The STORY BEHIND my MOST VALUABLE CAR | Ferrari Collector David Lee

It's raced in multiple classic races. It's crashed. It's been revived. Now it's my most valuable car in my entire collection of Ferrari's. This is my 1964 250 GT lusso Competizione
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[@joebloggs4191]

That auction strategy works, I can attest to it! Years ago when I was trading cars I used to buys cars often from auctions. Once this car came along which I knew would get a lot of interest and of course the auctioneer started the bidding low, so I did the same put people into shock and not give them time to think and bid my highest price right away, the whole room went silent and after few seconds I hear the auctioneer saying going once going twice sold!

[@ianjones7486]

A wonderful video. The noise when you start the car initially is the reason I love Ferraris. it is so evocative. I love that you are sharing your passion with us and I look forward to seeing other cars from your wonderful collection

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

What a video. David, that’s my favorite car of your collection. I love the 1960’s Ferraris.

[@targaflorio3239]

Great ownership video. Beautiful stable you have. Massive congrats.

[@fredericrike5974]

Offhand, David, I'd say that Lusso was a 250-300 smile per hour car! As to the color- Ferraris, all Ferraris, look good in one of two colors; Red as we all know and ......yellow! Some of the others are nice but this was Enzo's idea I believe. Just awesome- cold chills everytime you shifted it. Your comments about how close and intimate a driving experience it is was spot on- luxe Ferraris are not something I've had much opportunity with but Alfas and Maseratis from that era are much the same- engaging and demanding. FR

[@iamtsooj]

That sound!

[@russhendrix9674]

That sound is stunning.

[@thanosliaskas3531]

question not a criticism - do you need to blip the throttle during upshifts? Thought that was only needed for downshifting

[@johnhenne370]

If you are not shifting quickly, while in neutral (clutch engaged) the RPMs will drop to 0 eventually. In order to have a smooth shift to the next gear, you need to apply enough gas to have the transmission match what the RPMs should be in the next gear. For example, if you are at 5k rpm in 3rd gear going 75 mph and want to shift to 4th gear, which is at 3k rpm at 75mph, in order to have a smooth shift, you will want to be at 3k rpm when you release the clutch in 4th. Say you let the rpms drop to 1k during the shift and release the clutch in 4th, the car is going to jerk because your rpms don't match what the car would be doing at that speed.

[@donsnook8335]

@@johnhenne370 thanks John, I had the same question so went “trolling” through the comments to see if it was addressed. Definitely keep in mind. Thanks for the question Thanos!

[@pereldh5741]

@@johnhenne370 However, you’d have to be REALLY slow shifting for this to occur. Right? Like when you drive your manual car. Even in my Z4M (which has a really light flywheel) the revs never fall faster than I shift (and the Z4M shift is not the greatest). I ONLY have manual cars and they only need blips on downshift, never heard or seen ANYONE do it upshifting. Even in an old Ferrari

[@johnhenne370]

@@pereldh5741 That is correct. Otherwise you can time the shift so that you release the clutch at the correct RPM and the engine will match the transmission. Remember though, in these old Ferraris without synchros you are double clutching to shift, so it is slower than with a modern manual car, but you can still do it quick enough to not require any throttle to match. That said, I know people who will apply the correct amount of throttle so that as the RPMs are dropping, if the shift does take too long, the RPM decrease stops at the correct value and never goes lower. For example, if you are upshifting and are currently at 5k RPM and the next gear equivalent is 3k RPM, while in neutral you can apply enough throttle so that nothing occurs from 5k until 3k, but as soon as you hit 3k, that is where your engine RPMs stay. The result is, you are still timing the shift so that you are in the next gear at 3k RPM, but have the engine spinning at that RPM regardless of any circumstance. But you are correct, in general, no additional throttle is needed when upshifting as you are moving to a lower RPM. Downshifting requires a rev match because you are moving up in RPM, which is the opposite of what vehicle is doing while in neutral.

[@bedlambikes]

Fantastic video production. Well done!

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

Those are some SERIOUSLY happy hydrocarbons coming out of the tailpipes!

[@mikeroper3437]

What a beautiful car

[@MauriceMamba]

David your channel is Growing on ME.

