www.QV500.com - Ferrari 250 GT PF Part 4: 250 GT PF Coupe Speciale

Its awkward detailing around the nose, cabin and rear wings would suggest it may well have been one of the factory development cars - something that probably wouldn't have gone down too well with the Prince. The second Speciale, chassis 1007 GT, received a re-designed interior at the request of well-known North American Ferrari enthusiast, William Bryant. But the third, chassis 1187 GT, was the most significant departure yet, a truly bespoke machine. Constructed for the 1959 Geneva Salon, 1187 GT received a body designed in much the same style as 0725 GT, an earlier, Ellena-period 250 GT Coupe Speciale built for Prince Bernhard of Holland. 1187 GT, however, featured subtly different detailing, most notably around the sail panels and tail. Although there are undoubtedly a handful of additional PF Coupe's that can rightly warrant a Speciale title, the final example we shall cover here is chassis 1751 GT. It was fabricated with a beautiful new covered headlight nose profile and also sported lourved engine cooling vent's carved from behind each front wheelarch. 1751 GT must be one of the most aesthetically pleasing Pinin Farina designs from this entire series. Other significant machines were those three aforementioned prototypes developed between late 1957 and early 1958, around four Speciale's (as many as six or seven could exist) while at least four period re-bodies were carried out on Notchback chassis’s.