Ferrari 250 LM

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Drogo Long Nose

1965 Melbourne International Motorshow car.

Originally ordered new by Scuderia Veloce race team head principal - David McKay to compliment his existing 250 LM #6321.

McKay cancelled the order whilst it was on the boat to Australia, leaving it with Lowe to sell onto a new client.

Extensively crashed whilst competing in the 1968 Targa Florio.

After the accident at the Targa Florio, the crashed 250 LM #6167 was brought to Pierro Drogo´s Carozzeria Sports Cars by Paul Vestey. The engine was removed in order to install it in another 250 LM (#6053) for Le Mans. Vestey sold the crashed car without the engine to Sebastiani in June 1969. Sebastiani did not want to repair the accident-damaged chassis #6167. Sebastiani stripped the crashed car to install the good parts in a newly built reinforced chassis. He wanted to race and for safety reasons he wanted to use a reinforced chassis. The original chassis #6167 then came into the possession of Egidio Bonfatti from Carozzeria Bonfatti in Modena. He then sold the repaired chassis including the original body to Jean Sage in June 1979. Jean Sage then sold the original #6167 chassis to Jean Blaton Beurlys in May 1993. The current owner bought the original #6167 chassis and body from Jean Blaton Beurlys in December 1996.

Sebastiani had rebuilt his first 250 LM replica with chassis number #6167 in the meantime. However, as he needed money, he sold this first replica to Scanduri. The two parties then fell out and the case ended up in court. It was then agreed that Scanduri would remove the chassis plate and all original parts and documents would be returned to Sebastiani. Scanduri had this car rebuilt as #6167 R and sold it to Switzerland. In 2009 #6167 R was auctioned at RM. R stands for replica and is located currently in Japan. This replica has nothing to do with the original #6167.

Sebastiani then built a second new 250 LM replica using again the chassis number #6167. He built a completely new chassis with the original parts from the original 250 LM #6167. He registered the car in England. The V5 document for the Ferrari 250 LM #6167 was in the name of Stefano Sebastiani and the registration number AGS 983D. This was the car that was painted blue/white and stood in Toni Auto's workshop for many years.

The current owner acquired the original chassis #6167 from Jean Blaton Beurlys in December 1996 who acquired the original chassis #6167 from Jean Sage 3 years earlier, the engine #6053 was acquired from Jaques Swaters. The current owner of the original chassis #6167 had to buy the car which was actually a replica from Sebastiani to obtain all rights including the title to #6167 and to kill the second replica built by Sebastiani. This was done in December 1999 for DM 1.000.000,-.

Sebastiani claimed until the end, that he had sold to the current owner of the original chassis #6167 the real 250 LM #6167, although he confirmed in court that he had built the car on a new chassis. This matter had to be settled in court for almost 20 years. Sebastiani demanded more money from the current owner, claiming that his 250 LM had experienced an enormous increase in value. He lost this court case and it was proven that the car sold by Sebastiani was the second replica.

Both chassis plates from both replicas built by Sebastiani were cut out from the replica chassis´ and are in possession of the owner of the original chassis #6167. The second replica chassis built by Sebastiani was cut into pieces. The first replica chassis built by Sebastiani is labelled with an R' for replica.

The original chassis #6167 was rebuilt with the original Drogo long nose alloy body, with all #6167 original parts from the second Sebastiani replica and with the engine #6053. The replica was cut apart in parts and the former chassis plate was removed.