BBR Ferrari 400 SA Coupe S1 SN 3097 SA 1962 Enzo Ferrari Green Dora BBR259A 1/43

BBR Ferrari 400 SA Coupe S1 SN 3097 SA 1962 Enzo Ferrari Green Dora 1/43

The 400 Superamerica chassis 3097SA was used as a personal car by Enzo Ferrari between 1961 and 1962. It was to be an experimental car of sorts, given the many special features that distinguished it from "standard" examples (however standard each individual 400 Superamerica might be). Differences were found in the chassis, suspension and even the engine. The car was painted in a beautiful "Verde Dora" with a beige interior, which became black when the 3097SA was resold through dealer Crepaldi. On that occasion, who knows why, arrangements were also made to change the chassis number to 4031SA (but the trace of the 3097SA number can still be glimpsed under the new number). The car had a fairly mysterious history in the years that followed. It was later found in the United States where it changed hands two or three times; there is a trace of a total engine overhaul performed in Maranello in 1974. Since 2001 the 3097SA/4031SA has been owned by Miles Colliers Collections, which purchased it at Christie's Pebble Beach auction.