This is wonderful to see! Many years ago (2005) I was a corporate pilot. We landed at the airport where this incredible car was kept. We'd heard about some P-51 Mustang airplanes being based there and went looking for them. Much to our pleasure and surprise a friendly mechanic asked if we'd like to see a Ferrari instead. Despite the presence of a Testarossa too, we stood staring at the most perfect car I'd ever seen. I knew nothing about it but knew it was a memory to keep.
I have literally been watching this repeatedly for the past hour and a half because it's so inspiring. The pre-auction estimate for this car was $13,000,000-$17,000,000 and it sold for $27,500,000. Wow...
Love this video, Eddie Smith Sr was a special Man, I remember him bringing this car to Homecoming, sharing his 'baby' along with other sports cars he had. A self made Man that left the Orphanage as many many others had, a few bucks in the pocket and suitcase of clothes. He enjoyed Life and I'm sure he is smiling on his Son and Family today for such a generous gift to charities.
I met the previous owner, Eddie Smith, at a FCA Meet in Savannah, GA back around 1999/2000. He came to the racetrack with a Testarossa, a 355 F1, and the NART Spyder. The NART got most-all of the driving time - the TR didn't even come off the trailer, and the 355 got a few laps in and that's it.
Take a look good guys, this is probably the last time/footage that this Ferrari is driven, like it should be. It has been sold, and it won't see daylight anymore purely because the value goes up. Business, nothing more. Not for the driving pleasure. Such a waste.
Riles07 I bet he does drive it. His son Lance was just over here racing in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series and won the New Zealand Grand Prix. i have no doubt it has gone to not only a passionate Ferrari family, but a passionate driving family.
+Ian Findlay, I think that's a bit harsh, don't you? He didn't say anything anti-Semitic. He simply identified a trend. Jews are disproportionately likely to wind up in Television and film. Women are disproportionately unlikely to wind up as CEOs. Men are disproportionately unlikely to wind up as nurses. If merely pointing out these discrepancies makes somebody a "racist," "bigot," or "Nazi," we're never going to be able to hold meaningful conversations about race, police brutality, discrimination, etc. that are so desperately needed in countries like America. People like you who decry *literally everything* as being Nazism or Hitlerian are part of the problem.
My grandmother went to the same Childrens home in Lexington, NC. The man who owned this car and her were good friends. She used to ride in it, pretty cool Nana! Crazy it sold for this much. Beautiful car.
Almost every video I end up teary eyed, I can't describe how much I love these stories you tell. The cars, the people, the passion, give me goosebumps. Thank you, thank you thank you thank you thank you!
Where other car shows can tell us everything about a car, your videos bring to us the soul of these cars, make us feel the emotions associated with these cars. You're not just better, you are on a different league! Amazing work.
To the Smith family a very big Thank you for sharing your fathers car with us. Petrolicious I wish I had a car that is worthy of your production quality absolutely stunning videography.
Brilliant video, and a very touching sentiment to this as well. Amazing car, and a beautiful family to show such selflessness. Such an awesome story, big ups to the current family, and the big man up there has raised such an epic family for this to be a reality. Biggest role models ever in a time that we need role models.
It represents life, love, death, and rebirth. It represents the end of one era and the beginning of the next. Beautiful video, makes you think about materialistic objects, and the happiness they produce, but more so the joy and opportunities they give to others. Once, again BEAUTIFUL!
I may not be a classic Ferrari enthusiast myself, but I truly appreciate how your channel illustrates the intimate relationship of such beautiful mechanical souls with their prospective owners and the many heart-warming stories behind them! For that, I thank you Petrolicious crew!
“No amount of money would get me to sell my car” -his dad “It’s a bittersweet thing but all the money will go to charity” -his son......6 years after his dad dies Clearly this man cannot comprehend the beauty of his dad’s car, and he has no sense of sentimental value. This is truly sad, the car will go from having a loving owner to going to an owner with the big bucks, and the money will just go to some bullshit charity. And the great thing about the car was that it was used and driven whereas now it’s going to be stuck on a pedastal rotting from the inside out.
