by Mike –
One of the cars up for auction at the Keno Brothers Rolling Sculpture Auction on November 19 in New York is this beautiful Bizzarrini GT 5300 Strada.
It is not common to see a dark blue Bizzarrini GT 5300 and the Giugiaro design wears this color very well.
Bizzarrini GT 5300 Strada No. 0303 (photo by Keno Brothers)
Bizzarrini GT 5300 Strada
Estimate: $750,000 – $1.3M USD
Keno Brothers write,
Known History
1968 Produced on October 15
1969 September 2, first registered for road use, Padova, Italy
1970s Collection of famed movie stuntman Carey Loftin, USA, Bob Gisburne, Boulder Creek, California
1988 August, Fort Lauderdale Motorcar Gallery, Inc.
1988 Griffon Motor Company, Oliver Kuttner, Charlottesville, Virginia
1990 Dr. Wolf Zweifler, Germany
2006 Auto Collectors Garage, Houston, Texas
2006 May 6, The World Wide Group Auction, Houston, Texas, 65,767 km, Reg. no. M86CNG
2006 Jeff Moore, USA
2009 For Sale at Driver Source, Houston, Texas
2009 Phil White, California
2009 Restoration work by Hall Fabrication and Racing, Benicia, California
2013 Current owner, North Carolina
2015 Serviced and detailed at We Love Cool Cars LLC, Asherville, North Carolina
This is a Bizzarrini I have seen in person several times when it was owned by a friend, Phil White. Below are photos from Concorso Italiano in 2010 in Monterey.
The blue Bizzarrini (No. 0303) is the one for sale at auction and the silver one is my former Bizzarrini (No. 0256).
Let us know what you think in the Comments.
Beautiful blue. I wonder if it’s a color they mixed up, another car company’s color (probably not Ferrari lol) or is it an Iso color (doubtful). Is it metalliic?
Don’t forget your recent post of the Bertone 250 gt swb, a.Giugiaro design, that was also very dark blue non metallic.
Bruce,
I remember this Bizzarrini is not metallic.
Hey Mike,
It so happens that I visited Jack Koobs de Hartog yesterday at his place in Belgium.
I am convinced that Jack will be able to help you with matters regarding Bizzarini’s.
I actually went over to see him about the brandnew DROGO book that has just came out.
The pre-face is by Jean Louis Bezemer and who is known for his Ferrari archive. Jean Louis is my oldest car friend and we have known echother for 55 years. I am as much as crazy about cars as these 2 people are, so I am feeling as a fish in water when I can exchange views with people like them. (I personally am crazy about Alfre”DINO” and intend to write about him and all his work of his too short live. ) Kindest regards Wim van de Kimmenade
I never even knew what a Bizzarrini GT was before today, but it seems very superior. My son’s friend referenced it the other day and I figured I should acquaint myself since I had no idea what he was talking about. Thank you for the gained knowledge and details on such an incredible automobile.