Radio 2's newest morning DJ, Chris Evans, is offering his 1959 Ferrari 250GT LWB California Spider for sale through HR Owen. It's now up for serious offers.

The car is now in its original Verde Pino Metallizzato with a complimentary magnolia leather interior and the car features the widely preferred covered headlight arrangement. Completed in March of 1959 this steel bodied car was ordered with high lift cams, velocity stacks and a competition engine.  The odometer was also ordered to show mph.

The engine was recently fully rebuilt by a marque specialist, and this ‘matching numbers’ car comes with a well detailed history. Critically for its provenance the car has been through the Ferrari Classiche programme offered by the Factory in Maranello and comes with their certificate of authenticity.

The 250 GT California Spider in long wheelbase (2600mm) form was first built in 1957, with coachwork designed and built by Scaglietti in Modena. Around fifty examples were constructed, of which chassis # 1253 GT was the twenty first built before it was succeeded by the virtually identical short wheelbase (2400mm) version in 1960. 

It has always been a highly desirable car, and when new was very popular with those in the entertainment business, as apart from James Coburn, the Italian tenor Maria del Monaco and the French film director (and one time husband of Brigitte Bardot) Roger Vadim were other high profile owners.  The model’s cult status was highlighted when a replica featured in the 1986 film ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’, nearly 25 years after it had ceased production.

For more details visit HR Owen's website.