[@Waltos]

Still the most beautiful Ferrari ever produced.

[@butlersouth]

7:07 What kind of Jeep is that, that can hold off a Ferrari 250 GT Lusso Competizione?!

[@BikeronaTrek]

Awesome video and car! Thanks!

[@RRRVanquish1998]

You should add an 812 Competizione Coupe and Aperta

[@acskls]

Nice motor car. Some quality content on this channel 👍🚗

[@mintruth]

What a BEAST!!!

[@Law19157]

Hey Mr. David Lee, is it true that Ferrari won't let you buy their cars if you own a Lamborghini?

[@markp44288]

Your double clutching sounds great!

[@sfnevada13]

👌

[@riventocchien3043]

I know to Tyler Ngô

[@mubasheerahmed8659]

How much does it worth?

[@flo.___.w2627]

800.000-1.100.000€ idk for this one tho

[@ThomasSeeds]

@@flo.___.w2627 probably much more than that since he said it’s his most valuable car. Since he has a f40 f50 and an Enzo

[@farzannaghoon2057]

in 2008 one was auctioned for 1.2 mil usd

[@peterh225]

Much more, easy 6 milj. in today’s market if it is 100% clean

[@ThomasSeeds]

@@peterh225 exactly my thoughts

[@pwddogman]

Mr. Lee, lacks the ability to communicate to fanciers information from these prized cars that would be an enriching experience. Whether it's his videos or with Jay Lenno, he is a big YAWN.

[@ijfba]

how valuable is it that you only drive it in circles

[@crazyghost111]

not nearly enough likes IMHO

[@crazyghost111]

oops just released lol, first time to this channel figured it had been here a while

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Sorry David. The garage is too crappy for those car. You should probably spend a couple of million to make it like a museum. Sorry,

[@samial-qaddoumi5435]

David really upping the KZbin game, good job !

[@HermanHerrera]

2 dislikes from Tonino Lamborghini and Manny Koshbin 🤣 All kidding aside, great video David! Thank you for sharing with us!

[@juanromuel1367]

great seccess!

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Manny was looking for his white pants and $2K sun glasses.

[@richlamarre8615]

THAT SOUND! Amazing - thanks for sharing David!

[@taichooyee]

Awesome !

[@examinerian]

Amazing car, and a great story - the yellow with Italian colours really suits it.

[@TheNKO173]

One of the Most Exceptional car in this World - Always Magic David !

[@gilbertwashburn7095]

Great video I'm going to learn a lot about Ferraris I fix cars for 50 years but I only had one experience in a Ferrari when I was 13 years old a guy who lived on the block from us named Michael butchkowski had bought a 63 250 GTO Ferrari for $16,000 my dad thought he was crazy he bought a foreign car for that kind of money nobody in our neighborhood that kind of had that kind of money but he was retired from General Motors he Road Race the car at Road America I was 12 years old it was 1968 he used to give us rides in the car then he passed away his son inherited the car and kept it for about 30 years he really didn't drive it much at all he had some health problems his father also had a67 Camaro Z28 his father bought new he sold the cars about 10 years back I don't know where the Ferrari is obviously collector has it it needed some work it did run but it needed work that is my experience with the Ferrari thanks for the videos I'll watch all of them I will learn a lot thanks it keeps me inspired I'm just an old retired Street racer drag racer car builder have a great day knowledge is everything

[@MarcSob22]

Absolutely stunning machine!!

[@WalkingViolinist]

Amazing video quality and production quality is great ! Spectacular car

[@nathansharma87]

Gotta say Dave, production quality has improved immensely! I'm just glad you got a microphone!

[@w46try7]

I’m also a Collector. I collect Miller Welding bobbleheads! Sort of like collecting Ferraris, only smaller sized stuff 👍

[@itspeedmoore]

why are you blipping the throttle on upshifts? I assume you are double clutching. Double clutching and blipping the throttle is important for downshifts.

[@canadianboyee]

Exactly no synchros or not you don't have to blip to upshift

[@keithsclassicgarage1133]

All of the old Ferraris had soul! The smells of the leather, no plastic. High quality, that has been left behind and replaced by computers, traction control, etc..

