For sale the only Ferrari that became a police car and patrolled the streets of Rome in the 1960s

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For sale the only Ferrari that became a police car and patrolled the streets of Rome in the 1960s
For sale the only Ferrari that became a police car and patrolled the streets of Rome in the 1960s
For sale the only Ferrari that became a police car and patrolled the streets of Rome in the 1960s
For sale the only Ferrari that became a police car and patrolled the streets of Rome in the 1960s

In all of Italy, there is only one private vehicle with a special permit to drive with a siren on the roof, blue lights, and the emblem Squadra Mobile of the Italian police.

Is the Ferrari 250 GTE 2×2 with chassis number 3,999 GT. The only Ferrari policeman who patrolled the streets of Rome in the 1960s. And now it has been put up for sale.

The history of the Ferrari 250 GTE 2×2 Polizia It is very curious. In the early 1960s, the Italian police had a problem: criminals’ cars, especially those of the mafia, were getting faster. Police officer Armando Spatafora was asked by his superiors what he needed to solve the situation. Half seriously half-jokingly, he replied, “What can be better than a Ferrari?

Almost two years later, Armando Spatafora was sent to a high-speed driving course in Maranello, the headquarters of Ferrari. He successfully overcame it, and within a few weeks, his superiors handed him a legendary Ferrari 250 GTE 2×2 Polizia to patrol the streets of Rome. With its V12 engine and a top speed of 250 km / h, no criminal was going to escape …

Ferrari 250 GTE

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The police department actually received two identical Ferrari 250 GTE 2×2 Polizia, but one of them died in service actor a few weeks after having an accident and being left for scrap metal.

The Ferrari 250 GTE 2×2 Polizia of officer Armando Spatafora patrolled the streets of Rome between 1963 and 1968, where he became a legend. They claim that the criminals challenged each other to see who was capable of escaping the Ferrari Police in pursuit.

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He retired from service in 1968, miraculously intact, and was auctioned off by the police in 1972. It went to an Italian collector named Alberto Capelli, who cared for it for 40 years without changing or modifying a single original piece.

Ferrari 250 GTE

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During all these years he participated in numerous exhibition races throughout Europe, as well as in the celebration of Ferrari’s 50th Anniversary.

In 2014 it passed the prestigious certification Ferrari Chassiche, which confirms that it maintains the original chassis, engine, gearshift and axles of the vehicle.

In 2015 it changed its owner, which has now put it up for sale through the automobile website Girardo & Co. The price has not been revealed, but it is sure to be triggered by its double condition of original Ferrari with a unique body: the only Ferrari police car of the 60s.