The story begins in 1959. Tore Bjurström, a close personal friend of Enzo Ferrari and the official representative for Ferrari in the German market, played a key role in the brand’s international presence. That year, at the 39th Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), Ferrari unveiled the elegant 250 GT PF — the world’s first production four-seater Ferrari. Shortly after its debut, the very first example was delivered to its inaugural owner: His Royal Highness Prince Bertil of Sweden.

- Monarchy Heritage
- Car Displayed at the 39th International Frankfurt Motor Show
- 1 of 335 produced
- In 2025, the Ferrari won 1st in Class at the Hilton Concours d'Elegance
- In 2026, will be displayed at the Heritage Invitational in Concord, North Carolina

This is a Matching numbers example with Monarchy ownership & Accompanied by Marcel Massini Report. This 1959 Ferrari 250GT is documented with all custodianship. A pinnacle of Pininfarina and a great opportunity to invest & enjoy.

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This 1959 Ferrari 250GT is documented with all custodianship. A pinnacle of Pininfarina and a great opportunity to invest & enjoy. This Previously Royally Owned Ferrari comes with documentation, binder and history file, owner's manual and tools.
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The 250 Ferrari was the first volume produced model. Enzo Ferrari seen it as vitally important to the company's future stability. It started with the 250 Europa, built from 1953 to 1954, with an amount fewer than 20. The 250 Europa's introduction heralded a significant change in Ferrari's preferred coachbuilder; previously Vignale had been the most popular. Needing series production to stabilize Enzo Ferrari's company finances, he asked Carrozeria PininFarina to design a simple and classic 250GT coupe. Pinin built a plant in Grugliasco to expand the production and produced the new 250 GT coupe PininFarina. This coupe was introduced at the Milan Show in 1958 and 335 near identical examples were built by 1960.
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Offered here by Euro Prestige Imports is a 250GT Series 1 Coupe number 1471GT - arguably one of the most exciting examples of the model, both in terms of prominent ownership, show-car status and factory options. 1471GT started life in May of 1959, when its bare chassis was sent to the Torino facility of Carrozzeria Pinin Farina, to be clothed in their elegant Coupe coachwork. The seventh to last of the first series 128D chassis, 1471GT was factory equipped with four wheel disc brakes, and the offset-lever four-speed overdrive transmission. The craftsmen at Pinin Farina spent most of the summer building the coachwork for the new Ferrari, finishing it in an elegant two-tone livery of Grigio Argento on the top, and a Bianco lower half. A beautifully contrasting red was chosen for the interior.
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1471GT was completed in October of 1959, and soon thereafter delivered to the official Ferrari importer and agency of Sweden, Tore Bjurstrom. Mr. Bjurstrom had big plans for the new Ferrari, and soon after taking delivery transported 1471GT to Germany for display at the 1959 International German Auto Show - IAA in Frankfurt. After the show, 1471GT returned to Sweden, where HRH Prince Bertil, the Ferrari's first owner, took delivery in late 1959. The Duke of Holland, Prince Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén was 47 years old when he took delivery of his new Pinin Farina Coupe. A popular public figure in Scandinavia and throughout Europe, Bertil had a great passion for motorcars, and would own several Ferraris during his lifetime.
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In 1961, 1471GT was sold on to Langdon 'Bill' Proctor, an American playboy residing in Switzerland. Mr. Proctor was known to rub shoulders with the Swiss elite, and surely felt right at home when arriving at exotic destinations in the silver and white Ferrari. 1471GT was registered on Swiss canton Vaud license plate VD 106426, and used often as daily transport by Procter. In November 1964, the Ferrari returned to Maranello, where it was serviced and maintained at Ferrari's factory Assistenza Clienti service center. At this point, the 250GT showed 53,190 kilometers on its odometer. Soon thereafter, Proctor decided to paint the entire car silver, and it is this color scheme that remains on the car until this day. In 1966, having accumulated nearly 70,000 kilometers, 1471GT was treated to an engine rebuild at Garage Pesa SA in Lausanne, Switzerland. Near the end of the 1960s, Proctor sold 1471GT to Mr. Jon Lindsay, a young dental student living in Proctor's guest house at the time. Lindsay, an American living in Switzerland, must have felt that his father back home, Hamlin Lindsay, was missing out on the action, and soon gifted 1471GT to him. 1471GT was crated up, and by 1970 left on M/V Atlantic Crown to New York, USA. Hamlin Lindsay kept the silver Ferrari until his death in the mid-1970s, at which time it reverted to Jon Lindsay's ownership. By this time, Lindsay was practicing dentistry in the Monterey, California area. 1471GT remained in Lindsay's ownership until 1983, when purchased by a Bay Area engineer, Marc Wilcoxen. Wilcoxen would keep 1471GT for a decade and a half, before selling the car in July of 1999 to William Tipton, another Californian Ferrari enthusiast. 1471GT remained in Mr. Tipton's careful ownership for another decade and a half. Today, 1471GT remains highly original and preserved throughout. The car's exterior paint was Silver and is believed to be the coat applied by Mr. Proctor in the mid-1960's. The car was brought back to its original color by the present owner after Purchase of it in 2015 and received a full restoration back to its origins. The car's red interior is entirely restored and retains a wonderful patina. 1471GT runs and drives, and a recent compression test showed good numbers on all twelve cylinders. Most importantly, the car still retains its original, matching numbers engine. Accompanied by an extensive history file including receipts, letters and shipping paperwork dating back to the 1960's, along with Marcel Massini's history report, 1471GT's provenance is spectacular. With motor show and celebrity ownership history, rare factory options and exceptional originality, 1471GT must be one of the most exciting examples of this legendary model available today. Please note that this vehicle is titled as a 1960.

This Ferrari is a pinnacle of Pininfarini. With motor show and celebrity ownership history, rare factory options and exceptional originality, 1471GT must be one of the most exciting examples of this legendary model available today.

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