{"id":499680,"date":"2022-02-12T10:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T18:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=397815"},"modified":"2024-12-01T22:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:27:40","slug":"31st-palm-beach-cavallino-classic-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/31st-palm-beach-cavallino-classic-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavallino Classic (2022) – Recap & Photo Gallery 03"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Palm Beach Cavallino Classic, the world\u2019s top event devoted entirely to Ferrari classics<\/a>, has just ended. This year\u2019s event, the 31st, included two extraordinary celebrations: one marking Ferrari\u2019s 75th anniversary and the other the 60th birthday of the Ferrari 250 GTO<\/a>. A Ferrari 365 P Speciale (chassis no. 8971), representing the production year 1966, was judged the Overall Outstanding Ferrari Granturismo, while a 250 GTO from 1964 (chassis no. 5573 GT) took the Overall Outstanding Ferrari Competition award.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the event is the concours, with vehicles judged on their originality and correctness\u2014the goal being to find the best-preserved-or-restored cars on show. The globally renowned judging panel is made up of experts from across the USA and Europe, and winning one of the show\u2019s major awards would be a feather in the cap of any Ferrari owner. The Cavallino Classic takes place at The Breakers, a Grand Hotel from a Grand Era, which is beautifully restored and wonderfully maintained. It is the perfect setting to host the perfect event.<\/p>\n

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1966 365 P- Luigi Chinetti NART Race Car Triposta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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That\u2019s how the first owner of this 1966 Ferrari 365P Berlinetta Speciale<\/a>\u2014nicknamed \u201cTre Posti\u201d for its driver-centered, three-passenger cabin\u2014felt after plunking down $26,000 in August 1967.<\/p>\n

At first glance, the 365P looks like a widened and stretched 1967 Dino 206GT<\/a>, Ferrari\u2019s first mid-engine production car. But under the impossibly long tail hid a 4.4-liter, three-carb V-12 and all the internal organs of Chinetti\u2019s 365P2 race car\u2014campaigned by his North American Racing Team, known as NART.<\/p>\n

It was barely street-legal, with an integrated chrome roll cage, competition pedals, and a gas tank that Chinetti modified so the car\u2019s driver wouldn\u2019t have to drag the fuel nozzle inside the leather cockpit. NART badges with American flags were fastened to an otherwise oily-smooth white body.<\/p>\n

With only 4950 miles and no seat belts, the Tre Posti is a remarkable preservation of when Ferrari sold road cars merely to finance its racing teams. And perhaps it was best that the Tre Posti was never built as a series production car. When it debuted, Road & Track drew a cartoon showing both of this car\u2019s doors open, a man in the central driver\u2019s seat, and two women fighting on the Italian roadside.<\/p>\n

1966 Ferrari 365P Berlinetta Speciale Key Specs:<\/h2>\n