tag-rm-sothebys"],"yoast_head":"\n