5 September 1984 Completion & specification
A GTO with fewer comforts
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 number 114B0022 and European left-hand-drive specification. Manual windows and the absence of air conditioning give the account its distinctive detail: a GTO whose specification left out two everyday comforts.
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⌖ Maranello, Italy · supplied account
The evidence
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
1985 · date unrecorded Reported public appearance
A GTO at the Amsterdam RAI
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 listing also calls it an Amsterdam Motor Show car. That overlap is useful, but the precise display date, people present and identification of this chassis still require contemporary photographs or exhibition records.
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⌖ Amsterdam, Netherlands · supplied account
The evidence
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
14–16 June 1985 Reported circuit appearance
Number 150 at Zandvoort
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 setting for the GTO of a Ferrari club founder. It also creates the central question in this early chronology: the meeting precedes the supplied formal delivery date by almost four weeks. The reason for that sequence remains open.
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⌖ Zandvoort, Netherlands · supplied account
Number recorded in the supplied account 150
The evidence
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 1985 Reported delivery
A Dutch home for the GTO
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 GTO with Dutch registration NJ-89-LH. That plate can be read in both supplied photographs, giving the written record a recognisable visual detail even though the photographs themselves are undated.
A familiar Dutch plate 1 photograph 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
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⌖ Hilversum / Naarden, Netherlands · supplied account
The evidence
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 context Historical context
From club racing to the Challenge
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 later championship as growing from its club races and initiative. That gives the supplied GTO story a wider setting: the early Dutch club community and the racing culture it helped develop.
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⌖ Ferrari customer racing
The evidence
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.
After 1985 · reported Reported journey
A short stay in the United States
The car later spends a short time in the United States, Marlon van der Meer reports, but keeps its Dutch registration throughout.
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⌖ United States · reported
The evidence
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 · reported Reported ownership
Back in the Netherlands, with Martien van Doorne
In the 1990s the GTO returns to the Netherlands after Martien van Doorne, of the DAF truck and former car maker, acquires it.
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⌖ The Netherlands · reported
The evidence
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 · reported Reported ownership
To Switzerland, in Sebastian Vettel’s collection
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 today, in a major collection on the shores of Lake Geneva.
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⌖ Switzerland · reported
The evidence
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 2024 Dated sighting
On the Legacy Tour in the Dolomites
On 2 October 2024 Marlon van der Meer photographs the car during the Ferrari Legacy Tour dedicated to the 288 GTO, in the Italian Dolomites.
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⌖ Dolomites, Italy
Photographs · undated Photograph collection
The plate stays in the picture
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, photographed from behind. NJ-89-LH is visible in both. They preserve the car as it was photographed, while leaving the date, location and surrounding ownership history open.
The GTO among Ferraris 1 photograph 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
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⌖ Locations unrecorded
The evidence
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
Dealer listing · undated Published dealer account
A later published record
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 or electric windows, estimated at around 20 examples. It reports 15,386 km, a major service by Bob Houghton and a Ferrari Classiche Red Book. The page is marked sold; no sale date is given.
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⌖ United Kingdom · dealer listing
The evidence
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