What a beautifully filmed masterpiece. Once again you managed to magically capture the soul of the car in the video, as well as its beautiful looks and sound.
I was lucky enough to see that car in person back in 2011 at the Ferrari Club of America meet in Savannah. I was happy to see the mileage listed at over 43,000 at the time because it meant someone enjoyed driving it. Now I know the story behind it.
I grew up in Greenwich Connecticut and spent my Saturdays at Luigi Chinetti’s Ferrari dealership where he formed he North American Racing Team (N.A.R.T.) with Enzo’s blessing. I used to call him Uncle Luigi... he was a wonderful man, just a wonderful man.
That has to be the most beautiful and most perfect sports car ever made. It has been in the hands of people who deserved it, which is why it still exists in its perfection to this day. Petrolicious knocked the ball out of the park once again with this video.
The cali swb is more beautiful and more elegant i love design the of windshield and there is no side windows or body offer the windshield And the back fender is so sexy in car language and the rear taillight on both car 100 % perfect In spec 275 has more advanced engine 4 cam and 300* cc more 5 speed transaxle etc .. i love both Cali love the look more Nart love the spec more Can’t choose one (;
This is the worlds most expensive roadcar, a few days ago one of them was sold for 27,500,000 USD !!!!!!! THX for this video, giving us the opportunity to actually see and hear one driving!
A great tribute and story of a great Gentleman and, of course, of an outstanding FERRARI - one of the best of stable. Ferrari caps off to the video. It would be somewhat difficult to think of driving the Ferrari everyday, but would love to have the chance!!! Great sounds too!! dt
Mr. Smith, Sr. loved this car! The family has made the decision to place it with someone who will also love & care for the vehicle while donating the proceeds to Charity, another love of his.
If I am correct, the same person who did the maintenance on this car for many years is the same mechanic who works on my BMW E30 325is. I saw pictures of the car in various stages, and the last I talked to him, my mechanic still even has parts for this car in the back of his workshop.
I sincerely hope the person that hit the dislike button made a mistake. I love the balance between featuring a classic car and sharing the owner's story.
This automobile is, in my educated, sophisticated opinion, one of the most beautiful automobiles ever produced. Yes, evern more so than the early Jaguar XKE. My God rest Mr. [Enzo] Ferrari, and may I, at least once, have an opportunity to drive a N.A.R.T. Spyder before I die.
Great car, Great story. I will never have the means to own one or probably see one in person but dam I would love to. If they gave out youtube emmys you guys should be nominated.
2:36 Look at that. Pause the video here. From that angle right there. Have you ever seen beauty like that? Look how smooth the velvet-like red Ferrari Rosso paint is. Look how the steel bar under the door adds contrast to the colour and the shape. Look at the boat-inspired curved windshield, and the finish on all the parts. The rims, the body, the lights, the decorations, the stunning tanned-leather interiour. They all are as simple as the mind of Donald Trump, yet as mesmerizingly pretty as the sun rising over the Alps. This, if anything, is a true piece of art. Impossible to recreate.
I agree TOTALLY with your appreciation of this BEAUTIFUL car....but the MIND of The Donald is anything BUT simple....like fine wine , OLD Kentucky bourbon, Women, and FERRARIS - it takes some people TIME and WISDOM to appreciate some things in life....HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Such an awesome car and story, I’m binging petrolicious from oldest to newest so apologies for being late to the comment game, but I can say if it was my car and I’d passed, I would want the same thing because it’s going to a good cause and you know the person buying will keep it pristine much like your family, good job
My great-grandfather was Eddie Smith's grandfather, Marcellus Smith, by his first wife. She died and Marcellus remarried my grandmother, Mattie Sanders. Edward Marcus Smith and his wife died while their children were young, and they ended up at the orphanage in Lexington: Eddie, Elsie May, Marcus, and Willard. Eddie drove his Ferrari to Raleigh, NC in 1972 to visit my grandmother Vallie Mae at the hospital where she was dying of cancer. He met my dad, who said he was a really nice guy.
