This 1962 Ferrari 250 GTE Police Car Is Beyond Wonderful

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This Ferrari 250 is just as great as the story behind it. You'll barely believe it, but then again, this was Italy in the sixties. Strange things happened.

Take a bunch of successful policemen in 1962, a prime minister who wants to give them a reward, a joke taken seriously, and Enzo Ferrari being Enzo Ferrari. He throws in two 250 GTEs with their glorious 3-liter V12. One gets destroyed immediately, the other faces years of crime fighting in Rome. Then there's a military auction followed by a long sleep under a blanket.

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Now, fast forward to this very moment, and imagine cruising in that car with a license plate telling everybody you're polizia...