There are literally a handful of cars in the history of the industry that's revered more than the Ferrari 250 GTO->ke1155. Really, you can probably count in one hand those models and we're guessing you're even going to have a hard time doing it. Such is the level of respect people have of this true classic. Consider how much a 250 GTO fetches in auctions these days. Last November, a variation of the 250 GTO - the 250 LM - sold for $14.3 million. But even that pales in comparison to the incredible $52 million price Connecticut-based collector Paul Pappalardo paid for a 1963 250 GTO. So yeah, unless there's a DeLorean->ke2842 out there that actually flies, no car today - classic or modern - will even come close to sniffing that record purchase.

So imagine what it must have felt for Petrolicious to get its hands on a 250 GTO. In this video, Derek Hill, the son of former Formula One champion and Ferrari->ke252 factory driver Phil HIll, managed to acquire a 1964 250 GTO. We can only wonder what it must have felt like to be entrusted with a car that probably has a higher value that the GDP of some countries. But if anybody understood the value of this car, it's Hill. After all, his father actually raced this exact 250 GTO at the Daytona Continental, which the older Hill ended up winning.

You really can't understate the rarity of this particular GTO, chassis #5571. It's actually one of the last GTOs ever built and was also the first of the Series II bodies and it came with a 3.0-liter V-12 engine that produces 300 horsepower.

Not that we're pining for it to hit any kind of auction in the future, but can you imagine how much it would fetch in a setting like that? It's not just a 250 GTO; it's a 250 GTO with a real racing history attached to it.

North of $50 million? We'd be fools not to at least consider it.

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