Touching tribute. I built a model of the Thomas Crown Affair car, have to correct something. I rented that movie for reference material, the two scenes were very short, and the engine never spoke one note, I was really disappointed!
I was Valeting at the Four Season's Biltmore in Santa Barbara and these two gentlemen in unbuttoned hawaiian shirts pulled up in a Yellow 275 GTB/4 NART. Good God, I wish I could have driven it, but he parked it himself. So it seems that one of the ten is in SB. Could have been a later conversion I suppose.
I saw this very car years ago, perhaps more than once. Looked completely out of place, or rather, everything else looked out of its place on the road. I thought it was a beauty but did not know what it was or how rare. But lots of motor sports in NC so it is not too surprising that one was here for so long. If I only had $27,499,000 I could have bought it!
I may be biased, I own a Manual 360 spider, but I’ve always thought Ferrari has built the most beautiful sports cars of them all. Especially those of the 60s era.
wow.. that is no doubt an amazing car... it's not as crazy as my favorite cars from the 80s like the 388 or f40 but i can see why it is worth so much more. work of art on wheels.. and did you see that engine bay?? clean as the day it left luigi's show room
This is wonderful to see! Many years ago (2005) I was a corporate pilot. We landed at the airport where this incredible car was kept. We'd heard about some P-51 Mustang airplanes being based there and went looking for them. Much to our pleasure and surprise a friendly mechanic asked if we'd like to see a Ferrari instead. Despite the presence of a Testarossa too, we stood staring at the most perfect car I'd ever seen. I knew nothing about it but knew it was a memory to keep.
I have literally been watching this repeatedly for the past hour and a half because it's so inspiring. The pre-auction estimate for this car was $13,000,000-$17,000,000 and it sold for $27,500,000. Wow...
Rode in a black GTB/4 coupe this past summer, easily the most beautiful and thrilling car ever to come out of Italy
Love this video, Eddie Smith Sr was a special Man, I remember him bringing this car to Homecoming, sharing his 'baby' along with other sports cars he had. A self made Man that left the Orphanage as many many others had, a few bucks in the pocket and suitcase of clothes. He enjoyed Life and I'm sure he is smiling on his Son and Family today for such a generous gift to charities.
It's the 3rd time I'm watching this video... this week. I've seen it more than 10 times already. Such a beautiful car.
Damn...the windshield alone is a piece of art! Just look at the thing!
Back here 10 years later and it’s still as entertaining as when I first saw it
I don't think I could bring myself to sell that... even for the 27.5 million it went for.
CDNCarGuy wow! That is a bunch of change!
sure CDN..uh huh..27.5 million..i call BS..
@iamrichrocker
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO13/Monterey/lots/r197-1967-ferrari-275-gtb4stars-nart-spider-by-scaglietti/293775
The amazing part is that proceeds to benefit charity
I met the previous owner, Eddie Smith, at a FCA Meet in Savannah, GA back around 1999/2000. He came to the racetrack with a Testarossa, a 355 F1, and the NART Spyder. The NART got most-all of the driving time - the TR didn't even come off the trailer, and the 355 got a few laps in and that's it.
Take a look good guys, this is probably the last time/footage that this Ferrari is driven, like it should be. It has been sold, and it won't see daylight anymore purely because the value goes up. Business, nothing more. Not for the driving pleasure. Such a waste.
Riles07 I bet he does drive it. His son Lance was just over here racing in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series and won the New Zealand Grand Prix. i have no doubt it has gone to not only a passionate Ferrari family, but a passionate driving family.
Riles07
Jews love Ferraris!
It actually came down here to San Antonio a couple of weeks ago.
+Alex K. Put your arm band away and get off this site.
