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S/N 53319 · 288 GTO · 1984

Hans Hugenholtz’s GTO.

A red GTO, Dutch registration NJ-89-LH and an owner with racing in mind. The supplied account connects chassis 53319 with Hans Hugenholtz, the early Ferrari Club Nederland and a June appearance at Zandvoort.

Recorded completion year
1984
Exterior recorded
Rosso Corsa FER 300 Glasurit · supplied account
Configuration
Left-hand drive

Selected public storyDutch heritage story · October 2026

Front three-quarter view of a red Ferrari 288 GTO with Dutch registration NJ-89-LH in an indoor car showroom.
NJ-89-LH in a supplied showroom photograph. Date and location unrecorded; the chassis association comes from the supplied account.

The record at a glance

  1. 5 September 1984 · A GTO with fewer comforts · Stated
  2. 1985 · date unrecorded · A GTO at the Amsterdam RAI · Stated
  3. 14–16 June 1985 · Number 150 at Zandvoort · Stated
  4. 11 July 1985 · A Dutch home for the GTO · Stated
  5. 1990 to 1999 · Back in the Netherlands, with Martien van Doorne · Stated
  6. 1993 · historical context · From club racing to the Challenge · Documented
  7. 2010 to 2019 · To Switzerland, in Sebastian Vettel’s collection · Stated
  8. 2 October 2024 · On the Legacy Tour in the Dolomites · Stated

11 entries · 1 documented · 10 stated · 3 undated. Each mark is one dated entry; point at one to read it.

Open the journey map42 years · 8 moments
  1. The recorded specificationFewer comforts. A clear choice.Manual windows, no air conditioning, and Rosso Corsa over Nero with red inserts: the supplied account describes a purposeful GTO.
  2. The chronological questionJune first. July next.The reported Zandvoort appearance precedes the supplied delivery date. The gap is visible, with no explanation invented.
  3. The personal connectionAn owner in a racing community.The supplied account names Hans Hugenholtz; the club’s own history records his part in founding Ferrari Club Nederland.

The car

The VIN, engine number and completion date come from the supplied provenance account. Factory records and identification stamps have not been examined for this edition. The dealer lists the car as 1985; the basis of that year is not established.

Chassis / supplied VIN
53319 / ZFFPA16B000053319
Completion · supplied account
5 September 1984
Engine number · supplied account
114B0022
Exterior · supplied account
Rosso Corsa FER 300 Glasurit
Interior · supplied account
Nero leather / red inserts
Configuration · supplied account
Left-hand drive / European specification
Recorded lightweight features
Manual windows / no air conditioning
Reported recipient
Berlinetta Beheer B.V. / Hans Hugenholtz
Delivery · supplied account
11 July 1985 / Kroymans, Hilversum
Dutch registration · visible in photographs
NJ-89-LH
Dealer’s listing year
1985 · basis unestablished

The precise build and delivery details remain attributed to the supplied record. The dealer uses a different year; the original papers are needed to explain it. No originality finding or verified rarity count is assigned.

Registrations

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A GTO with racing in its story.

A familiar Dutch plate connects two photographs. Behind it is an account of a carefully specified GTO, a club founder and an early circuit appearance worth investigating.

The details that make it personal.

Rosso Corsa outside; black leather and red inserts within. The supplied record describes chassis 53319 with manual windows and no air conditioning, and gives a completion date of 5 September 1984. It is a specification with character, but its significance does not depend on assigning a motive to every omitted comfort. The factory record would tell us precisely what was ordered and when.

A Dutch beginning, with one unresolved sequence.

The supplied account brings the Ferrari to the Netherlands through Kroymans and names Berlinetta Beheer B.V., Hans Hugenholtz’s company, as the recipient on 11 July 1985. It also places the GTO at the Amsterdam RAI and at Zandvoort’s Ferrari BeNeLux Meeting. The latter is dated 14–16 June, before the stated delivery, with number 150. These are distinct claims to check. A meeting appearance before formal delivery could have several explanations; none is established by the material here.

The people around the car.

Hugenholtz’s role in the wider Ferrari community gives the account its setting. Ferrari Club Nederland names him among its founders and traces the Challenge to its racing initiative. This is a connection through a person and a club. It is not a claim that this GTO competed in the later championship, or that one car caused its creation.

Two pictures, and room for more.

The photographs bring the GTO out of the written account: indoors beneath showroom lights, and outdoors among other Ferraris. NJ-89-LH remains the recognisable detail. Their dates and locations are unknown. A later published description adds another place to continue the research, while the ownership sequence, supporting papers and present whereabouts remain open. An album annotation, delivery document or dated service invoice could connect the next part of the story.

