1972 Ferrari 365 GTC/4

15317roadItaly

Engine: 4.4L V12 Colombo-derived, six side-draft Weber carburetors, ~320 bhp at 7,000 rpm
Colour: 'Grigio Argento' (silver-grey)

Ferrari 365 GTC/4 chassis 15317, one of only 194 US-market examples from a total production run of 500, was built in February 1972 and retailed through Luigi Chinetti Motors in Connecticut. Powered by a Colombo-derived 4.4-litre V-12 with six Weber carburettors, it has covered just over 4,200 miles from new. Its second owner, William Beach, stewarded the car for nearly five decades before it passed to a third owner in 2020; numbers-matching and accompanied by a Massini Report, it represents an exceptionally well-preserved survivor.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Estimate US$450,000 – US$550,000
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1972 →Factory delivery
First owner (identity unknown)
partial documentation
Took delivery via Luigi Chinetti Motors in Greenwich, Connecticut; drove the car only around 700 miles before parting with it.
→ 2020Private sale
William Beach
full documentation
Purchased from the first owner's estate; held the car for roughly 48 years and spent over $81,000 on maintenance and an engine rebuild at Evans Automotive Repair in Columbus, Ohio.
2020 → 2021-04-01Acquisition unknown
Third owner (identity unknown)
partial documentation
Acquired when the odometer read approximately 3,633 miles; held the car for roughly 15 months before selling to the consignor.
2021-04-01 →Private sale
Current consignor
partial documentation
Acquired with 3,633 miles showing; odometer reads 4,201 miles at time of cataloguing.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

2014Restoration
Evans Automotive Repair
Extensive mechanical and general work carried out over the period 2014 to 2018, totalling more than $81,000 in expenditure, including an engine rebuild prepared in anticipation of a planned European driving tour.
Workshop located in Columbus, Ohio. Invoices on file cover the full 2014–2018 span. The European tour for which the engine was rebuilt was ultimately not undertaken.
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Bodywork
Some corrective paintwork is believed to have been applied to the Grigio Argento exterior at an unspecified point, contributing to the car's current polished appearance.
Exact date and scope unknown; noted in catalogue as believed cosmetic correction rather than a full respray.

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