+Ian Findlay, I think that's a bit harsh, don't you? He didn't say anything anti-Semitic. He simply identified a trend. Jews are disproportionately likely to wind up in Television and film. Women are disproportionately unlikely to wind up as CEOs. Men are disproportionately unlikely to wind up as nurses. If merely pointing out these discrepancies makes somebody a "racist," "bigot," or "Nazi," we're never going to be able to hold meaningful conversations about race, police brutality, discrimination, etc. that are so desperately needed in countries like America. People like you who decry *literally everything* as being Nazism or Hitlerian are part of the problem.
The most beautiful car I have ever seen.
You haven't seen my mk1 lotus cortina! 😁🏁
@@biddlelove2135 Those little Cortinas are pretty cars!
@@aviationlba747 Pretty common, actually !
I'm twelve and I love this channel
My favorite classic Ferrari of all. I'm so excited that I will be able to see it in Monterey next month!!!
Beautiful. So much more beautiful than modern sports/super cars.
My grandmother went to the same Childrens home in Lexington, NC. The man who owned this car and her were good friends. She used to ride in it, pretty cool Nana! Crazy it sold for this much. Beautiful car.
Almost every video I end up teary eyed, I can't describe how much I love these stories you tell. The cars, the people, the passion, give me goosebumps. Thank you, thank you thank you thank you thank you!
Hands down the most beautiful car ever made
Where other car shows can tell us everything about a car, your videos bring to us the soul of these cars, make us feel the emotions associated with these cars. You're not just better, you are on a different league! Amazing work.
To the Smith family a very big Thank you for sharing your fathers car with us.
Petrolicious I wish I had a car that is worthy of your production quality absolutely stunning videography.
Brilliant video, and a very touching sentiment to this as well. Amazing car, and a beautiful family to show such selflessness. Such an awesome story, big ups to the current family, and the big man up there has raised such an epic family for this to be a reality.
Biggest role models ever in a time that we need role models.
What I love best about these videos is that it represents not just the mechanical soul, but also the human effect. Love it.
A truly noble gesture by the Smith family and fitting for such a beautiful car.
It represents life, love, death, and rebirth. It represents the end of one era and the beginning of the next. Beautiful video, makes you think about materialistic objects, and the happiness they produce, but more so the joy and opportunities they give to others. Once, again BEAUTIFUL!
1080p and high quality headphones do not do this video and car justice. I cannot believe how well this was put together. Fantastic once again!
I may not be a classic Ferrari enthusiast myself, but I truly appreciate how your channel illustrates the intimate relationship of such beautiful mechanical souls with their prospective owners and the many heart-warming stories behind them! For that, I thank you Petrolicious crew!
“No amount of money would get me to sell my car”
-his dad
“It’s a bittersweet thing but all the money will go to charity”
-his son......6 years after his dad dies
Clearly this man cannot comprehend the beauty of his dad’s car, and he has no sense of sentimental value. This is truly sad, the car will go from having a loving owner to going to an owner with the big bucks, and the money will just go to some bullshit charity. And the great thing about the car was that it was used and driven whereas now it’s going to be stuck on a pedastal rotting from the inside out.
What a beautifully filmed masterpiece. Once again you managed to magically capture the soul of the car in the video, as well as its beautiful looks and sound.
I was lucky enough to see that car in person back in 2011 at the Ferrari Club of America meet in Savannah. I was happy to see the mileage listed at over 43,000 at the time because it meant someone enjoyed driving it. Now I know the story behind it.
I grew up in Greenwich Connecticut and spent my Saturdays at Luigi Chinetti’s Ferrari dealership where he formed he North American Racing Team (N.A.R.T.) with Enzo’s blessing. I used to call him Uncle Luigi... he was a wonderful man, just a wonderful man.
I love the photography and fonts used in the videos you do, really good in this one.
The fact that they are giving all of the money to charity is amazing. Thank you for another wonderful video. You guys make my Tuesdays brighter.
That has to be the most beautiful and most perfect sports car ever made. It has been in the hands of people who deserved it, which is why it still exists in its perfection to this day. Petrolicious knocked the ball out of the park once again with this video.
the world is a better place because of this channel. again. beautiful videos.
