Carroll Shelby’s Winning Ferrari 410 Sport Spider Heads to Monterey Auction

Driven by the legendary Carroll Shelby to overall victory at the 1956 Palm Springs Road Races, the iconic 410 Sport will be offered on Saturday night at RM Sotheby’s 27th annual Monterey Car Week sale.

• The 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Spider by Scaglietti is a one-off prototype.
• Featuring tailor-made, one-off spider coachwork by the masterful Sergio Scaglietti.
• Driven by the legendary Carroll Shelby to overall victory at the 1956 Palm Springs Road Races.
• The last racing Ferrari acquired by Tony Parravano, a trailblazing Southern California sports car racing impresario of the 1950s.
• Retains its original matching-numbers engine.
• Only four connoisseur owners in the last 53 years, including a 37-year period in one of the foremost Ferrari collections in America.
• Comprehensively restored by marque specialists in 2017 and exhibited at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
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MONTEREY, CA, 16 July 2024 – July 17, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – RM Sotheby’s is thrilled to announce the auction of the legendary 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Spider by Scaglietti at Monterey Car Week. This unique, one-off sports racing Speciale, the prototype for the iconic 410 Sport Scuderia Ferrari Works cars, is a centerpiece of the event and a testament to Ferrari’s golden era of 1950s sportscar racing. 

Enzo Ferrari’s determination to win the 1955 World Sportscar Championship faced numerous challenges, leading to the creation of the 410 Sport. This car, with its wide, low-riding tubular spaceframe and a powerful 4,961-cubic-centimeter V-12 engine, was initially built to contest for victory at the Carrera Panamericana. Only four examples of the 410 S were produced, with chassis numbers 0592 CM, 0594 CM, 0596 CM, and 0598 CM. Chassis 0592 CM, featured in this auction, is widely regarded as the initial development car, setting the stage for Ferrari’s future successes. 

The 410 Sport is distinguished by its Superamerica-based specifications, including a shortened version of the Superamerica’s type 514 chassis and a 12-plug type 126 Superamerica engine. Following its development at Ferrari, 0592 CM was selected by one of Ferrari’s foremost VIP clients at the time, the legendary Tony Parravano. 

Tony Parravano, an influential figure in the American West Coast racing scene, purchased 0592 CM in late 1955. The car was tailor-made with custom features, including cross-hatched fender-vent louvers and a unique ovoid grille. Driven by…