Current Price: USD $5,000 – Source
Auction Ends: Wednesday, September 23 at 10:12am PT
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This Ferrari Colombo V12 engine was removed from a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTE. The 3.0-liter Tipo 128/F engine (s/n 4295) was reportedly rebuilt by Richard ‘Dick’ DeBiasse of Dark Horse Motors. It is believed to be the last of five 250 GTE ‘hot rod’ engines built by DeBiasse, and it has not been fired since the rebuild. A three-page engine history and summary provided by the seller can be viewed in the gallery, and various spare parts are included in the sale. This Colombo V12 is offered in Costa Mesa, California.
Ferrari produced various iterations of the Colombo V12 engine from 1947 through 1988. The Tipo 128 V12 displaces 2,953cc with a bore of 73mm and a stroke of 58.8mm in stock form. It features an aluminum block and aluminum cylinder heads with spark plugs positioned on the outer side of each bank as well as coil valve springs and individual intake ports.
The bore of this example was increased to 74.4mm, at which time Wiseco pistons and pins were installed, four-bolt main bearing caps were fitted, and the connecting rods were machined and trued end-to-end. The cylinder heads were ported and polished, and the valvetrain was rebuilt with oversized intake and exhaust valves, replacement exhaust guides and seats, rocker-arm bushings, and adjuster screws. The Crane camshafts have 208° of duration.
The engine is configured with three Weber 36 DCS carburetors. The distributors were rebuilt, and replacement Magneti Marelli caps are fitted. A lightweight multi-part alloy-and-steel flywheel and Ferrari-branded valve covers are installed.
Additional stampings are shown in the gallery.
Spare parts included in the sale comprise camshaft cover studs, early-offset rods and pistons, 74mm Wiseco pistons, 73mm AE Hepolite pistons, Crane camshafts, flywheels, clutch plates, and other 250 parts are shown in the gallery below.
A three-page seller-provided summary is presented at the end of the gallery.
