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The Ferrari 250 GT Boano has been delivered to the US in 1957 where it has had
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four known owners until it was sold into a major German Ferrari collection in the
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beginning of the nineties. From 1989 until 1991 it benfitted from a complete nut
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and bolt restoration leading to a Blue Ribbon and Platinum Award at the most
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selective Ferrari Oweners Club Concours at Meadow Brook/USA. In this time it
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was offered for sale with only 46 000 mls on the speedo. While it has been part
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of the German private Ferrari collection it joined as well a couple of
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Concours d'Elegance with a 1st OA at the Italia at Zandvoort/Netherlands and
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the FOC UK Concours Silverstone/England with a 1st place for the oversea cars.
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It might be very interesting for the concerned enthusiast to step into the history
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of the Ferrari 250 GT Boano. The factory of Mario Boano has only produced very
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few 250 GT which has been designed by Pininfarina. We have only a very limited
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number of just 67 cars carrying this pretty body. We have to devide this number
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into approximately 21 cars which has been produced in alloy and 46 cars which
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received their steel body. The latest research brought to light that only 38 Ferrari
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250 GT Boano are still in existence. So we can assure that the Boano are one of
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the rarest models out of the fifties especially when they carry their aluminum
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skins.
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One of the most interesting aspects which makes the Boano desirable is the fact
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that they have been built up with the same technical components as the famous
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Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France and the Ferrari 250 GT California Spider LWB. The
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Boano GT's have the same frame called Tipo 508 and the original Colombo
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series V12 inside plug engine Tipo 128 B. They have the same suspension and
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as well the same drum brakes. And the examples carrying the aluminum body
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have the same weight as the alloy bodied 250 GT Tour de France. Some of
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the Boano have quite an interesting race history and have been used in the
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Mille Miglia 1956 and as well in 1957.
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All the numbers (numero interna) of the engine, gearbox and differential have
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been checked by and certified by Ferrari in its "Certificazione di autenticita"
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which has been suplied in 2009.
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This Boano carries the chassis number # 0675 which is stated as the last Boano
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which has been built at the works of Mario Boano. We suppose that this all
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matching number, completely restored last Boano ever built might be one of the
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best and most interesting Boano in existence.
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