Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona |
Completed: |
1970 |
Originally delivered: |
USA |
Original colour: |
red |
Original interior: |
black |
Comments: |
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona on offer has been according to the Maranello |
archive delivered to the US market in November 1970. The original colour | |
has been Rosso Chiaro with Nero hide interior. Interestingly it was the fourth | |
Daytona which came into the US. It took delivery to its first owner through the | |
Reno based early Ferrari dealership Modern Classic Motors (MCM) which | |
belonged to the well known car collector Bill Harrah. |
The car spent most of its life on the West Coast before it came in 1988 to a | |
Florida based Ferrari enthusiast. It received in 1988 its first renovation in order | |
to be shown on the FCA National Concourse in Atlanta/Georgia. By this it is said | |
that the engine had been overhauled, the car had been stripped to bare metal | |
to receive a new perfect show condition paint and the suspension had been | |
rebuilt as well. As the result of the major effort it won a Best in Class trophy on | |
the FCA National Concourse which shows that this Daytona had been always in | |
fantastic condition. It is reported that it had an overall mileage of appr. 40 000 | |
mls when a new German owner bought it in Dec. 1991 on the Kruse Auction in | |
Miami/FL. After the auction the car has been imported into Germany in | |
early 1992. |
The German history file shows that it had in the last 23 years not more than | |
three owners which have hardly used the car. The odometer mileage is showing | |
today 49 868 mls which seems to us to be the original genuine mileage. |
This will be confirmed by the outstanding original condition of the interior. It still | |
has its mouse hair dashboard in unbelievable unmolested near to new condition | |
which is difficult to find on Daytonas. The interior is in marvellous original | |
condition which corresponds with the mileage. | |
The engine compartment looks as well very clean and there is not any single | |
item missing which has been originally delivered to a US Daytona. The engine | |
runs very nice having lots of torque. Before we purchased this Daytona the | |
preowner commissioned a new service to the engine in order to have it perfect. | |
We really like this Daytona with its low mileage and its wonderful preserved | |
original condition. If someone adores originality this is the Daytona to go for. |
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