Attendees of Bonhams’ public sale subsequent month in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, will see a pristine instance of the Ferrari 250 GT TDF go beneath the hammer.

The automotive is a 1959 instance bearing chassis quantity 1401. In accordance to its itemizing it’s the final long-wheelbase TDF with a physique by Scaglietti.

The present estimate is between 5 million and 7 million euros (roughly $5.3 million and $7.5 million based mostly on present alternate charges).

Though Ferrari used the TDF designation in recent times on a model of the F12, the three letters weren’t a part of the identify of the sooner TDF vehicles, like this 250 GT whose official identify is 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione. It was solely later added following some successes of the 250 GTs within the former Tour de France race for vehicles. Chassis no. 1401 was entered within the 1960 working of the Tour de France, although it’s unclear how nicely this automotive did within the race.

1959 Ferrari 250 GT TDF bearing chassis no. 1401 – Photograph credit score: Bonhams

The automotive initially left the manufacturing facility with a crimson exterior and beige inside. Its first proprietor was Luigi Taramazzo, a resident of Bordighera, Italy. He entered the automotive in a variety of races round Italy, together with the 1959 Garessio-Colle San Bernado hill climb, which he received. He quickly bought the automotive to Gérard Spinedi of Geneva, Switzerland, who painted it gold metallic and likewise raced the automotive.

It then traded fingers a couple of extra instances earlier than ultimately ending up with Plinio Haas in 1976. The resident of Arbon, Switzerland, held onto the automotive for the following 37 years, typically driving it in races for traditional vehicles. After Haas handed away in 2013, the automotive was transferred to his son Felix, who bought it to present proprietor Marc Devis in 2014.

Devis commissioned a full restoration in 2016, which noticed the automotive reunited with its authentic engine. The engine is a 3.0-liter V-12 estimated to ship round 280 hp.

The public sale is scheduled for Oct. 8. Different spectacular vehicles set to grace the block embody a 1929 Bugatti Kind 37 Grand Prix, a 1958 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster, and a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT.