1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GT RHD – Chassis 03442

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• Matching numbers engine and transaxle
• Daytona “chairs”
• 47-year ownership
• Tony Willis & Matthias Bartz reports
• Current V5C - registration mark KPH 40K

According to the history report on file from the Maranello Concessionaires archive, this UK-supplied, right-hand-drive 246 GT was completed in February 1972 and delivered the following month to Coombs & Sons Ltd of Guildford via the sole UK importer Maranello Concessionaires. It was specified in the striking and seldom-seen Azzurro Dino 20-A-349 with Nero 161 Plastica interior, black carpets and electric windows.

First registered as KPH 40K - a registration it retains to this day - the car was supplied to its first owner by Coombs who kept the car until 1977 when it was sold to McCartney Bros Ltd of Bolton. In 1979, Eddie Walsh acquired 03442 for £4,700 (receipt on file). At that time, the Dino had covered approximately 50,000 miles, supported by accompanying MoT records. The car had received one respray by that time in a blue closer to Blu Dino Metallizzato. 

Shortly after purchase, Walsh commenced a comprehensive restoration, carefully dismantling the car in preparation for body refurbishment and repainting. The Dino required attention to the sills and fabrication of new door frames (now fitted to the car).

Period Polaroid photographs on file document these works.

The restoration progressed to this stage only. Walsh had intended to sell the car to a buyer who would fund the project, with the understanding that Walsh would complete the restoration on their behalf. However, no such arrangement materialised, and the car remained in his long-term ownership thereafter - preserved rather than repeatedly restored.

Significantly, the original matching numbers engine and transaxle - discovered in the eaves of Walsh’s barn carefully wrapped in 1987-dated newspaper - are confirmed by the accompanying report from noted Dino authority Matthias Bartz. A Tony Willis report is also included in the history file.

All removed components had been methodically stored and now gathered, and the car is substantially complete, right down to the jack and rare original Dino branded leather document pouch. The known principal missing items are:

• Front grille surround
• Windscreen
• Door skins
• Rear bumpers
• One front quarterlight glass
• Exhaust system 

The majority of surviving 246 GTs have been restored - often multiple times and poorly - making this highly original, matching numbers, UK RHD example with 47 years of continuous ownership a particularly compelling proposition.

Finished in a beautiful and rarely encountered original colour scheme, chassis 03442 represents an exceptional opportunity for the discerning collector to restore a largely untouched Dino to exacting standards.

A comprehensive file of over 150 detailed photographs, including images of all included parts, is available upon request.