Every year, many of the world’s most valuable cars find their way to Monterey, California for Car WeekIt is possible to still enjoy the event for relatively little moneybut actually this event is not really for people like us. It is for the billionaires and mega-millionaires who afford to collect Nazi cars and fetch seven-figure sums at an RM Sotheby’s auction. Still, sometimes there is a breakthrough that ends up being pretty cool. This year it could be Tom Hartley Jnr and his Ferrari 250 GTO with the same number.
Hartley Jnr announced plans to show his 250 GTO at Pebble Beach this year on Instagramhighlighting the car’s racing history, unique paint color, and largely accident-free history considering how much time it spent on the track. He said they worked with Ferrari to restore this car. He bought it back in 2021 and now it’s finally finished. What makes this announcement much more interesting, however, is the 24-minute video he also released that dives deep into the history and restoration process required to get it ready for the Concours.
Of course, Ferrari 250 GTOs aren’t really cars anymore. They’re so valuable that they’re more like works of art for the super-rich to pass around when they’re not laying off employees, doing stock buybacks, and begging for tax breaks at Mar-a-Lago, but let’s be honest, if you were buying a car to display in your house instead of driving it, you could do a lot worse than a 250 GTO. These things are just objectively gorgeous, and arguably even more beautiful than the legendary Jaguar E-Type.
And more importantly, it’s just a fascinating, incredibly well-made video, even if you’re not that interested in ridiculously expensive toys for the 0.1 percent. It’s an important part of automotive and racing history, after all. And it looks fantastic. Did I mention it’s fantastic?
