Yahoo Autos RM Sotheby's auctioning Steve McQueen-owned 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4
Monterey Car Week is far on the horizon, but auction house RM Sotheby's has already published details about some of the classics that will cross the block during the event. One of the main attractions is a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 purchased new by actor Steve McQueen.
Assigned chassis number 10621, the Scaglietti-bodied coupe was delivered new to McQueen at a dealership in Hollywood. He owned it for over four years, according to RM Sotheby's, and enthusiast sites that specialize in tracking vintage Ferrari models suggest it went through numerous owners and paint colors in the subsequent decades. It was reportedly painted in a shade of red called Chianti and fitted with a set of Borrani wire wheels during McQueen's ownership, repainted in bright red in the early 1970s, and stored for several years after a rear-end collision. The site adds that it was converted into a Spyder and painted yellow in the 1980s and given a coat of silver paint in the 2000s.