Vehicle Description
-Black with Black Daytona seats with Red and Black inserts and Red
carpeting, 16,000 miles from new, Restored, Factory air
conditioning and power windows, 1 of only 30 Daytona's original
finished in Black (Nero), Chromodora wheels, Matching numbers,
Documented by Massini.
Unveiled at the 1968 Paris Salon, the 365 GTB/4 Daytona was
Ferrari's new design for performance for sports cars. Everything
about the Daytona was cutting edge, and it signaled to the world,
and especially to Lamborghini, that Ferrari was here to stay. While
the Lamborghini Miura P400 pushed the limits of performance through
utilizing a mid-engine layout, the Daytona with its two-seater
front-engine V-12 was still capable more extreme performance, and
proved it.
This 365 GTB/4 Daytona was completed to U.S. specifications on
November 5, 1973 and delivered the following month to Luigi
Chinetti Motors of Greenwich, Connecticut. By November 1975, it had
relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia, advertised in that
month's Road & Track magazine as "probably the last unregistered
Daytona coupe in U.S. Never driven." It is possible it was owned at
the time by Don Kalmokoff, inventor of the Aristocart stereo tape
cartridge player used by FM radio stations.
Later in the 1970s the car was purchased by Vancouver resident F.W.
Griffiths, who had it refinished in Red. In 1981, it was sold to
William Gillespie Jr., Tennessee. 1985 saw this Daytona in the care
of well-known dealer Steve Forristall who then sold the Daytona to
Ron Cohen, Maryland. Mr. Cohen stored the car until 2009 at which
point he spent approximately $50,000 returning the car to
roadworthy condition. Afterward, it was sold through a broker to
Peter Kumar, Gulling Motorcars, New York. It was kept by Mr. Kumar
until 2018 and when it was sold at auction to its most recent
collector ownership.
During its current ownership, a careful, sympathetic restoration
was performed to its original specifications. This included a
repaint in its original color Black (Nero), 1 of only 30 finished
in Nero. The engine and transmission have never been removed from
the car, only detailed and its interior is completely original and
in superb condition throughout.
Today showing just 16,000 miles from new, the history has been
documented from new by historian, Marcel Massini. While it in its
most recent ownership, the Daytona was serviced by Ferrari
specialist Greg Jones.
This 365 GTB/4 Daytona is complete with original books, tools,
factory jack, and very rare "wiping cloth." Further accompanied by
ownership and service history as well as Ferrari Classiche Red Book
Certification documenting its original engine, transmission and
various other components as matching to the car.
Fifty years since being unveiled at the Paris Salon, this Daytona
is one of the finest available of its kind and with low original
mileage, rare factory Black (Nero) and in exceptional maintained,
serviced and sympathetically restored condition, maintaining and
honoring its originality. The Daytona is a modern legend and rarely
found in this condition and provenance.
