Wellington Morton Collection Heads to Amelia Island
Broad Arrow Auctions announced the consignment of the Wellington Morton Collection for their Amelia Island Auction next year, March 6-7, 2026. The collection consist of 14 impressive cars and motorcycles, all of which will be offered with no reserve.
Highlights of the Wellington Morton Collection include:
Introduced to the public at the 1954 New York International Motor Sports Show, the production 300 SL featured a lightweight tubular spaceframe chassis that necessitated its iconic upward‑hinged “gullwing” doors, along with a 3.0‑liter straight‑six tilted on its side and equipped with Bosch mechanical fuel injection, one of the first uses of this system in a production car. With around 215 hp and a top speed upwards of 140 mph, it was among the fastest road cars of its day.
Estimate: $1,400,000 – $1,800,000
The 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Coupe Series I marks at a pivotal moment in Ferrari history, a transition from low-volume, coachbuilt GTs to a more standardized “series-production” road car aimed at a growing clientele of grand touring customers. Introduced in 1958 and built through 1960, the Pinin Farina-bodied Coupe adopted clean, restrained lines and a more practical, comfortable cabin while retaining the classic Colombo 3.0L V12 and traditional Ferrari chassis layout, making it an elegant, usable counterpart to the more overtly sporting 250 SWB and TdF.
Pinin Farina built a new factory in Grugliasco to produce the bodies more efficiently, and roughly 350 Series I cars were completed, establishing the template for Ferrari’s later road-going Berlinettas and turning what was once an artisan operation into a more stable, industrialized GT program.
Estimate: $350,000 – $450,000
Previewed as the GT40 concept in 2002 and built for the 2005-2006 model years, the Ford GT used an aluminum spaceframe chassis and a supercharged 5.4‑liter DOHC V8 producing around 550 hp and 500 lb‑ft of torque, driving the rear wheels through a 6‑speed manual transaxle for 0 to 60 mph times in the low‑3‑second range and a top speed in excess of 200 mph. With styling that closely echoed the original GT40 but updated for safety, packaging, and aerodynamics, along with relatively low production of roughly 4,000 cars, the Ford GT quickly gained status as a highly collectible modern analogue supercar.
Estimate: $350,000 – $400,000
The 1962 Chevrolet Corvette 327/360 represents the final and most highly developed iteration of the first-generation Corvette, pairing the clean, last-year C1 body with the new 327 cubic-inch small-block V8 in its top fuel-injected, solid-lifter 360 horsepower specification. This Rochester Ramjet–equipped “Fuelie” engine replaced the earlier 283 and sat at the top of a four-engine lineup, turning the ’62 into a genuinely serious performance car that could run with contemporary European sports machinery while still using the traditional solid rear axle and drum brakes. Offered exclusively with a manual transmission and often combined with options like Positraction and heavy-duty suspension, this bridged the gap between the original Corvette concept and the independent rear suspension, wind-tunnel-honed Sting Ray that followed for 1963.
Estimate: $120,000 – $140,000
Next for Broad Arrow Auctions
The next sale from Broad Arrow Auctions will occur in January 2026, the Global Icons that will consist of two car auctions – Global Icons: Europe and Global Icons: UK – as well as the Global Icons: Memorabilia sale. All three sales will be held online with bidding opening on January 23, 2026 and closing on January 30 for the car auctions with the memorabilia sale closing bidding on February 1, 2026.