[@conservativemike3768]

New cars.. one busted computer chip from total failure. Old school mechanics.. run forever.

[@njnj785]

David Lee I suggest try buy a Lancia delta integrale hf you might like it there are familiar parts you can also see from your f40 trust me you would love the car,

[@denniswhite9721]

Surprising no synchro, but I think this may have been the case with the GTO's from around the same period. The supercars in David's collection are terrific, but this car is the tops!

[@mrbeefy9947]

So happy i subbed mr David lee I am a fan I just don’t know what took me so long . I am a watch collector I would love to stop by one day and pick up a gmt I need a root beer happy holidays

[@cnb4110]

David you are great story teller and you have the best toys,cheers!

[@jamespollock11]

Clint Eastwood drove a Lusso around the Monterey Peninsula back in the day.

[@kindvegasbuds3726]

Thank you David , giving us an opportunity tovew and feel these cars . When im ready i will buy my rolex from you !

[@felipevalencia4172]

Ladies and gentleman, if you want to do your due diligence on a certain Ferrari model, this is the channel to learn just that. Or jay Leno’s

[@hokayleesan]

a car with gauges?! crazy! lol just hating, sick ride!

[@arneltorres530]

I’m curious how much was the shocking bid offer.

[@JWONG-pu8ky]

You really are a great collector, the love for this cars can be clearly seen and the way you drive a car without a synchro, nice blips with those shifts, thanks for this wonderful content

[@ethansgarage1]

What a beautiful car!! The sound is heavenly. I was so glad I got to see it today at cars & chronos!!

[@kdids]

How are you allowed to drive this with a foreign licence plate? Don't you need a local state plate?

[@jasony2221]

hands up if you paused the vid and checked your notifications at 03:53 lol

[@rl95719]

You have to blip on upshifts? Interesting.

[@sikal1100]

Ended like a classic movie scene. Amazing

[@grietga]

Yes there is something of the scene with the Miura in the "Italian Job" (even without the mountains, the tunnel, and the bullldozer!).

[@johndean2110]

This one is my favorite in your collection.😀

[@atlasrex]

So you can write checks to collect cars - not exactly hard to do.

[@arambazinyan7385]

The closest will ever get to drive this car is in a video game!

[@wolfgrahl]

Great Video. Greetings from Santa Barbara.

[@ronschwolsky1626]

Did you say "visceral?" I believe Leno has a copyright on that word. ;)

[@bigfishthugger8063]

An odd question. Why does Ben baller always talk shit about you? He says terrible things about you and that your lifestyle is fake. It’s in his podcasts I heard. Is it jealousy or what?

[@johnhenne370]

Hard to fake a lavish lifestyle when you have a garage that has been made public on numerous occasions that contains 50M+ of cars. We know Ben doesn't have that type of collection.

[@jeoboden]

Really good lighting in this, nice work

[@abc-ke2wd]

*this guy is playing real life forza horizon lololol*

[@cam_121]

Should race it at the goodwood revival

[@sobhansabbagh6171]

whats it fuel econmey?

[@jasonjcr_cars819]

The best of your garage David!

[@johnforeman634]

It’s funny how cars have advanced since this car was made. Here you are managing this beast down the road with all the noise and drama, concentrating on everything to do it right. Meanwhile there’s a soccer mom driving an SUV near you, probably daydreaming barely thinking about it and keeping up with you!

[@simonstovebolt]

Love the old school cars they are like driving a piece of art

[@tabsh]

A real piece of engineering

[@teslapete4461]

would you consider buying the new continuation car that GTO Engineering is going to be building? they will have a replica Columbo engine and everything.

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

since 1984 I've used a snake oil named Pro Blend. I use it transmissions, smooths out the shift. Used it in wet clutches in 500cc MX bikes, my sons race bikes: Makes shifting easier, doesn't effect clutch grip. Use it in pre mix. And in engine oil. If even makes positraction work better. Took the clutch chatter off the posi in my 1959 Corvette, going around turns was this common "tick tick" old chevy posi's have....and it went away with Pro Blend. Had to drive my truck 150 miles and in the mountains with no oil! Oil went into the radiator.....But the engine ran and turned off and on like it was nothing! So if you have old Synchro's......