I can't believe how good this film was. Very well done guys.
Can't decide if this is my favorite Ferrari or the California SWB. To think this man owned both at one time is amazing.
Cali SWB all day. Beautiful car.
The cali swb is more beautiful and more elegant i love design the of windshield and there is no side windows or body offer the windshield
And the back fender is so sexy in car language and the rear taillight on both car 100 % perfect
In spec 275 has more advanced engine 4 cam and 300* cc more 5 speed transaxle etc ..
i love both
Cali love the look more
Nart love the spec more
Can’t choose one (;
no money can buy happiness but what an amazing car and great story. hopefully the next owner would show the same amount of love on the car
i teared up watching this. Bravo petrolicious, for putting the soul back into these cars through youtube. thank you
This is the worlds most expensive roadcar, a few days ago one of them was sold for 27,500,000 USD !!!!!!!
THX for this video, giving us the opportunity to actually see and hear one driving!
This Ferrari is quite honestly the most beautiful I've ever seen. Great to see & hear at full noise.
The quality of these documentaries just keeps getting better.
Totally LOVE all your videos! I look forward to Tuesday because of you guys. Thank you!
I've seen this car many times growing up. My stepdad, Jr, was Eddies personal mechanic. The awesomeness of this car has to be enjoyed in person.
A great tribute and story of a great Gentleman and, of course, of an outstanding FERRARI - one of the best of stable. Ferrari caps off to the video. It would be somewhat difficult to think of driving the Ferrari everyday, but would love to have the chance!!! Great sounds too!! dt
Just saying i saw this car in person and took many photos of this while in monterey at the rm auction this car was breathtaking in person
Wow!!! What a stunning piece of machinery, like many on this channel, just built to sheer perfection.
How is this channel only just nearing 1 million subs? It is such an underrated channel
Mr. Smith, Sr. loved this car! The family has made the decision to place it with someone who will also love & care for the vehicle while donating the proceeds to Charity, another love of his.
If I am correct, the same person who did the maintenance on this car for many years is the same mechanic who works on my BMW E30 325is. I saw pictures of the car in various stages, and the last I talked to him, my mechanic still even has parts for this car in the back of his workshop.
I sincerely hope the person that hit the dislike button made a mistake. I love the balance between featuring a classic car and sharing the owner's story.
This automobile is, in my educated, sophisticated opinion, one of the most beautiful automobiles ever produced. Yes, evern more so than the early Jaguar XKE.
My God rest Mr. [Enzo] Ferrari, and may I, at least once, have an opportunity to drive a N.A.R.T. Spyder before I die.
Great car, Great story. I will never have the means to own one or probably see one in person but dam I would love to. If they gave out youtube emmys you guys should be nominated.
i think also,the best ever videos for carfreaks ever made,,,they make me feel like am 10 and am looking to these kind of cars,like to gods
These videos always give me goosebumps. More please!
Great work guys. Beautiful video once again. The production quality goes up every time.
Being from the Lexington, NC area I hate I never got to see this beauty in person.
This could be the best thing I've ever watched on TH-cam.
Any price for this car would be an insult...
diioriog lol well it sold for 28 millions
What a gorgeous piece of property this film was shot on.
Beautiful video! This should be made into a movie.
2:36 Look at that. Pause the video here. From that angle right there. Have you ever seen beauty like that? Look how smooth the velvet-like red Ferrari Rosso paint is. Look how the steel bar under the door adds contrast to the colour and the shape. Look at the boat-inspired curved windshield, and the finish on all the parts. The rims, the body, the lights, the decorations, the stunning tanned-leather interiour. They all are as simple as the mind of Donald Trump, yet as mesmerizingly pretty as the sun rising over the Alps. This, if anything, is a true piece of art. Impossible to recreate.
