Vat Inc. €76.95 For the 1964 season, Ferrari presented three cars for prototype and GT racing: the 250LM, the 275 P-64 and the 330 P-64. The 250LM was conceived as a GT, but the homologation was refused by the International Sports Commission (in Italy the homologation was however approved). For this reason the car had to compete in the prototype category, against much more specialized and performing cars. Despite this, the 250LM achieved great results, among which the win at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans.
At the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1964, NART entered this 250 LM (chassis 5909) for David Piper, who had been introduced to the team on the initiative of journalist Gérard Crombac, and rookie Jochen Rindt. After an excellent start with Piper, the #58 Ferrari had to retire in the first hour due to an oil leak. As for Rindt, the young Austrian would make his F1 debut shortly after and win the 24 Hours of Le Mans the following year, in another NART 250LM.
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The Italian Best was founded in 1990 as one of the successors of Box Model. The Box Model molds were split between Best and another Italian company, Bang. Best, directed by Marco Grassini with the company called M4 (named after the founder and his family: Marco, Mariella, Michele and Manuela), thus began producing high quality die-cast models in 1:43 scale. The quality has increased over time, especially thanks to the use of photo-etched parts. The company produces sports and racing car models from the 60s and 70s, mainly Ferrari, but also Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Porsche, Jaguar and Lola. The owners of Best also produced the Art Model (Ferrari, since 1993) and M4 (Alfa Romeo models, since 2007) brand ranges, and in 2004 they took over Rio material. After the death of Marco Grassini in 2016, the business is carried on by his family.
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