Cavallino Magazine

Saturday is Concorso day, when the lawns fronting The Breakers Hotel are a sea of rare and immaculately presented Ferrari models of all generations within the judged and display classes. This year there were two new classes, one for early Maseratis and the other for pre-war Alfa Romeos, in respect of their close associations with the Ferrari marque. In total there were over 160 cars on the field, ranging from a 166 Inter Vignale Coupe, through a number of uniquely bodied examples and a spectacular display of Enzos, to the first outdoor presentation in the USA of the latest V-8 model in the Ferrari range, the F430, on the hotel terrace adjacent to the Concorso field entrance, where it attracted crowds all day long, especially when it was started up!

	The Concorso field held many Farraris of interest, including two of the very secretive but very fast 1965 "GTOs", the yellow s/n 06885 of Preston Henn, and the silver s/n 06701 of Chris Cox, both true 275 GTB "Speciales."

The F430 was displayed courtesy of Ferrari Maserati North America, who had another example of the new model, along with a 612 Scaglietti, on display in the sponsor area, which also incorporated the Galleria d’Arte Ferrari from the Gold Room. We wish to thank FMNA President and CEO Maurizio Parlato for being present to show the car and chat with customers and friends, and also Piero Ferrari himself, who joined the Classic for a second year and who mingled with a enthused crowd of his most passionate supporters.

There were so many superb specimens of the marque on display that it is difficult to know which to mention without offending those that don’t get spoken of, but amongst the earlier cars there was a stunning trio of 375 series models, the competition 340/375 MM PF berlinetta on Jon Shirley, s/n 0322 AM, the supremely elegant 375 MM PF Coupe “Speciale” of Manny Del Arroz, s/n 0490 AM, and the ex-Gianni Agnelli 375 America, s/n 0355 AM, of Jack Thomas.

There was also a nice display of early four cylinder competition models as exemplified by the 500 Mondial PF Spyder, s/n 0418 MD, of Dennis Machul, the 750 Monza, s/n 0502 M, of Bruce Perrone, the 500 TRC, s/n 0670 MDTR, restored to its Mille Miglia colors and race number, of Nick Colonna, and the venerable 625 LM, s/n 0642 MDTR, of Chuck Wegner, which attracted many admirers in the center of the main lawn.

Amongst the cars from the sixties, there were some interesting pairs of cars, including two lithely elegant 400 SA models, two of the rare 365 California Spyders, and two of the three 1965 GTOs, the yellow 275 GTB Le Mans car, s/n 06885, of Preston Henn, which was the first Best of Show winner fourteen years ago at the Classic, and the silver sister car, s/n 06701, brought by Chris Cox. There was also a fine and wide-ranging selection of 250 GT variants, both race and street, including the recent Villa d’Este Best of Show winning 250 GT PF Cabriolet, s/n 0777 GT, of Peter Kalikow.

Of the “later” cars, there were many worthy of note, and the one that seemed to attract more attention than most was the glowing “Giallo Fly” 365 GT4/BB entered by Phil and Martha Bachman.

We wish to thank Ferrari North America, SunTrust Bank, Shelton Ferrari, and The Breakers for making the day inviting and rewarding for everyone.