Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona 1972
General description :
U.S.A. Delivered Car
Air Conditioning
Borrani Wheels
Michelin XWX Tires
Straman Conversion in €˜77
Massini Report
Full History
LMC is very proud to offer for sale this 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Berlinetta Scaglietti.
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 acquired its unofficial “Daytona” moniker after Maranello swept the top three places in the 1967 endurance race of the same name. Enzo Ferrari was reportedly quite annoyed when the Daytona nomenclature subsequently leaked to the press during testing, and it was never officially applied to the model. While much of the Daytona’s sleek, dart-shaped Scaglietti bodywork was steel, its low weight was typically maintained using aluminum for the doors, hood, and trunk lid. Under the hood was a four-cam, 4.4-liter Colombo V-12, developing an impressive and unprecedented 352 horsepower. With a top speed of 174 mph, the 365 GTB/4 Daytona was Ferrari’s fastest road-going automobile to date, and it was one of the fastest automobiles in the world during the early 1970s. The Daytona had several starring roles in Hollywood movies and TV, two of the most popular being the 1976 film, Gumball Rally, and more so, the major hit 80s TV cop drama, Miami Vice.
This Ferrari Daytona was completed on December, 28th, 1971 and was delivered to Luigi Chinetti Motors in Greenwich, Connecticut in January of 1972. It would live in Phoenix, Arizona, until 1977, when it was professionally converted into a Spyder by Richard Straman and Co. in Costa Mesa, California. It would then move to Chicago, Illinois briefly before being moved down South to Georgia in 1979. After living in Florida next, it would then head west to Beverly Hills and San Carlos, California for a couple years. In 1988 it made its way back to the east coast in South Carolina where it would reside with a very well respected Ferrari collector. Its Nero exterior paint shines like new and gives the Ferrari a slick and an absolutely stunning appearance while the black interior is in equally wonderful condition. The completely rebuilt V12 sounds heavenly and screams classic Ferrari when you start it up. Complete with factory air conditioning and beautiful Borrani wheels with Michelin XWX tires. A surplus of documentation accompanies this Daytona including; a complete Marcel Massini Report, years of parts and service invoices, a folder full of 1997 and 1998 documents and pictures, old canceled checks, old bills of sale and several old titles.
The Ferrari Daytona is one of the most desired and coveted road-going Ferrari’s to date, and when it comes to the Spyder, one of the rarest. With its professionally done Spyder conversion done in the 70’s, this Daytona brings the glamor and open air driving. Its showroom worthy condition is stunning and the history is just as impressive. Dawning the same color, year, and style as Crockett’s Daytona in Miami Vice, this car is instantly recognizable and would be a showpiece of any collection.
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1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Halton Hills by Legendary Motorcar for Not priced.
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Car type : Car Make : Ferrari Model : 365 GTS/4 Daytona Engine size : 0.0 Model Year : 1972 Location : Halton Hills
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About Ferrari
The first Ferrari road car was the 125 S introduced in 1947 and powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine, right? Well it's not quite that simple, Ferrari did in fact produce e Tipo 815, in 1940. Tipo 815 was designed by ex-Alfa Romeo engineers Alberto Massimino and Vittorio Bellentani and by Enrico Nardi under Enzo's company but legal issues with the former associate Alfa Romeo prevented Ferrari from launching the Ferrari marque at that point.
Enzo did produce a series of fine road cars in the 50's and 60's but they were merely to finance his true passion racing, wheather GT/Sports car or Grand Prix. The 50's saw the birth of Ferrari's most memorable cars, 250 GTB (tour de France) 250 Testa Rossa, 250 GT swb just to name a few.
Under the surface tension was growing though. In November 1961 long-time sales manager Girolamo Gardini made an ultimatum to Enzo: if tensions continued, he would leave the company. As a result, Gardini was ousted, as well as Scuderia Ferrari manager Romolo Tavoni, chief engineer Carlo Chiti, experimental sports car development chief Giotto Bizzarrini, and a number of others who stood by them.
Without Chiti and Bizzarrini the development of what was to become the most quintessential Ferrari and today the world's most expensive car, 250 GTO, was at a pivoting point. 250 GTO project was saved by a young engineer Mauro Forghieri and long-time racing bodyman Sergio Scaglietti who stepped in and took over the program with known results.
In addition to 250 GTO, Ferrari launced such master pieces as 250 LM, 250P, 275 GTB, 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" during the the 60's
By the late 60's Ferrari's prototypes' success came to a sudden halt by a new competitor, GT40. Ford turned to Lola to produce a Ferrari beating long distance racer after Enzo had cut the deal off with Henry Ford II making the latter absolutely boil with fury. The collaboration between Ford and Lola created the mighty Ford GT40 that gave Ferrari some heavy hits in Le Mans 24 to come.
By the end of the 60's FIAT purchased 50% of the company, starting a development that has led to a new mass-produced era of Ferraris.
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