In the world of the truly extraordinary, uniqueness isn’t just a luxury… It’s the whole point. This stunning array of limited-edition, NART-liveried Ferraris goes way beyond Rosso Corsa, and this is the special father-and-son collecting story behind it.
The modern car collector faces a new kind of challenge: how to stand out in a world where everyone owns something exotic. The answer? Rarity. Provenance. Personality. A car collection today must reflect vision as much as value – less like a trophy case, and more like a personal, or family, manifesto.
Simply owning a Ferrari, Porsche or Lamborghini no longer turns heads the way it once did. The era of the curated, Instagram-ready car collection has elevated the game, and garage real estate is as much about the storytelling as it is about the cars. And if your collection doesn’t spark conversation about its USP, or raise eyebrows, it perhaps risks being wallpaper in a sea of sameness.
For Neil and Stirling Fairman, it was motorsport that made their father-and-son bond stronger than ever. While Neil raced in Ferrari Challenge, a young Stirling helped on the pit crew, and they grew to even become team-mates and race together. As time has gone by, it is high-end car collecting that’s become their shared passion. This amazing white collection features some stunningly high-spec Ferraris, including Daytona SP3, Monza SP2, 812 Competizione Aperta, F12tdf, and 458 Speciale Aperta, all carrying the classic white and blue colors of North American Racing Team.
“Our collection is mostly white cars with blue stripes, and the idea was to pay homage to the NART racing cars of the ’50s and ’60s,” says Neil. “They raced in white and blue, or blue and white, and that's the inspiration for them, so most of them are the same color.”
NART was the hugely successful racing team founded in 1958, created by businessman Luigi Chinetti, to promote the Ferrari marque in North America through endurance racing. Sports car victories at Daytona were one thing, but what truly sticks in the mind is John Surtees winning the 1964 Formula 1 World Championship in these colors, thanks to a runner-up finish in the Mexican Grand Prix, after Enzo Ferrari abandoned the familiar racing red of Italy in a temporary fit of political rage over the 250 LM’s eligibility.
Back in the day, white and blue were the national colors of the teams licensed in the United States, with the design incorporating ‘Briggs Cunningham racing stripes’. For the Fairmans, these exotic Ferraris are more than precious metal and carbon fiber – in the NART colors they become unique milestones; heirlooms to be treasured.
It was the 458 Speciale that kick-started their combined journey, as Stirling relates: “When my father got offered the car, he asked me, ‘shall we take this thing?’ and I was like, ‘yes, we should!’ After that, we started getting offered other cars, and that’s when we decided to start this collection.”
Their mutual automotive love, whether it’s for racing or car collecting, has become far more than a hobby – it’s enjoyment that’s set a dynasty in motion. In a world that often moves too fast, these moments of connection offer something enduring.
Neil says: “Stirling started helping my mechanics since he was four, five, six-years old, and he loved it. He became a very good kart racer, and going to all these events really bonded us. It gave us a special relationship that we still enjoy today through the car collecting. He curates it with me, and he looks after all the cars.”
Father and son raced together in the Miami 500, using a Ferrari 458 GT3 Evo that they still own today as part of their amazing collection. In fact, it totally stands out as it’s in Ferrari’s traditional colors! Stirling recalls: “It was an amazing experience to race together, and we finished first, and then we did Monza Rally together, which was also fantastic.”
It's reassuring to know that some collect not only to display their automotive passion, but to inspire. It’s no longer just about how fast it goes, or how loud it screams. It’s about how distinct it looks, and how it rises above the algorithm. A standout garage today is not just a gallery of automotive art; a collection should be more than valuable – it should be unforgettable.
