Music · Pink Floyd · Documented owner · dated October 1, 2024

Nick Mason

1962 Ferrari 250 GTO · chassis 3757GT

Nick Mason’s red Ferrari 250 GTO chassis 3757GT, wearing race number 22 at Salon Privé in 2025; the crop excludes its registration.
Nick Mason’s actual Ferrari 250 GTO, chassis 3757GT, photographed by MrWalkr at Salon Privé on August 30, 2025. Joyride cropped the left edge so the registration is not shown.Photo: MrWalkr · CC BY-SA 4.0. Joyride crops 1,000 pixels from the left side of the 5777 × 3224 Commons JPEG so the public registration is not shown. The 4777 × 3224 derivative is JPEG-compressed at quality 96. No generative alteration, retouching or vehicle reconstruction.
Nick Mason performing at a drum kit in a May 2018 identification portrait by Raph_PH.
Nick Mason2018 · Identification portraitRaph_PH · CC BY 2.0. Joyride serves the current 1928 × 2299 Commons JPEG byte-for-byte. Commons identifies it as a lossless cropped extraction from the photographer’s original; Joyride adds no crop, retouching or generation. A responsive frame may crop displayed edges.

The Ferrari that kept doing Ferrari things

Connection
Documented owner · dated October 1, 2024
When
Bought in 1978 · continuous ownership documented through October 1, 2024
Identity
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO · chassis 3757GT · former Écurie Francorchamps competition car

Goodwood’s October 1, 2024 feature identifies Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason as the owner of this Ferrari 250 GTO and says he bought it in 1978, when it was a 16-year-old ex-competition car. The same account says the car had remained in his continuous ownership to that date. Joyride stops the ownership claim there: a later show photograph does not prove present-day custody in 2026.

Goodwood traces the individual Ferrari back to Belgian team Écurie Francorchamps. It finished second in class at the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans, became the first 250 GTO with an integrated rear spoiler and continued competing every year until its retirement from wheel-to-wheel motorsport in 2014. Those facts describe chassis 3757GT’s documented history, not every 250 GTO or the wider Ferrari 250 family.

The remarkable part of Mason’s tenure is use rather than storage. Goodwood records school runs, shopping trips, rallies and public event appearances, including the John Surtees parade at the 2024 Goodwood Revival. MrWalkr photographed the same chassis at Salon Privé on August 30, 2025. That public display extends the car’s visible event trail but does not independently extend Mason’s ownership beyond the 2024 dated evidence.

Documented custody

Where the car went next

  1. 1962Écurie Francorchamps competition car

    Goodwood records a second-in-class Le Mans finish and identifies this example as the first 250 GTO with an integrated rear spoiler.

  2. 1978Mason acquired it

    Goodwood says Mason bought the then-16-year-old ex-competition Ferrari and later used it on both road and track.

  3. 2014Retired from wheel-to-wheel racing

    The car’s annual competition run ended, while road, rally and public-event use continued.

  4. October 1, 2024Continuous ownership documented

    Goodwood described Mason as the longest-standing 250 GTO owner and recorded the car at the 2024 Revival.

  5. August 30, 2025Salon Privé display

    MrWalkr photographed chassis 3757GT on public display. The appearance is not treated as ownership evidence.

Follow the evidence

Sources for this story

Goodwood’s own event feature documents Mason’s 1978 purchase, continuous ownership through October 1, 2024, the car’s Écurie Francorchamps and Le Mans history, and its 2014 competition retirement. Wikimedia Commons places MrWalkr’s licensed 2025 photograph in the exact chassis 3757GT category. Joyride does not infer current-2026 ownership from the later photograph.

  • Up close with Nick Mason’s Ferrari 250 GTOGoodwood Road & Racing · 2024-10-01 · external source

    Mason’s 1978 purchase and continuous ownership through the article date; the individual car’s Écurie Francorchamps, Le Mans, integrated-spoiler and competition history; documented road use and 2024 Revival appearance.

Reviewed

Why this is the actual car
  • Photo identity evidence

    Goodwood identifies Mason’s individual 250 GTO, its 1978 acquisition, continuous ownership through October 1, 2024 and Écurie Francorchamps competition history.

  • Photo identity evidence

    MrWalkr records the August 30, 2025 Salon Privé photograph under the exact 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO chassis 3757GT category and licenses it CC BY-SA 4.0.

The matching photographer, venue, date and vehicle history establish the identification; the chassis stamp is not visible in these photographs.