I agree TOTALLY with your appreciation of this BEAUTIFUL car....but the MIND of The Donald is anything BUT simple....like fine wine , OLD Kentucky bourbon, Women, and FERRARIS - it takes some people TIME and WISDOM to appreciate some things in life....HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Even a year later, this is still possibly the most clunky, ham-handed political metaphor I've read. I mean, it's almost intentionally so.
Well done petrolicious, great video! and what a great man to part with the car for a better cause.
Another great story and a job well done telling it.
Such an awesome car and story, I’m binging petrolicious from oldest to newest so apologies for being late to the comment game, but I can say if it was my car and I’d passed, I would want the same thing because it’s going to a good cause and you know the person buying will keep it pristine much like your family, good job
I love this video channel. Petrolicious makes the best classic car videos I have seen on the net. Please bring more.
What a beautiful machine!!
My great-grandfather was Eddie Smith's grandfather, Marcellus Smith, by his first wife. She died and Marcellus remarried my grandmother, Mattie Sanders. Edward Marcus Smith and his wife died while their children were young, and they ended up at the orphanage in Lexington: Eddie, Elsie May, Marcus, and Willard. Eddie drove his Ferrari to Raleigh, NC in 1972 to visit my grandmother Vallie Mae at the hospital where she was dying of cancer. He met my dad, who said he was a really nice guy.
Touching tribute. I built a model of the Thomas Crown Affair car, have to correct something. I rented that movie for reference material, the two scenes were very short, and the engine never spoke one note, I was really disappointed!
I was Valeting at the Four Season's Biltmore in Santa Barbara and these two gentlemen in unbuttoned hawaiian shirts pulled up in a Yellow 275 GTB/4 NART. Good God, I wish I could have driven it, but he parked it himself. So it seems that one of the ten is in SB. Could have been a later conversion I suppose.
Exquisite work. Huge respect for you guys and the owner.
Once again this video was amazing, so much emotion. Keep it up!
non ci sono parole...solo bellezza e passione❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful story and a beautiful car.
True car guy...buy the car for the drive not the space it collects.
Great episode.
I think that is the most beautiful car I have ever seen.
Great video and an amazing story. That car is perfection on wheels.
Breathtakingly beautiful
What a story and WHAT A CAR!
The 275 is my favorite classic Ferrari. I had no idea this existed.
oh my God that car is so beautiful
What a car. Love the story behind it. Great film, 275 gta convertible drop dead beautiful.
non potevi avere macchina migliore. fantastica,i miei complimenti.
I only recently found out about this channel but I'm so happy I did!
6:21 OMG what a beautyful machine!
The most beautiful car ever built, I hope someone somewhere can start reproducing these because nothing today compares
Thank you for not allowing my eyes to move away from the screen for over 6 minutes.
Another amazing car, story and video. Great job guys.
I saw this very car years ago, perhaps more than once. Looked completely out of place, or rather, everything else looked out of its place on the road. I thought it was a beauty but did not know what it was or how rare. But lots of motor sports in NC so it is not too surprising that one was here for so long. If I only had $27,499,000 I could have bought it!
Awesome car and story.
I hope it will be driven again after the sale... nice story and this sound...
What a fabulous film....
Wow!!!hands down the most beautiful ferrari!
Wow youre lucky enough to meet this car in person
I may be biased, I own a Manual 360 spider, but I’ve always thought Ferrari has built the most beautiful sports cars of them all. Especially those of the 60s era.
A masterpiece of art !
Great story!
Would love to watch a making of on one of these videos.
Great sound. Ferrari's really have perfected engine and exhaust noise
beautiful story
Cracking video about a cracking car! Os pleased something that pretty can make such a genuinely gorgeous noise.
those lines are soo beautiful
wow.. that is no doubt an amazing car... it's not as crazy as my favorite cars from the 80s like the 388 or f40 but i can see why it is worth so much more. work of art on wheels.. and did you see that engine bay?? clean as the day it left luigi's show room
as one owner from your videos once said: " the best way to celebrate these cars is to drive them"