Enzo Would've Hated This! Someone Listed His 1962 Ferrari on Facebook Marketplace

The car in the photos is one of only four factory prototypes that rolled off the line in August 1962 and one of only two surviving models. This one is the most valuable because it was used as a company car by Enzo Ferrari himself for two years. It featured in Ferrari's original press materials and factory brochures of the era.

The 1962 Ferrari 330 GT is a 2 + 2 vehicle, with a body designed by Tom Tjaarda from Pininfarina. Tjaarda. In his early 30s back then, Tjaarda is also responsible for the way the Ferrari 365 California and the De Tomaso Pantera looked.

The prototype is set in motion by a front-mounted triple-carbureted 4.0-liter Colombo V12 engine, which generates 296 horsepower (300 horsepower) and 350 pound-feet (326 Newton meters) of torque for a run from 0 to 60 mph in 6.3 seconds and top speed of 152 mph (244 kph).

It sounds like a lot by today's standards, so imagine how it sounded back in the 1960s. A four-speed manual transmission put the power down through the rear wheels.

The prototype previewed the 330 GT production car, which hit the market in 1963 as the successor of the 250 series. Ferrari first rolled out the 330 America, which did not come with much of a difference from the model it replaced.

A completely independent car did not arrive until 1964, when Ferrari sent the 330 GT 2+2 on the market. The Italian automaker kept the production running until 1967, rolling out a total of 1,099 examples.

This prototype was imported to the US in June 1964 by Luigi Chinetti Motors, the first Ferrari dealership in the US.

Painted in glossy ivory white over a black leather interior, the 330 GT comes with documentation from the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy, confirming that it is a prototype and that it was used by the boss himself, which makes the presence of the vehicle on Facebook marketplace very bizarre.

Such car sales are usually handled by the automaker himself or through established auction houses, not in a space where people sell everything from tin jewelry to rugs. Rare classic models are not something you would list next to rusty old pickup trucks and iPhone 10s.

The seller claims this 330 GT was the first prototype ever built, chassis number 4085. The vehicle went through a restoration, which cost $285,000. It looks like money well spent, along with $22,000 worth of service work performed by a mark specialist in January 2018.

The procedures made it look and drive like it did 62 years ago, while other such cars rot in barns or backyards, as victims of the elements or rodents.

The listing says the prototype rides on 15-inch Borrani chrome wire wheels and sports an Ansa Marmitte exhaust.

The seller, Warren Lubow, is now asking $865,000 to let the Ferrari prototype go. The price includes documentation that verifies the ownership and restoration. Lubow also listed the car on his business website, Wild About Cars Garage.

Back in 2020, the same car was listed with a Buy It Now price of $495,500.