1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione

Noted Ferrari collector who returned the car shortly after purchase for unspecified reasons.

Maryland-based marque enthusiast known for his Prancing Horse Farm; agreed to temporarily transfer the car to Kirk White for a racing campaign with a buyback arrangement.

New distributor delivery in the US; original factory invoice and Chinetti Motors bill of sale are among the documented records.

Pennsylvania-based Ferrari racing specialist who arranged extensive competition preparation through Holman-Moody and Traco; returned the car to Spangler after the Sebring campaign ended with a DNF.

Exercised the pre-agreed buyback after the racing season; held the car before it passed through several collector and dealer hands over roughly two decades.

Acquired the car during the middle of the 1980s; obtained FIA papers and had the car repainted red with blue and white racing livery stripes.

California-based collector who owned the car toward the end of the 1980s; presented it at several Ferrari Club of America events during his tenure.

Owned the car for roughly ten years starting in the middle of the 1990s before selling it onward to Canada.

Ontario, Canada-based owner who had engine work carried out by Ferrari of Ontario and showed the car at the 2010 Cavallino Classic, earning a concours award.

Commissioned a sympathetic restoration to period Competizione specification by DK Engineering in the UK, including mechanical refreshment; assembled extensive documentation file.

Co-driven by Skip Scott; car ran Traco-modified engine in Marathon Oil livery with Coca-Cola branding. Retired roughly three hours into the race when overpowered engine sheared factory driveshaft bolts.

Presented by owner Lorne Leibel at Mar-A-Lago; Ferrari Classiche subsequently issued a historic-interest classification shortly afterward.

The original V-12 was swapped for engine no. B 1018 from the Cannonball Daytona (chassis 14271) and sent to Traco in California for modifications mirroring those on the 512 M, including high-compression pistons and cylinder heads, a dry-sump lubrication system, and revised ignition timing and carburettor jetting.

Traco was chosen based on its prior work on the Ferrari 512 M campaign run by Kirk White and Roger Penske.

Holman-Moody prepared the car for endurance racing: fitted an aluminium radiator, wider wheels (9-inch front, 11-inch rear), GT40 Mk IV brakes with 12-inch rotors and four-piston iron calipers, a rollbar, and a competition instrument cluster. An Indy car fabricator crafted hand-formed aluminium flared wheel arches and a front spoiler; bumpers were removed, cooling vents cut out, and an external centre fuel filler was added through the rear decklid. Dynamometer testing recorded over 450 hp.

Holman-Moody was selected on the strength of their Ford GT40 programme experience and NASCAR pedigree.

Engine work carried out by Ferrari of Ontario during Lorne Leibel's ownership.

Ferrari Classiche examined the car and issued a 'white book' certifying it as a Daytona Competizione of historic interest.

Certification was issued a few months after the 2010 Cavallino Classic appearance.

DK Engineering carried out a sympathetic restoration returning the car to correct period Competizione specification, accompanied by a thorough mechanical refresh. A correct-type replacement engine was installed; the original Traco-built block is retained separately.

Commissioned by the current consignor; DK's James Cottingham also recorded an interview with the late Kirk White to document the car's history.