Origin: Modena, Italy
Engine: 12-Cylinder
Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
This is one of the rarest cars in the car museum. While 365 GTB/4 is its official designation, it was nicknamed Daytona by the media to commemorate Ferrari winning first, second, and third place in the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona. The nickname stuck in the minds of the public, though Ferrari themselves rarely use it.
Pininfarina designer Leonardo Fioravanti was brought in to design the Daytona after his success with the Ferrari Dino. Ferrari was looking for a sharper-edged, more contemporary look to contrast with their previous models, and Fioravanti delivered with a single body prototype. The rest of the Daytona bodies were then produced by Italian coachbuilder Scaglietti.
4In all, only 1,406 Daytonas were produced from 1968-1978. Of those 1,406, only 122 were convertibles, or Spyders, produced from 1971-1973. The scarcity of Spyders resulted in an increase in market value, which some Berlinetta (hardtop) owners tried to capitalize on by converting their cars into convertibles. This is not the case with this 1973 Ferrari Daytona Spyder. Not only is it original, but it is the original. After Mr. Rich bought the car at auction, the Rich Harvest Farms Automotive Department identified it as the Pininfarina prototype built by Fioravanti! That means the body of this car is truly one-of-a-kind and can be considered a 1968 Ferrari Daytona Spyder sold as a 1973.