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After Le Mans, the heavily damaged racer was returned to Fantuzzi and fitted with a fresh Spyder body. This was replaced shortly after with a coupe body as part of a road car conversion. In 1965 the car was bought by American enthusiast Hisashi Okada, who regularly used the Le Mans winning Ferrari on the streets of New York. In 1974 chassis 0808 was acquired by French collector Pierre Bardinon for his very impressive 'Mas du Clos' collection. He sent the car back to Modena to have it restored to its Le Mans winning configuration. One of the details not incorporated during this restoration was the unusual glass windshield used during the race. For nearly three decades, the 330 TRI/LM was part of the Mas du Clos collection, which at one time included a majority of Ferrari's Le Mans winners. He eventually sold the car in June of 2002 to RM Auctions' Rob Myers for the princely sum of $6 million.
Two months later the Myers offered the car in RM's annual Monterey auction. It was acquired by an American collector for $6.5 million, which was the highest price ever paid for a Ferrari at auction. Like Okada, the new owner regularly used the car on the streets. He also showed the Le Mans winner at a variety of events. In 2007, the car was one of the stars of the inaugural Leggenda e Passione auction held by RM in the Ferrari factory. The 330 TRI/LM managed to shatter its own record, fetching EUR 6,875,000. Since then this record has been broken and is currently held by an earlier 250 TR at just over $12 million. The Ferrari's current owner is an Argentinean enthusiast, who very commendably entered the 1962 winner in the 2010 Le Mans Classic. It was great to see the car back in action where it starred in 1962 and had its final outing a year later.
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