Ferrari 250 GT/L Lusso
Completed: 1964
Originally delivered: Switzerland
Original colour: Grigio Argento 18940 M Italver
Original interior: Rosso VM 3171

This late production example (227th) was finished at the factory in Grigio Argento 18940 M Italver with red interior and was delivered by Baron Emmanuel “Toulo” De Graffenried’s official Ferrari dealership Italauto SA in Lausanne, Switzerland to its first Swiss based owner in February of 1964.

The first few years it was until 1967 serviced at the Ferrari Factory Assistenza Clienti at Viale Trento Trieste in Modena.

It appears that it was shipped to the US by the late sixties or early seventies.
Little is known about its US history until today.

In 1986 it was purchased by Marcel Petitjean First Automobiles of Vendenheim, Strassbourg, France. The Lusso was added to his large and famous Automobile Collection and has remained on static display until 2022 when the whole Collection was on sale by RM Sotheby's auction in Paris, France.

The auction house had announced before selling a little warning:

"As a result of the aforementioned period of static display, a recommissioning programme is recommended prior to use."

This was quite a bit disturbing what this warning could have ended up with. The new owner underestimated the recommendation for a "recommissioning programme". The little warning ended up in a complete restoration which was invoiced at 450.000 Euros, which is an equivalent of roughly 520.000,- USD.

Needless to say and report what a nearly 40 years "static display" could arrouse in harm to any car. This Lusso was not an exception.

By looking into it, it became clear that it was not good enough to change spark plugs and adjusting the carburettors to bring it back to the road. The "recommisioning programme" was a synonym for a "complete restoration" in kind words.

It didn't take long to realize that it needed the mother of a restoration, full dismanteling of the whole car and starting the restoration by scratch. The new owner decided to entrust the full restoration to the leading Ferrari restoratioin companies in Italy with Bacchelli & Villa in Bastiglia, Modena for the cosmetics and Autoofficina Sauro in Bolgna for the technical side of things.

To have it simple: the result is a new Ferrari 250 GT/L Lusso.

The whole restoration took nearly 3 years and is accompanied by an amazing amount of invoices and as well hundreds if not thousands of photos documenting the work.

I suppose that this restoration is exceeding the expectations of most of the Ferrrari enthusiasts. We strongly recommend not to wait too long if someone is keen to own a Lusso, coming out of a fresh high level restoration which was finished in autumn 2025.