What’s the greatest rock band ever? An workplace ballot could recommend the Beatles, however one million grown males dwelling of their dad and mom’ basement will proclaim Led Zeppelin (and they’ll by no means allow you to overlook it). Definitely, Led Zeppelin was a monster of a band, and so they have been managed by a monster of a person. The 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS that he purchased new will likely be headed to public sale this week on the British web site Automobile & Basic.

Peter Grant’s resume included bouncer, skilled wrestler, stuntman, and actor, all expertise that led to his administration with a later incarnation of the Yardbirds. Jimmy Web page was the guitarist within the band presently, and the band was imploding. After they broke up, contracts have been fulfilled by a reformed band known as the New Yardbirds, which turned Led Zeppelin briefly order. The remaining, as they are saying, is historical past.

Historical past additionally reveals that the Dino 246 GTS was not branded a Ferrari, however who’re we to argue with SEO? As defined in our latest Choose of the Day on a Fiat Dino, Enzo Ferrari had been constructing V12 avenue automobiles on the time, and attempting his hand on a V6 sports activities automotive was one thing he was open to so long as it didn’t cannibalize the Ferrari title. As everyone knows, there was nothing to fret about.

This 1973 Dino 246 GTS is a Collection III, the ultimate incarnation of the Pininfarina-designed Dino earlier than Bertone produced its V8 successor. The GTS specifically featured a detachable high, distinctive amongst Dinos. It’s additionally one in all 235 right-hand drive Collection IIIs constructed. Nonetheless, past the engineering and movie star facet of the automotive, what stands out is the 1,007 miles on the odometer. Grant purchased this Rosso Bordeaux automotive new however, contemplating he was a big man, how did he match on this junior Ferrari?

Grant handed away in 1995 on the age of 60, however he drove the Dino solely by way of 1976 or so. Accompanying the sale of this automotive is a “rigorously curated historical past file” together with authentic correspondence with the Ferrari manufacturing unit plus Grant’s logbook. In response to the vendor, this Dino has “undergone skilled retrimming and repainting” throughout its lifetime which embody a number of refined modifications made up to now.

The public sale of this 1973 Dino 246 GTS begins on February 22, 2024 and runs by way of the 29^th. bidders can go to Automobile & Basic to study extra.