330 GT Registry

Connolly Leather Colors

Ferrari mainly used Connolly leather during the 330 GT production run.  Connolly leather came in several finishes.  The Vaumol finish is a surface dyed color and it was used in most Ferraris through the 512BBi. The V8 production used the Autolux finish which is vat dyed on a thinner leather.  In 1984, all production changed to Autolux until 2001 when Ferrari stopped using Connolly leather.  Note, Connolly went out of business in 2002.

Ferrari also used a leather from Franzi for some of the 330 GTs.  The Franzi leather is surface dyed with a deeper and glossier finish than the Connolly leather.

For more detailed information on the history of leather used by Ferrari, click here.

The leather covered surfaces are:

Front seat	Rear seat	Door panel
Dog leg panel	Wheel well coverings	Package shelf
Strip glued under rear window	Tunnel	Console
Gear shift boot	Arm rest between the rear seat	Hump between rear floor sections
Hand brake cover	Fuel lid release lever surround (Series 2 model)

Several other surfaces are covered in black leatherette (no matter what the leather color is):

A pillar	B pillar	Dash and Binnacle
Padded bolster at bottom of dash	Door arm rest	Foot well kick panel
Bolster under door window	Bolster under quarter window	Trunk catch bar surround

The headliner is leatherette and the four trim pieces around it are covered with leatherette. Beige was the standard color, but cars to Maranello Concessionaires for UK sales were typically ordered with gray leatherette.

This table is a list of the leather colors as known to have come as original leather in 330 GTs.  Most were from Connolly, but some of the colors were made by Franzi. These are leather samples for some of the original colors available for a new 330 GT.  The samples are courtesy of HVL Exclusive Italian Interiors.

Italian	English	Sample		Italian	English	Sample
Arancia VM 3104	Orange VM 3104			Franzi Grigia GR 01	Gray Franzi GR 01
Beige Franzi BG02	Beige Franzi BG02			Grigia Imperiale	Imperial Gray
Beige Imperiale	Imperial Beige			Grigia VM 3230	Gray VM 3230
Beige Scuro VM 845	Dark Beige VM 845			Grigia VM 3393	Gray VM 3393
Beige Scuro VM 846	Dark Beige VM 846			Marrone VM 890	Brown VM 890
Beige VM 3095	Beige VM 3095			Nera Franzi	Black Franzi
Beige VM 316	Beige VM 316			Nera Franzi NR2	Black Franzi NR2
Beige VM 3218	Beige VM 3218			Nera Imperiale	Imperial Black
Beige VM 3309	Beige VM 3309			Nera VM 8500	Black VM 8500
Bianca VM 3323	White VM 3323			Rossa Scuro VM 893	Dark Beige VM 893
Blu Chiaro VM 3469	Light Blue VM 3469			Rossa VM 3086	Red VM 3086
Blu Nuvola VM 3015	Cloud Blue VM 3015			Rossa VM 3095	Red VM 3095
Blu Scuro VM 3209	Dark Blue VM 3209			Rossa VM 3171	Red VM 3171
Blu VM 3025	Blue VM 3025			Rossa VM 3195	Red VM 3195
Blu VM 3087	Blue VM 3087			Verde Chiaro VM 3124	Light Green VM 3124
Castagno VM 891	Chestnut VM 891			Verde VM 3655	Green VM 3655
Crema VM 3997	Magnolia VM 3997			Verde VM 8370	Green VM 8370
Franzi Blu BL 01	Franzi Blue BL 01			Verde VM 895	Green VM 895

Original Connolly leather sample book and HVL sample card.

Here's a chart with the original leather colors classified by general color group.  This is based on the 1062 cars where the original color is known.  As you can see, black was predominant with beige and red being the next most popular.

This chart is for the last known leather colors of 1097 cars. Owners do not change the leather color as much, but you can see that brown and tan are more popular while black is a higher percentage.  Perhaps because most colors can be dyed black to look better rather than replacing the worn leather.