08/18/2026
When Ugo Tagliaferri first drove this Ferrari 275 GTB through the streets of Rome in 1965, it must have looked like something from another planet. You can almost hear the buzzing chaos of the Via del Corso; the Vespas, Apes and Topolinos beeping their horns and jostling for position while cutting through the evening traffic.
And then this streamlined Grigio creation sloping into view, a hand-formed vision seemingly from another world, the sound of its triple-Weber-fed V-12 reverberating around the ancient streets, turning every head as it powers by.
Sixty years may have passed since then, but the Ferrari 275 GTB has lost none of its magic. In fact, its story has only got more interesting.
Following a chain of ownership that saw the car driven everywhere from Switzerland to the United States the car was eventually sent to Ferrari Classiche for inspection, where technicians discovered something truly fascinating. While the car was found to retain its original chassis, engine, and bodywork, experts at Maranello discovered something very unusual with its gearbox.
It wasn’t original. But that’s where the story gets really interesting. Instead of a standard gearbox, the Ferrari was found to be fitted with a competition-specification Type 563 Elektron transaxle with a magnesium case—the sort of item reserved only for Maranello’s most rare and specialised competition variants.
After cross referencing the numbers, the gearbox was found to have come from a very famous 275 GTB Competizione Speciale—the very ex-works car that took on the 1965 Targa Florio and Nürburgring 1000 km. It would later finish 3rd overall and 1st in class at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans under the Ecurie Francorchamps banner.
Perhaps most interestingly, Ferrari’s experts believed that the gearbox was fitted to the car in period. It was subsequently awarded Ferrari Classiche certification along with its coveted Red Book.
This exemplary short-nose example is available for immediate acquisition, with viewing possible by appointment at our facility in Troy, Michigan.