Its history

1984–1985 · supplied account

A purposeful beginning.

The recorded completion and a reported Amsterdam display introduce the GTO, with its manual windows, omitted air conditioning and early Dutch connection.

5 September 1984Maranello, Italy · supplied account

A GTO with fewer comforts

Stated
The supplied record gives 5 September 1984 as the completion date of chassis 53319. It records Rosso Corsa FER 300 Glasurit paint, Nero leather with red inserts, engine…Read full entryClose entry

Still to check The factory build sheet has not been examined. The precise completion date, paint code, engine identification and original equipment remain attributed to the supplied record. Factory completion and specification records; photographs of the chassis and engine identification

Date not established1985 · date unrecordedAmsterdam, Netherlands · supplied account

A GTO at the Amsterdam RAI

Stated
The supplied account places chassis 53319 at the 1985 Amsterdam RAI Motor Show, reportedly in the presence of Prince Bernhard and Frits Kroymans. The later dealer…Read full entryClose entry

Still to check The dealer does not establish the year or the named people’s presence. No contemporary show catalogue, dated photograph or display record has been reviewed. The supplied showroom photograph is not identified as the RAI. The 1985 RAI display record, contemporary photographs and chassis identification

1985 / 1993 context

A circuit, a delivery, a wider story.

A June meeting and July delivery leave a useful question. The later Challenge connection belongs to the club’s history, not a race record for this chassis.

14–16 June 1985Zandvoort, Netherlands · supplied account

Number 150 at Zandvoort

Stated
The supplied provenance account records chassis 53319 at the Ferrari BeNeLux Meeting at Zandvoort from 14 to 16 June 1985, carrying number 150. It is a compelling…Read full entryClose entry

Still to check An entry list, event programme, results or dated photograph has not been reviewed. The nature of the participation is unresolved; a number is not proof of a competitive start or result. Meeting programme or entry list, period photographs and the delivery record

11 July 1985Hilversum / Naarden, Netherlands · supplied account

A Dutch home for the GTO

Stated
The supplied account records delivery through Kroymans in Hilversum to Berlinetta Beheer B.V., Hans Hugenholtz’s company in Naarden, on 11 July 1985. It associates the…Read full entry · 1 photographClose entry

A familiar Dutch plate · 1 photograph

Front three-quarter view of a red Ferrari 288 GTO with Dutch registration NJ-89-LH in an indoor car showroom.

Supplied photograph · date unrecorded

The red GTO behind NJ-89-LH

The Dutch plate NJ-89-LH is visible on the red GTO. The supplied account associates that registration with chassis 53319. The showroom and date are unrecorded; this is not evidence of the RAI display or the delivery day.

Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story

Supplied photograph archive

Still to check The invoice, delivery paperwork and original registration entry have not been examined. A visible plate supports a photographic observation; the link to chassis 53319 and the identity of the recipient still depend on the account. Kroymans delivery paperwork, original invoice and registration record

1993 · historical contextFerrari customer racing

From club racing to the Challenge

Documented
Ferrari dates the beginning of its customer Challenge championship to 1993. Ferrari Club Nederland’s own history names Hans Hugenholtz as a co-founder and describes the…Read full entryClose entry

Still to check These sources establish club and championship context. They do not identify chassis 53319, document its 1985 participation or claim that it raced in the official Ferrari Challenge. No sole-inventor claim is made.

Reported 1990s–2024 · undated records

The later trail.

A reported US stay, owners reported in the 1990s and 2010s, a 2024 sighting in the Dolomites, and undated photographs and a listing.

After 1985 · reportedUnited States · reported

A short stay in the United States

Stated

Still to check No shipping, import or US registration record has been reviewed, and the dates are not given. Shipping or import papers, or a dated photograph in the United States

1990s · reportedThe Netherlands · reported

Back in the Netherlands, with Martien van Doorne

Stated

Still to check The account gives the decade, not a date. No sale or registration document for this ownership has been reviewed. The sale or registration record of the 1990s

2010s · reportedSwitzerland · reported

To Switzerland, in Sebastian Vettel’s collection

Stated
In the 2010s the car is exported to Switzerland after the Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel adds it to his collection. It is reported to remain in Switzerland…Read full entryClose entry

Still to check The account gives the decade, not a date. No export, sale or Swiss registration record has been reviewed. The export record and the sale documents

2 October 2024Dolomites, Italy

On the Legacy Tour in the Dolomites

Stated

Still to check The photograph is not yet in the file. Marlon van der Meer’s photograph of 2 October 2024

Gap

The later owners, on paper Marlon van der Meer’s account names owners in the 1990s and the 2010s. No dated registration, sale or export record connects them yet, and the two supplied photographs and the dealer listing remain undated.

