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1/18 BBR 1967 Ferrari 275 GTS 4 Nart Sebring #25 Resin Car Model Limited 200 Pieces
The 275 GTS/4 NART Spyder was a 2-seat spider version of the 275 GTB/4, 10 of which were built in 1967. Production of this car was started by Ferrari's North American dealer, Luigi Chinetti, who wanted a successor to the previously stock 250 California Spyder. He asked Sergio Scaglietti and Enzo Ferrari to build a spider version of the 275 GTB/4, which Chinetti bought for around $8,000 each. These cars were informally called NART Spyders, referring to Chinetti's North American Racing Team. While the "NART" name was never part of this model's official designation from the factory, a cloisonné team logo badge was installed on the rear of each car.
Chinetti intended to order 25 NART Spyders from Scaglietti, but due to low sales only 10 were built in 1967 and 1968, making this one of the rarer 275 models. The ten NART Spyders used chassis numbers 09437, 09751, 10139, 10219, 10249, 10453, 10691, 10709, 10749, and price 11057. Road & Track magazine published a road test of a then-new NART Spyder in their September 1967 issue, in which they described it as "the most satisfying sports car in the world."
The first produced 275 GTS/4 (chassis 09437) was entered in the 1967 12 Hours of Sebring, driven by Denise McCluggage and Marianne Rollo. They finished 17th overall, and 2nd in the 5-litre GT class. Following this race, the car was repainted from it's original "Solar Yellow" yellow to a burgundy color for an appearance in the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair, where it was driven by Faye Dunaway's character.
Here is the faithful replica of the 1/18 scale model, entirely made and assembled in Italy, in our workshop in Saronno.