[@dannycalley7777]

D.L. .............a famous General said the FIRSTEST WITH THE MOSTEST !!!!!!!!!!! great job for you and us !!!!!!!

[@TheEzwider88]

How much was the car?

[@HaydenKink]

Whats it worth?

[@baitse7676]

GRoup B, not class B

[@Starfishtroopers]

chrome exhaust ... no.

[@vandalorianvandalorian4769]

Sweet cacophony!

[@PAKESYBOY]

What worth more new tho

[@zzmx5]

I'm pretty sure I saw this car (how many of them in this livery would exist?) show up at Caffeine & Octane once in Atlanta 8-10 years ago when it was a nomadic show looking for a new home and held once or twice in a grungy parking lot in Roswell GA. At the time I had no idea of this car's history. I never knew that a Lusso would be set up for competition, and clearly I had no idea of it's value! Glad to know it's in good hands.

[@kimna364]

Very generous of David to share his rare cars. What I found amusing and to paraphrase David, was the "regular lusso is slower and sounds different but this sounds so much better" , heck 99.99% of the people would be grateful just to hear and drive a regular Lusso :-)

Form tyler ngo

[@danieldravot341]

He’s got this Lusso AND the V-8 Dino. I wonder if he’d be interested in adopting . . . By the way, I bid at auctions the same exact way as David Lee: hit ‘em with a high number and get the riff raff out immediately . . .

[@WheresTheAnyKey1]

so how much is it?

[@DogsandDoubles]

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful car. Any idea why the original owner went with this car rather than a GTO?

[@viper29ca]

I love the fact that you drive your cars, and they don't sit in a stuffy garage collecting dust, where no one gets to see it. I mean, here is a $1 million + car, bombing around the streets of LA And that sound, that is just pure sex. I love the modern Ferraris (F40 and newer), but nothing like the sound of the 60's Ferraris!

[@cavy95]

David, please trailer your old cars to Watkins Glen this fall for the SVRA historic event! It would be great!

[@antonioferreira2996]

Ferrari made 5 Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione, but I believe just 3 are remain. The other 2 has been "destroyed" in the research to do the F40.

[@gsmith207]

Haven’t watched this yet. Comment 1st then watch. This is gonna be awesome!!! Thanks DL! Finally going for it! Cheers from Maine! 🍻

[@petawillingale]

if the car has a full crash box, use the clutch to pull away and to stop and dont use the clutch while changing up and down, if you get your revs right you should get quicker gears changes, just takes a bit of practice

[@jonathangalloway6796]

If money was no object this would be on my top 5 list and the Ferrari 275 gtn compitzione

[@photohum]

Loving the new vids!!

[@MaycatFiberLaser]

good

[@KSL12]

A friend of mine has a 250 SWB. Hoping one day to do a review on my channel. Great video.

[@lewgoogle5530]

How does the motor tune differ from a stock Lusso, which is not known for particularly crisp performance?

[@philipkulpa8619]

Please do a video on the 288 GTO Only 2 live in Australia and they are rarely seen. A Panerai on your wrist while driving would be nice!

[@waynewong2537]

What a beauty to drive on such a beautiful day. Enjoyed the video very much and great commentary. It probably feels amazing just to be a passenger in the car. Two thumbs up.

[@dannyMCDelight]

Wow. Professional production and David is a fantastic speaker! Congrats!

[@inri5144]

you shift like a 13 gears truc crazy

[@ovs4744]

Have you thought about selling your entire collection or trade it if you had the opportunity to buy one extremely valuable car

[@charlescouncil2174]

That would be foolish. Ferrari is the pinnacle of automotive history. That’s like Ralph Lauren contemplating on selling off his collection in the last decade.

[@ovs4744]

@@charlescouncil2174 what are you even on about

[@charlescouncil2174]

@E VO That such a thought would be absurd, young man.

[@ylpb1472]

What car is worth that much

[@ovs4744]

@@charlescouncil2174 no what are you on about old man ? who says that car can't also be a ferrari ?