Date not establishedPhotographs · undatedLocations unrecorded

The plate stays in the picture

Stated
The two supplied photographs give this story a different pace. One finds the GTO indoors, among other cars. The other places it outdoors in a line of three Ferraris,…Read full entry · 1 photographClose entry

The GTO among Ferraris · 1 photograph

Rear view of a red Ferrari 288 GTO with registration NJ-89-LH, a silver open-top Ferrari and a red Ferrari F40 parked outdoors.

Supplied photograph · date unrecorded

Three Ferraris, one familiar plate

NJ-89-LH is visible on the red GTO at the left of this supplied photograph. The place and date are not established. The other cars’ chassis identities are not recorded here, and the image is not presented as a photograph of the 1985 Zandvoort meeting.

Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story

Supplied photograph archive

Still to check The photographs are undated. Their placement here is editorial, not a claim that they were taken after 1993 or before the dealer listing. No other car’s chassis or owner is identified. Original photograph dates, locations and any accompanying album notes

Date not establishedDealer listing · undatedUnited Kingdom · dealer listing

A later published record

Stated
Tom Hartley Jnr lists chassis 53319 as a 1985 car, in red with black leather and red inserts. It describes a lightweight specification without air conditioning, radio…Read full entryClose entry

Still to check The service invoice and Classiche book have not been reviewed. The rarity estimate, mileage and condition are dealer claims at an unknown date. The listing year differs from the supplied completion year; its basis remains open. Dated service invoice, Classiche book, sale documentation and intervening ownership records

Gap

The next chapter No dated sale result, current keeper or present location is established in the material reviewed for this edition.

Sources

The early GTO account and two photographs are one supplied contribution. A historical dealer page adds a published description; the club and manufacturer histories establish the separate customer-racing context.

  1. 1

    Supplied provenance account & photographs

    The Dutch GTO account and two photographs

    The supplied account records the GTO’s specification, completion, Dutch delivery and appearances. Two undated photographs show NJ-89-LH. Factory, delivery, registration and event records remain to be examined.

    • 5 September 1984Completion and specification details in the supplied provenance account.
    • 1985 · date unrecordedThe supplied narrative describes the 1985 display and the reported presence of Prince Bernhard and Frits Kroymans; the dealer description separately mentions an Amsterdam show appearance.
    • 14–16 June 1985Meeting dates, chassis identification and number 150 in the supplied provenance account.
    • 11 July 1985Reported delivery, recipient and Dutch registration in the supplied account, with NJ-89-LH visible in the photographs.
    • Photographs · undatedThe two original photographs supplied with the chassis 53319 narrative.

    Material supplied to Maranello Data · October 2026

  2. 2

    Published dealer description · undated

    Tom Hartley Jnr: chassis 53319

    A historical listing marked sold without a sale date. Its description is not a current condition report.

    • 1985 · date unrecordedThe supplied narrative describes the 1985 display and the reported presence of Prince Bernhard and Frits Kroymans; the dealer description separately mentions an Amsterdam show appearance.
    • Dealer listing · undatedThe linked historical dealer page for chassis 53319.
    Open the published source
  3. 3

    Club’s published history · context

    Ferrari Club Nederland: the club’s history

    The club names Hans Hugenholtz among its founders and links its racing initiative with the Ferrari Challenge. It does not identify this GTO.

    Open the published source
  4. 4

    Manufacturer’s published history · context

    Ferrari: the Challenge begins in 1993

    Ferrari’s history records the start of its customer championship in 1993. This supplies championship context, not a competition record for chassis 53319.

    Open the published source
  5. 5

    Written account

    Marlon van der Meer’s account, October 2026

    Reports a short stay in the United States, the return to the Netherlands under Martien van Doorne in the 1990s, Sebastian Vettel’s ownership and the export to Switzerland in the 2010s, and the car’s presence on the 288 GTO Legacy Tour in the Dolomites on 2 October 2024, which he photographed. No registration, sale or export document for these steps has been reviewed.

    Supplied October 2026

How each record is weighed

Still open

Which original records establish the early appearances, explain the June meeting before July delivery, and connect the later years?

  1. 1984 completion, 1985 listingWhich factory and registration documents explain the two years attached to this GTO?
  2. At Zandvoort before deliveryWhat was the nature of the June appearance, and how does it relate to the recorded 11 July handover?
  3. The RAI appearanceCan contemporary records establish the display and the people reported alongside the car?
  4. The reported ownersWhich sale, registration or export records confirm the Van Doorne and Vettel ownerships?
  5. The years between the recordsWhich dated ownership, service and sale records connect the early Dutch account with the later listing?

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From the record288 GTO · 53319