Shmee150 Checks Out Amazing Ferrari Collection – Video

 

Shmee150 stopped by the garage of David Lee, a Ferrari collector based in California to take a look around his amazing cars and find out a little bit more about what got him into the brand.

David Lee isn’t Southern California’s most famous Ferrari collector, but he might be its most determined.

The watch and jewelry magnate has curated a stable of the Italian exotics, which he houses in a private garage in the San Gabriel Valley.

Currently in the collection of red racers is a complete set of Ferrari’s five modern supercars — a 2003 Enzo, a 1995 F50, a 1990 F40, a 1985 280 GTO and a rare 1987 288 GTO Evoluzione, a prototype for a Class B rally race car, of which only five were built.

Rounding out the herd of Italian stallions are an equally rare 1968, six-carb “short nose” 275 GTB, of which only five were made, and a 1964 250 Lusso. Oh, and Lee’s daily driver, a 2014 FF.

“I just fell into it,” Lee explained, dressed in a grey suit and bright pink Hermes necktie, while showing off his collection. “I had the trinity of supercars — the best Ferrari, the best Porsche, and the best Lamborghini — and I was very happy with that. But then I went overboard.”

“I wanted to be a brand ambassador, and inspire younger collectors to appreciate the classics,” the 46-year-old collector said. “I wanted to drive a Ferrari seven days a week, and really experience the Ferrari traditions.”

The cars are worth a lot — how much exactly, Lee won’t say, though he says he paid “full market price” for each of them, and notes that a lesser version of the Evoluzione was recently offered at $7 million. (“It is reasonable to think mine would be worth more than that,” Lee said matter of factly.)