Enzo Ferrari's company car is for sale on Facebook Marketplace

I’m not the type to kick the tires on a car I’m not going to buy and waste someone’s time. Who likes these people? But I am in the morning the temptation is to make an exception and give it a go 1962 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 owner of Classic Treatment Facebook Marketplace. It’s not every day you see an ultra-rare $865,000 Ferrari prototype for sale next to a $1,400 rusty Chevy 1500 pickup truck. Especially the one that he personally owned and managed Enzo myself. Life is about taking chances.

Seeing ’62 Ferrari The 330 GT 2+2 Prototype on Marketplace is like finding a rough draft of Da Vinci’s Last Supper at a pawn shop. Not only is this a rare, valuable car, it’s one of the most beautiful and exciting coupes ever made. The Pininfarina-designed body was both beautiful and functional, seating four adults comfortably (by 1960s standards, anyway). And yet it still had Columbo’s iconic 4.0-litre V12 with three carburettors, which produced 300bhp in new guise and a top speed of 152mph. Oh, and this sounds like that.

According to the seller, this particular 330 GT was the first ever prototype, chassis number 4085, and was Enzo Ferrari personal car. Its restoration is said to cost $285,000 to keep it as fresh as it looks. The car is said to come with documents proving its previous ownership and restoration. If this is true the commander personal car, there will be many customers with many zeros at the end of their bank balances queuing up behind him.

While I have no particular reason to be suspicious of the seller, I can’t shake the sad feeling I inevitably get when I see something like this on Marketplace. Ultra-rare prototypes of incredibly valuable classic cars owned by iconic figures like Enzo Ferrari aren’t usually sold on the same site as used flip-flops and forgotten treadmills. They are being auctioned by prestigious auction houses along with other valuable cars, and the high-end photos don’t seem to have been taken on the iPhone 12.

To be fair, the seller also has a Ferrari listed on his business website as well as one that has many more photos that include the VIN and chassis number. Anyway, I’m tempted to treat this like any other Marketplace listing and pull up to a 330 GT 2+2 Enzo asking for a test drive, only to then ask if an ’09 3 Series would be an acceptable trade.