Current Price: USD $35,500 – Source
Auction Ends: Wednesday, August 19 at 10:20am PT
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This 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona was completed on January 2, 1973, and was sold to its first owner in the US via Chinetti-Garthwaite Imports in Paoli, Pennsylvania. The car changed hands in 1985 via Wide World of Cars in Spring Valley, New York, and has subsequently been registered in New York since at least 1991, having remained largely off the road for the last quarter century. The car is powered by a replacement 4.4-liter Colombo V12 with six Weber carburetors mated to a rear-mounted five-speed manual transaxle. Finished in red, it is further equipped with power-assisted steering, servo-assisted ventilated disc brakes, four-wheel independent suspension, and knock-off wire wheels. Inside, the cabin features seats trimmed in black leather upholstery, and amenities include power windows and a Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD stereo. This Daytona is now offered by the selling dealer, a BaT Local Partner, with service records from the 1980s through 2001, a tool roll, a car cover, and transferable New York registration.
The 365 GTB/4 debuted at the 1968 Paris Auto Salon with styling penned by Pininfarina’s Leonardo Fioravanti featuring a raked fastback profile and a Kamm tail. Scaglietti-built bodywork incorporates a steel shell with aluminum hood, trunk, and door panels riding on a steel-tube chassis with a fiberglass inner tub. Pop-up headlights were integrated into the nose panel in 1971 in lieu of the model’s earlier covered-headlight design.
This example left the factory finished in Rosso Chiaro (20-R-190). Exterior features include split chrome bumpers with rubber trim strips, quad exhaust outlets, a driver-side mirror, and a retractable antenna. Exterior flaws, including pitted chrome, paint bubbles, cracks, and chips, are detailed in the photo gallery along with paint meter readings.
Wire wheels are secured via three-earned knock-offs and wear 215/70VR15 Michelin Sport XCT tires, which show pre-2000 date codes and should be replaced. A five-spoke Cromodora spare is housed in the trunk. Servo-assisted braking is handled by ventilated discs at each corner. The brake pads, calipers, and hoses require service, and the suspension bushings show signs of age and cracking.
The cabin was factory-specified in Nero Connolly leather. Additional features include a gated shifter, air conditioning, power windows, tan carpets, and a console-mounted Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD stereo. The air conditioning does not work.
The leather-wrapped steering wheel sits ahead of Veglia Borletti instrumentation including a 180-mph speedometer, an 8k-rpm tachometer, a clock, and gauges monitoring fuel level, coolant temperature, oil temperature, amperage, and oil pressure. The five-digit odometer shows 30k miles.
The 4.4-liter Tipo 251 Colombo V12 features a 60° bank angle, dual overhead camshafts on each cylinder bank, a dry-sump lubrication system, and six Weber carburetors. MSD ignition has been added. The engine gaskets are due for replacement. Recent compression test results are presented in the gallery. The Massini report notes that the engine was replaced with a new replacement block sometime after initial delivery.
The all-synchromesh five-speed manual transaxle is mounted at the rear and incorporates a limited-slip differential. The clutch slips under load and requires replacement. There are holes in the exhaust system, and underside corrosion can be viewed in the gallery.
The Marcel Massini report lists the factory completion date and early history.
The vehicle is being sold on its New York registration, which serves as an ownership document. The registration expired in the 1990s.
